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Copyright and Disclaimer

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent commitmenton the part of Cinegy GmbH. The software described in this document is furnished under a licenseagreement. The software can be used or copied only in accordance with the terms and conditions ofthe agreements. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by anymeans, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose without the express written permission of CinegyGmbH.

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Preface

PrefaceCongratulations on your purchase of Cinegy Desktop! This is a universal

production tool that provides real-time access to media in the Cinegy Archive,along with a powerful suite of tools for logging and editing, and an almostlimitless ability to import and export media to third-party non-linear editingand automation systems. Cost efficient, easy to deploy and simple to use allmeans to increase production output.

Your system might not contain certain features described in this manual. Our documents describe all featuresregardless of which version you purchased.

About This ManualThis manual is designed to keep pace with the current advances in Cinegy Desktop by consolidatingall the information you need to take advantage of the many options available to you.

This manual includes a comprehensive glossary and a detailed index section.

Symbols and Conventions

The Cinegy User Manualuses the following special conventions:

1 Numbered lists when the order of the items is important.

Bulleted lists when the order of the items is unimportant.

A note provides important information, recommendations, reminders and suggestions.

The See Also notes refer you to other relevant sections, chapters or manuals.

The caution paragraph indicates a potentially dangerous operation.


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ContentsCopyright and Disclaimer ............................ ............................. ................................ .......... IITrademarks .............................. ............................ ................................. ............................. II

PrefaceAbout This Manual ............................. ............................ ................................ ................... IIISymbols and Conventions ................................. ............................ ................................. ... III

Introduction

The Fully Integrated TV Production SystemThe Problem ............................ ............................. ................................ .............................. 2The Solution ............................ ............................. ................................ .............................. 3The Cinegy System Technology ............................ ............................. ................................ 4

The Network Structure .............................. ................................. ............................ 4

Scalability and Cost Efficiency ............................ ................................. .................. 4Third-party, Legacy Integration and Interoperability ............................... ................ 4

Cinegy Workflow ............................... ............................ ................................. ................... 5The Cinegy Components .............................. ............................ ................................. ......... 7

TheCinegy Archive Content Server................................ ................................ ........ 7The Cinegy Archive Media Server ............................ ................................. ............. 7The Cinegy Archive Document Server ................................ ................................. ... 7Cinegy Desktop ............................... ................................. ................................. ..... 7Ingest ............................... ................................. ................................. .................... 7

Cinegy Ingest ................................ ............................. ................................. .... 7Cinegy IngestCluster ............................... ............................. ........................... 7Batch Ingest .............................. ............................. ................................. ......... 8

Logging ................................ ............................. ................................. .............. 8Cinegy Convert........................... ................................. ................................. .......... 8Cinegy Capture...................................... ................................. ................................ 8Cinegy Air .............................. ................................ ................................. ............... 9

Cinegy AirControl Client ............................... ............................. ...................... 9Cinegy Air Engine ........................... ............................. ................................ ..... 9

Cinegy Studio ............................. ................................. ................................. .......... 9Cinegy News ............................... ................................. ................................ .......... 9IP-Based Broadcast Products .............................. ................................. .................. 9

Cinegy Gateway ............................ .............................. ................................ ... 10Cinegy Route ............................. ............................. ................................. ....... 10Cinegy Multiviewer ............................. ............................. .............................. 10

The Cinegy WorkspaceClient ............................. ................................. ................ 10

System Modules ............................. ................................. ................................. ... 10Maintenance and Administration ............................. ................................. ........... 10

Cinegy Enterprise Manager ................................ ............................. ............... 11Other Productivity Tools ............................ ................................. .......................... 11

Messenger ................................ ............................. ................................. ....... 11Navigator ............................. ............................. ................................ ............. 11Third-Party Tools ............................ ............................. ................................ ... 11

Cinegy Client Dongles ............................... ................................. .......................... 11The Cinegy Software Versioning .............................. ................................. ........... 12

Chapter 1

Getting StartedThe First Steps ............................. ............................. ................................ ....................... 14

Registering Users ............................ ................................. ................................. ... 14Starting Cinegy Desktop....................................... ................................. ............... 14


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Logon and Logoff............................ ................................. ................................. .... 14The Cinegy Desktop User Interface ................................. ............................ ..................... 14

The Main Toolbar.................................. ................................ ................................ 14Window Arrangement Commands ............................... ................................. ....... 15

Dock Window ............................... ............................. ................................ .... 15Pin Window ............................ ............................. ................................. ......... 15

Hide Window and Close the Cinegy Desktop Plug-in ..................................... 15Roll-Up Window ........................... ............................. ................................. .... 15Full Screen Mode ............................... ............................. ............................... 16

