Sony 507D, HKDV-503 Advanced Automatic Editing, Performing DMC Editing, Overview of DMC editing

6-2 Advanced Automatic Editing

This section describes the following advanced editing	Setting edit points and playback speed
methods:
• DMC editing	Use the procedure below to set edit points and
• Animation editing
	playback speeds for DMC editing.
• Preread editing

6-2-1 Performing DMC Editing

If your player VTR has DT (Dynamic Tracking) capability, you can perform variable speed editing by controlling the playback speed from the lower control panel. This type of editing is called DMC editing.

Overview of DMC editing

Requirements for DMC editing

•DMC editing may be done during assemble or insert editing, but not during split editing.

•The player VTR must support DT playback.

Tape movement during DMC editing

During DMC editing, the tape moves as shown in the diagram below.

IN point		OUT point
Preroll	$		$ Post-roll
Recorder
VTR
		Stop
Playback	DMC editing mode		Playback
mode			mode
Preroll time ⋅	IN point		Post-roll time ⋅
initial speed	$		final speed
Player
VTR
Moves at
the initial	Playback at speeds		Stop
speed.
	stored in memory		Moves at
			the final
			speed.

Tape movement during DMC editing

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Setting edit points and playback speed

1 Press the [F3] (ASSEMBLE) button in the HOME menu, or press the respective INSERT button ([F4]

(INSTC),[F5] (INSVIDEO),[F6] (INSA-CH1),

F7][ (INSA-CH2),F8][(INSA-CH3),F9][(INS

A-CH4) or [F10] (INS CUE) button) to select the edit mode that you want.

2 Press the PLAYER button to set the VTR to act as the player VTR.

The PLAYER button lights up.

3 Press the ALT/[F7] (DMC) buttons in the HOME menu.

The button lights up and the VTR enters DMC editing mode.

4 Press the IN button while holding down the ENTRY button to set an edit point.

Note

You cannot set an OUT point for the player VTR for DMC editing.

Chapter 6 Editing

Chapter 6 Editing 6-15