Undoing and Redoing ............................... ................................. ........................... 16The Main Tool Menu ................................. ................................ ........................... 16

System Commands ........................... ............................. ................................ 17Edit Commands ............................ ............................. ................................. .... 17Search Commands ............................ ............................. ................................ 17Help Commands ........................... ............................. ................................. .... 17

Getting Help ................................. ............................ ................................. ....................... 18

Chapter 2

Exploring the DatabaseThe Visual Hierarchy ............................. ............................. ................................ .............. 20

The Tree Structure ................................ ................................ ................................ 21Folders ............................ ................................. ................................ .................... 21

Standard Folder ............................. ............................. ................................ .... 21Search Folders .............................. ............................. ................................ .... 21Cinegy ConvertJob Folder ................................ ............................. ................ 22News Folder ............................ ............................. ................................. ......... 22Portfolios ............................. ............................. ................................ .............. 22User-Defined Folders .............................. ............................. ........................... 22

Terminal Objects ............................ ................................. ................................. .... 22Roll ............................ ............................. ................................ ........................ 22

Placeholder MOG ............................... ............................. ............................... 23ClipBin ........................... ............................. ................................. ................... 23Sequence ........................... ............................. ................................. .............. 23DocumentBin ................................ ............................. ................................ .... 23News Item ............................... ............................. ................................ ......... 23Story .............................. ............................. ................................ ................... 23News Program .............................. ............................. ................................ .... 24

The Library and Library Folders ............................... ................................. ............ 24The Explorer Interface ................................ ............................. ................................ ......... 24

Opening and Closing the Items ................................ ................................. ............ 24Creating a New Item ................................ ................................. ........................... 25Renaming an Item ............................... ................................. ................................ 25Copying an Item ............................. ................................. ................................. .... 25

Moving a Part of the Tree .............................. ................................. ...................... 26Deleting an Item or a Part of the Tree ................................ ................................. .. 26Sorting Items in the Tree ............................... ................................. ...................... 26Font Size Control ............................ ................................ ................................. ..... 26

Locked Items ............................... ............................ ................................. ....................... 27Unlocking Items in the Tree ................................ ................................. ................. 27Getting Quick Info on the Objects ............................ ................................. ............ 28

The Folders Window ............................. ............................ ................................. .............. 28Folder Views ............................. ................................. ................................ .......... 28Sorting Items in the Folder View ............................. ................................ ............. 29Status Bar ............................ ................................. ................................. .............. 29

The List of Most Recently Used (MRU) ............................... ............................. ................ 30

Node Metadata ................................. ............................ ................................. .................. 30Additional Templates.............................................. ............................ .............................. 32Copying Metadata ................................ ............................. ................................ .............. 32Propagating Metadata ............................... ............................. ................................ ......... 33


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Metadata Transferring to an SD Card .............................. ............................. .................... 33MetaData ............................. ............................. ................................. ............ 34Scenario ............................... ............................. ................................. ............ 34News .............................. ............................. ................................ .................. 35Memo ............................. ............................. ................................. ................. 35

Chapter 3Working with Multiple DatabasesConcept .............................. ............................ ................................. ................................ 38Configuration ................................ ............................ ................................. ...................... 38Operations ............................... ............................ ................................. ........................... 39

Copying Rolls .............................. ................................ ................................. ........ 39Copying ClipBins and Sequences ............................. ................................. ........... 43Copying DocumentBins ............................. ................................. .......................... 43Copying Folders .............................. ................................. ................................. ... 43

Chapter 4

Working with BinsBins and Rolls ............................... ............................ ................................ ....................... 46Creating a ClipBin ............................. ............................. ................................ .................. 46

Publish Roll....................................... ................................. ................................. .. 46New ClipBin Command ............................. ................................. .......................... 47

Opening a Bin ............................... ............................ ................................. ...................... 47The Bin Interface ................................ ............................ ................................. ................. 48

Ordering the Fields ............................... ................................. ............................... 48Selecting Items in the Bin ............................... ................................ ..................... 49

Multiple Selection ............................... ............................. .............................. 49Sorting Items in ClipBins and Rolls ................................. ................................ ...... 49

Match Frame ............................... ................................. ................................ ........ 50Clip Aspect Ratio.............................. ................................ ................................. ... 50Clip Numbering ................................ ................................. ................................ ... 51

Print Bin ........................... ................................. ................................. .................. 51Print Setup ...........................................................................................................51Print Preview .............................. ................................. ................................. ........ 52The List of Most Recently Used (MRU) .............................. ................................. . 52Exporting a Bin ........................... ................................. ................................. ........ 53Collaborating in Bins ............................. ................................ ............................... 53Local Comments .............................. ................................ ................................. ... 53

The Storyboard View ............................. ............................. ................................ ............. 54The Clip Interface ............................ ................................. ................................ .... 54

The Clip Thumbnail .............................. ............................. .............................. 54Unavailable Footage ............................. ................................. ............................... 55Deleting a Clip ............................ ................................. ................................ ......... 55Adjusting the Size of the Thumbnails ............................ ................................. ...... 56

The Table View.............................. ............................ ................................. ...................... 56Accessing the Metadata Fields ................................ ................................. ........... 56

Editing Large Text Fields..................................... ............................. ............... 56The Auto Fill Functionality ............................ ............................. ..................... 57

Spell Checking ................................. ................................. ................................ ... 57General Options .............................. ............................. ................................. .. 59Custom Dictionary Editing ............................. ............................. .................... 59International Dictionaries .............................. ............................. .................... 59Clearing a Metadata Field ............................. ............................. .................... 60

Adjusting the Cell Size..................................... ................................. .................... 61Placeholder MOGs ............................ ............................. ................................ .................. 61

Creating ........................... ................................. ................................. .................. 61Placeholder Management .............................. ................................. ..................... 62


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Placeholder Clips ............................. ............................. ................................ ................... 64Creating ................................ ................................ ................................. .............. 65

Multiclip Objects .............................. ............................. ................................ ................... 66Concept ................................. ................................ ................................. .............. 66Creating a Multiclip ............................. ................................. ................................ 66

Presetting ........................... ............................. ................................. .............. 67Choosing the Location ............................ .............................. .......................... 68Multiclip Content Modification ............................... ............................. ........... 69

Clip Properties............................. ............................. ................................ ........................ 70Clip Properties ................................ ................................. ................................. .... 70Multiclip Properties ............................. ................................. ................................ 71

Interface with Microsoft Office Applications ............................ ............................ ............ 72Copying of Picon and Metadata .............................. ................................. ............ 72

Ingest Reporting ................................ ............................ ................................. .................. 73Previewing Clips .............................. ............................ ................................. ................... 75

Playing in the Clip Viewer ............................. ................................. ...................... 75Playing in Place .............................. ................................. ................................ ..... 75Previewing a Multiclip .............................. ................................. ........................... 76

Creating a Story in a Bin ............................ ............................. ................................ ......... 76Playing the Clips in Sequence ............................ ................................. ................. 76Rearranging the Clips in the ClipBin ............................. ................................. ....... 77Trimming a Clip .............................. ................................. ................................. .... 77

Setting the In Point ............................. ............................. ............................... 77Setting the Out Point ............................... ............................. .......................... 77

Creating a Subclip ............................... ................................. ................................ 77Rights Management ............................. ............................ ................................. .............. 78

Rights Types ............................. ................................. ................................. ......... 79Free Use ............................. ............................. ................................. .............. 79Local Rights ............................ ............................. ................................. ......... 79Medium Rights ............................. ............................. ................................. .... 79Strict Rights ............................. ............................. ................................ ......... 79No Rights ........................... ............................. ................................. .............. 79

Chapter 5

The Metadata ManagerIntroduction ................................. ............................ ................................. ....................... 82Getting Started with Metadata Manager ............................ ............................ ................. 82

The Metadata Manager Toolbar .............................. ................................. ............ 82Operating the Metadata Manager ................................ ................................. ....... 83

Adding the Media .............................. .............................. ............................... 83Saving the Metadata ............................... ............................. .......................... 84

Metadata Manager Settings .............................. ................................. ................. 84

General Tab .............................. ............................. ................................ ......... 84Document Tab ............................... ............................. ................................ .... 85EDL Tab ............................... ............................. ................................. ............. 86ALE Tab ............................... ............................. ................................. ............. 86

Chapter 6

The Clip MigratorWorking with Clip Migrator ............................. ............................. ................................ .... 90

Populating the Roll Fields .............................. ................................. ...................... 90Clips Migration .............................. ............................. ................................. ... 91


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Chapter 7

Viewing Video MaterialControlling Playback ............................... ............................ ................................ ............. 94

Playback Control with the Mouse ............................ ................................. ........... 94Play / Stop Button ............................... ............................. .............................. 94Navigating through the Material .............................. ............................. .......... 94Jumping to the Events ............................. ............................. ......................... 94Shuttling using the Mouse in the Viewer ........................................................95Controlling the Zoom in the Viewer .............................. ............................. ..... 95

The Audio VU Meter .............................. ................................ ............................... 95Using the Keyboard .............................. ................................. ............................... 96

Closing the Clip Viewer ............................ ............................. ......................... 96Playing Full Screen .............................. ............................. .............................. 96Play / Stop Using the Keyboard ............................... ............................. .......... 96J-K-L Shuttle ............................. ............................. ................................ ........ 96Home, End and Arrow Keys..................................... ............................. .......... 97Working with In and Out Points ............................... ............................. .......... 97

Using the Mouse ............................. ................................. ................................. ... 97Using the Jog-Shuttle .............................. ............................. ......................... 97

Selecting the Tracks for Playback ............................ ................................. ........... 97Displaying the Waveform for the Audio Clips ............................... ........................ 98

Start / End Clip Hints .............................. ............................. ................................ ............. 99Finding the Origin of the Clip ............................. ............................ ................................. .. 99

Find Bin ................................................................................................................99

Find Shot ..............................................................................................................99Find Roll ...............................................................................................................99Find Next and Previous Shot ............................... ................................. .............. 100

Working with Timecodes ............................ ............................. ................................ ...... 100Understanding the Timecode of the System Events ............................... ............ 100

The Original Timecode (OTC) ............................... ................................. .............. 100The System Timecode (STC) ............................... ................................. .............. 101

Displaying the STC as the Ingest Time .............................. ........................... 101Clip Duration ............................... ................................ ................................. ...... 101Using a Timecode to Find a Frame ................................ ................................. .... 101

On-Screen Timecode .............................. ............................ ................................. .......... 103Playback Qualities .............................. ............................ ................................. ............... 104

Quality Building ............................... ................................. ................................. . 105VANC Data Display ................................. ............................ ................................. .......... 105The Most Recently Used (MRU) List in the Clip Viewer ................................ ................. 106Export a Current Frame from Viewer ............................... ............................. .................. 106Handling Multiclips ........................... ............................. ................................ ................ 107

Working in a Clip Viewer ............................... ............................. .................. 107Playback and Video Boards ............................... ............................ ................................. 109

TV Output .............................. ................................. ................................. ........... 109Selecting the Proper Output Options ............................ ............................. ... 109

On-screen Deinterlacing ............................ ................................. ........................ 110Video Boards and Drivers ............................... ................................. ................... 110

Video Boards based on a NVIDIA Chipset ............................. ....................... 110Matrox Video Boards ............................... ............................. ....................... 110DVS SDI Boards ............................. ............................. ................................ . 110Blackmagic DeckLink Boards ............................. ............................. ............. 110

Chapter 8

SearchOpening the Search Window ................................. ............................ ............................ 112Simple Search ............................... ............................ ................................. .................... 113

Search Request Syntax ............................. ................................. ........................ 113


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Expressions ............................. ............................. ................................. ....... 113Operators ........................... ............................. ................................. ............ 114The Auto-Complete Functionality ............................... .............................. .... 114Fuzzy Search ........................... ............................. ................................. ....... 115

Advanced Search ................................ ................................. .............................. 115Advanced Parameters ............................. ............................. ........................ 115

Narrowing the Search Results ............................... .............................. ......... 115Conditions on Metadata Fields ............................... ............................. ......... 117

Search Queries ................................. ............................ ................................. ................ 118Search Results ............................ ............................ ................................. ...................... 119

Find Bin in Search Window ................................ ................................. ............... 122

Chapter 9

The TimelineThe Timeline Interface................................. ............................ ................................. ...... 124

The Toolbar ............................... ................................. ................................. ....... 124The Track Selector .............................. ................................. .............................. 125

The Keyframe Column .............................. ................................ .......................... 126The Editing Area ............................. ................................. ................................ ... 126

Getting Started in the Timeline ............................ ............................ .............................. 126Creating a Sequence from the Timeline............................. ................................. 126

Timeline Presets ............................ ............................. ................................ .. 128Creating a Sequence from the Explorer ............................. ................................. 130Opening a Sequence from the Explorer Window .............................. .................. 130Activate a Sequence ................................ ................................. ......................... 130

The Timeline Menu.............................. ................................. .............................. 130Setting Sequence Properties ............................ ............................. ............... 130Timeline Preferences ............................... ............................. ........................ 131

The Sequence Viewer .............................. ................................. ......................... 132

Inserting Clips into a Timeline .............................. ............................ .............................. 132Inserting Directly from ClipBins ............................... ................................. .......... 132Adding a Clip to Defined Tracks............................. ............................. .......... 133

Creating a Placeholder Clip ................................. ................................ ............... 134Using the Clip Viewer to Insert into the Timeline .............................. .................. 135

Insert .............................. ............................. ................................. ................ 135Overwrite ............................ ............................. ................................ ............ 135Drag-and-Drop .............................. ............................. ................................. .. 135

Copy and Paste .............................. ................................. ................................. .. 135Insert and Overwrite Modes ................................ ............................. ............................. 136

The Insert Mode ............................. ................................. ................................ ... 136The Overwrite Mode ................................ ................................. ......................... 136

Features and Functions .............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 137

Clip Colors in the Timeline ............................. ................................. .................... 137Clip Thumbnails .............................. ................................. ................................. .. 137Audio Waveform ............................ ................................ ................................. ... 138Match Frame Indicator in the Timeline .............................. ................................. 13824-Hour Boundary for Sequences ................................ ................................. ..... 139

Moving the Time Slider ............................ ................................ .......................... 139Setting the Time Scale ............................. ................................ .......................... 140Changing the Track Height ............................ ................................. .................... 141Selecting Clips ................................ ................................ ................................. .. 141

Selecting a Range of Clips ........................... ............................. .................... 141Selecting Multiple Clips ................................ ............................. ................... 141Selecting from the Timeline Menu............................... ............................. .... 142

Dismantling the Sequence ............................ ................................. .................... 142Show Metadata ............................. ................................. ................................. .. 143Aspect Ratio Changing ............................. ................................. ......................... 143

Aspect Ratio Conversion .............................. ............................. ................... 144


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Moving Clips .............................. ................................. ................................. ...... 145Snap to Edges ............................ ................................. ................................ ....... 145Deleting Clips ............................. ................................. ................................. ...... 145Add an Edit ................................. ................................. ................................ ...... 145Moving to the Next and Previous Edit Point ............................ ........................... 145

Markers ............................ ................................. ................................. ................ 146Add Markers ............................. ............................. ................................. ..... 146Edit Markers .............................. ............................. ................................. ..... 146Markers and the Timeline Event List ............................ ............................. ... 147

Managing a Multiclip ........................... ................................. ............................. 148Switching the Angles During the Playback .................................................. 148Switching the Angles within the Timeline .............................. ...................... 148

Grouping and Ungrouping Clips ................................ ................................. ......... 148Moving Segments ................................ ................................. ............................. 149Extracting the Material .............................. ................................. ........................ 149

Lifting the Material ............................... ................................. ............................. 149Closing the Gap ............................... ................................. ................................. . 150Extend to Entire ............................... ................................. ................................. . 150

Setting In and Out points ................................. ................................ ................... 150Automatic In and Out points ................................ ................................. ............. 151Deleting In and Out points .............................. ................................. ................... 151Locate Sequence.............................. ................................ ................................. . 151Closing the Sequence........................... ................................. ............................. 151The Most Recently Used Sequence List (MRU) ................................. ................ 152

Using the Track Selector ............................. ............................. ................................ ...... 152Adding and Removing Tracks .............................. ................................. .............. 152Renaming Tracks ............................. ................................. ................................. . 153Monitoring Tracks ................................. ................................. ............................ 153

Monitoring Video ........................... ............................. ................................. . 153Monitoring Audio ........................... ............................. ................................ . 153

Solo Audio Monitoring................................... ............................. .................. 153Collaborating on Sequences .............................. ............................ ................................. 153

Chapter 10

Trimming in the TimelineSimple Trimming ................................ ............................ ................................. ............... 156Cutting in the Clip Viewer ........................... ............................. ................................ ...... 156Two-Point Trimming ................................ ............................ ................................. .......... 157

Trim Center ............................ ................................ ................................. ........... 157Trim Right............................... ................................ ................................. ........... 158

Trim Left ................................ ................................. ................................. ........... 158

Two-Point Trimming in the Trim Window ............................. ........................... 158Using the Mouse in the Trim Window ........................... ............................ 159Four-Point Trimming ................................ ............................ ................................. .......... 159

Roll Trim ................................ ................................. ................................. ........... 159Slide Trim .............................. ................................. ................................. ........... 160Four-Point Trimming in the Trim Window ............................. ........................... 160

Using the Mouse in the Trim Window ........................... ............................ 161Things to Note when Trimming ............................. ............................. ............................ 161

Using Insert Mode ................................. ................................ ............................. 161Using Overwrite Mode .............................. ................................. ........................ 161

Trimming with Convenience .............................. ............................ ................................. 162Trimming with the Keyboard ................................ ................................ .............. 162Trimming with the Jog-Shuttle ............................ ................................. .............. 162TV Output During Trimming ............................ ................................. ................... 162


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Chapter 11

Video EffectsMixes ................................. ............................ ................................. ............................... 164

Adding a Mix................................... ................................. ................................ .. 164Type ............................... ............................. ................................ ................. 164Start and Duration Frames ................................ ............................. .............. 168Mix Presets .............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 169

Editing a Mix ............................. ................................. ................................ ........ 169Mix Properties ............................... ............................. ................................ .. 170

Removing a Mix ............................. ................................. ................................. .. 170Flop ............................... ............................ ................................. ................................ .... 170Change Clip Speed ................................ ............................. ................................ ............ 170

Changing the Speed/Duration ............................. ................................. ............... 171Changing the Speed of a Group of Clips ............................ ................................ . 171Fitting the Clip to In-Out ................................ ................................. .................... 171

Freezing a Frame .............................. ............................. ................................ ................. 171

Video Opacity Adjustment ............................... ............................ ................................. . 172

Chapter 12

FX ManagerIntroduction ................................. ............................ ................................. ..................... 174The Interface ............................... ............................. ................................ ...................... 174Getting Started ................................. ............................ ................................. ................ 175Working with Effects ............................ ............................ ................................. ............ 176

Inverse Effect ............................ ................................. ................................ ........ 176Simple Color Corrector ............................. ................................. ......................... 178

HSL Tab ............................... ............................. ................................. ........... 178

Limits Tab ............................ ............................. ................................ ............ 179Cinegy Color Correction Pack ............................. ................................ ................ 180Color Balance ................................ ............................. ................................. . 180Matcher .............................. ............................. ................................. ........... 180Adjust Color ............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 181Recolor ................................ ............................. ................................ ............ 182

Picture-in-Picture Effect ................................ ................................. .................... 183Main ............................... ............................. ................................ ................. 183Border ........................... ............................. ................................. ................. 184

Crop Effect ................................. ................................ ................................. ....... 185Filled Rectangle Effect .............................. ................................. ......................... 186Chroma Key Effect............................... ................................. .............................. 188

Background Color ............................... ............................. ............................. 188

Transparency........................... ............................. ................................. ....... 188Adjust Color ............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 189Managing Effects ................................ ................................. .............................. 189

Editing the Effect ................................ ............................. ............................. 190Deleting the Effect .............................. ............................. ............................. 190Managing Tools ............................ ............................. ................................. .. 190

Copying Effects in the Timeline ............................... ................................. .......... 191

Chapter 13

Working with AudioThe Audio VU Meter ............................. ............................. ................................ ............ 194

Adjusting the Zero dB Level ............................... ................................. ............... 194Audio Channels in Clips ............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 194Audio Tracks in Timeline ............................ ............................ ................................. ....... 196

Left Only and Right Only ................................ ................................. .................... 196

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Split &Pan Channels ............................ ................................. ............................. 197Sync Indicator ............................... ............................ ................................. .................... 197Audio Volume Adjustment ................................ ............................ ................................. 198

Editing Volume Keyframes .............................. ................................. ................... 199

Deleting Keyframes .............................. ................................. ............................. 199Create Fades with Keyframes .............................. ................................ .............. 199

Audio Balance Adjustment ............................... ............................ ................................. 200Editing Pan/Balance Keyframes ................................ ................................. ......... 201Dual Rubber Band Display .............................. ................................. ................... 201

Audio Mixes.................................. ............................ ................................. .................... 202Adding an Audio Mix ................................. ................................ ........................ 202Audio Mix or Rubber Banding ............................. ................................. .............. 203Creating an Audio-Video Fade ............................. ................................. .............. 204

The Audio Mixer ................................ ............................ ................................. ............... 204Tracks Handling ............................... ................................. ................................. . 206Audio Mixer Modes ............................. ................................. ............................. 206Panning and Balancing in the Audio Mixer .............................. ........................... 206Adjusting Volume Levels ................................ ................................. ................... 207Hardware Setup .............................. ................................. ................................. . 208

Creating the Voice-Over ............................... ............................ ................................. ..... 208Input ............................. ................................ ................................. ..................... 209Gate ............................. ................................ ................................. ..................... 210Equalizer ................................ ................................. ................................. ........... 210Compressor ........................... ................................. ................................. ........... 210Master ............................. ................................. ................................. ................ 210Control ............................. ................................. ................................. ................ 211

Audio Recorder Presets ............................. ................................. ........................ 211Recommend Audio Hardware Setup ............................. ................................. .... 212

Output Audio Channels and Mapping .............................. ............................. .................. 212Working with the Waveform ............................ ............................. ................................ . 213

Audio Preview in Clip Viewer .............................. ................................. .............. 213Audio Preview in Sequence Viewer .............................. ................................. .... 213

Chapter 14

Managing DocumentsThe DocumentBin .............................. ............................ ................................. ............... 216

Creating a New DocumentBin ............................. ................................. .............. 216

Show Metadata ............................... ................................ ................................. . 216Registering a Document ............................ ................................. ........................ 217Selecting a View for the DocumentBin ............................... ................................ 217

Locking a Document ............................ ................................. ............................. 217Editing a Document .............................. ................................. ............................. 218Unlocking a Document .............................. ................................. ........................ 218Deleting a Document ............................ ................................. ............................. 218

Document Thumbnails ................................. ............................ ................................. ..... 218Searching for Documents....................................... ............................. ........................... 218Importing and Exporting Cinegy Type Templates ............................ ............................ .... 218

Export ............................... ................................. ................................ ................ 219Import ............................... ................................ ................................. ................ 220

Chapter 15

Working with TitlesTitler ............................. ............................. ................................ ................................. ... 224Create a New Titler .............................. ................................. ............................. 224

Select the Titler Type ........................... ............................. ............................ 224Titler Window ............................ ................................. ................................. ...... 225


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Canvas ................................ ............................. ................................. ........... 226Text Box ............................. ............................. ................................. ............ 226Time Slider ............................... ............................. ................................ ....... 226Title Settings ........................... ............................. ................................. ....... 227Main Settings ................................ ............................. ................................. . 227Setting up the Titler ........................... ............................. .............................. 229

Layers ........................... ............................. ................................. ................. 232Color............................... ............................. ................................. ................ 233

The Titler Menu Bar ............................ ................................. .............................. 236Cinegy Type ................................. ............................ ................................. ..................... 237

Creating a CG Scene ................................ ................................. ......................... 237Adding CG Scene into the Sequence ............................ ................................. ..... 238CG Scene Editing in the Timeline ............................ ................................. .......... 238

Chapter 16

Productivity ToolsConfiguration Utility ............................... ............................ ................................. ........... 242

Configure Cinegy Desktop: Data Source ............................ ................................. 242Configure Cinegy: Desktop Player ................................ ................................. ..... 243

Desktop Player and Video Settings........................................ ....................... 243Configure Cinegy: Program Language ............................... ................................. 244

System Log Window ............................ ............................ ................................. ............ 244System Log File............................ ............................. ................................. .. 245Logging User Commands ............................. ............................. ................... 246

Cinegy Messenger ................................. ............................ ................................ ............ 246Starting the Messenger............................ ................................. ......................... 247Selecting the Message Server ................................. ................................ .......... 247Creating a New Account ............................... ................................. .................... 248

Logging in ............................ ................................. ................................. ............ 248

Adding and Deleting a Contact ................................ ................................. .......... 249Sending a Message ............................ ................................. .............................. 249Filtering out the Offline Contacts ............................. ................................. .......... 250Logging out ............................... ................................. ................................. ....... 250Inserting Cinegy Objects in the Message ............................... ............................ 250Set up Email .............................. ................................. ................................ ........ 250Send Email ................................ ................................. ................................. ....... 251

Broadcast Messaging ................................. ............................ ................................. ...... 251Cinegy Navigator .............................. ............................ ................................. ................ 252

Launching the Navigator ................................ ................................ .................... 252

Navigating the Sites ............................ ................................. .............................. 252Working with Favorites ............................ ................................ .......................... 253

Managing the Favorites ................................ ............................. ................... 253

Chapter 17

LoggingThe Basic Logging Functionality ................................ ............................ ........................ 256The Logging Plug-in .............................. ............................. ................................ ............ 256

The Logging Procedure................................... ................................ .................... 257The Logging Window ............................... ................................. ......................... 257Selecting a Logging Template ............................ ................................. ............... 258

The Logging Workflow ................................ ............................ ................................. ...... 259Viewing the Material ................................ ................................. ......................... 259

Setting the New Clip Boundaries ............................ ................................. .......... 260Marking Events .............................. ................................. ................................ ... 260Describing the New Clip ................................. ................................ .................... 260Defining the New Clip .............................. ................................. ......................... 260

Creating Logging Templates ............................ ............................ ................................. .. 260


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Chapter 18

Media LoggerIntroduction ............................ ............................. ................................ .......................... 262

The Interface .............................. ................................. ................................. ...... 262The File Menu ............................ ................................. ................................. ...... 263The Quick Access Toolbar .............................. ................................. ................... 264

Working with the Media Logger ............................. ............................ ............................ 264Creating a Script File ............................ ................................. ............................. 264

Creating a New Script File ........................... ............................. ................... 264Opening an Existing Script File ................................ ............................. ........ 264Script File Formatting ............................... ............................. ....................... 265

Selecting a Roll and Making Clips ............................ ................................. ......... 266Adding Metadata to Virtual Clips ............................. ................................. ......... 267Handling the Video Player .............................. ................................. ................... 267

Playback Control Using the Mouse............................... ............................. ... 267Playback Control Using the Keyboard ................................ ........................... 268

The Audio VU Meter ............................ ............................. ............................ 269Closing the Media Logger ........................... ............................. ................................ ...... 269

Chapter 19

Media CleanerMedia Cleaner Concept ................................ ............................ ................................. ..... 272Preparing for Garbage Sweeping ................................ ............................ ....................... 272Working with the Media Cleaner................................. ............................ ....................... 273

Opening Tool ............................... ................................. ................................ ...... 273The Interface .............................. ................................. ................................. ...... 274

Media Utilization Window ............................. ............................. .................. 274

Media Bin ............................. ............................. ................................ ........... 275Media References Panel ................................ ............................. .................. 275The Toolbar ................................ ............................. ................................. ..... 276The Main Tool Menu ............................ ............................. ............................ 276The Context Menu ............................... ............................. ............................ 277Missing Footage ............................ ............................. ................................ . 280

Scheduled Media Cleaner ................................. ............................ ................................. 281The Interface .............................. ................................. ................................. ...... 282

Context Menu ................................ ............................. ................................. 283Schedule Managing .............................. ................................ ............................. 283

Folder Setup .............................. ............................. ................................ ...... 283Schedule Setting ............................ ............................. ................................ . 284

Chapter 20Cinegy BrowserIntroduction ............................ ............................. ................................ .......................... 288

The Cinegy Browser Interface ............................. ................................. .............. 288Node Explorer............................ ............................. ................................ ...... 289

Export Mode ............................... ................................ ................................. ...... 290Avid Export Settings........................... ............................. ............................. 290Cinebridge Export ................................ ............................. ............................ 293

Configuration ................................ ............................ ................................. .................... 293Importing Cinegy Files to Avid ............................... ............................ ............................ 294

Import from Cinegy Browser ............................... ................................. .............. 294Relinking Media Qualities in Avid ............................. ................................. ......... 297

Drop Target ............................... ............................. ................................. ..... 297Drop Target Window Settings ............................ ............................. ............. 297AAF Files Drag-and-Drop ............................... ............................. .................. 298Sample Workflow ................................ ............................. ............................ 300


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Avid Interplay Integration .............................. ................................. .................... 301Working with the Post Folder ............................. ................................ ................ 302

Searching in the Cinegy Archive Database .............................. ............................ .......... 304Closing Cinegy Browser ............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 305

Chapter 21

RSS Fetcher ServiceIntroduction ................................. ............................ ................................. ..................... 308Configuration and Setup............................. ............................. ................................ ....... 309

Agency............................ ................................. ................................. ................. 309

Logging ................................ ................................. ................................. ............ 310The RSS Fetcher Service ................................ ............................. ................................ .. 310

Shortcuts

Glossary

Appendix

Supported Formats, Codecs and Devices

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Introduction: The Fully Integrated TV Production System

Introduction

The Fully Integrated TV Production System

Every broadcasting company, media production house and post-productionfacility can streamline their production and achieve a dramatic increasein productivity while saving costs and improving quality at the same time.Cinegy products offer a flexible, scalable solution that guarantees an earlyreturn-on-investment. Ordinary PCs used for day-to-day office business form

the platform for Cinegy software. When using Cinegy, the production processbecomes modernized, streamlined and less time consuming. Furthermore, the

content, which is the most valuable asset for any broadcaster, is fully utilized.

The Problem

The Solution

The Cinegy SystemTechnology

Cinegy Workflow

The Cinegy Components

The Cinegy SoftwareVersioning


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The Problem

The traditional production process using videotapesis inefficient, and any problem becomes increasinglymore uncontrollable and costly with the extension ofthe organization.

Large broadcasters create thousands of hours ofvideotape every month. Costs incurred by tapeduplication, distribution, storage, search and retrievalexceed millions of dollars for large broadcasters everyyear.

Hundreds and thousands of tapes vanish or are lostin such tape-based production environments. Varioussolutions exist that try to solve this problem, but theworkflow remains cumbersome and non-intuitive.Integration and deployment is difficult.

There has been no satisfactory standard solution

until now!


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The Solution

Cinegy provides a solution that meets all the requirements of modern broadcasting. Working withleading system integrators, consultants, and IT companies, the Cinegy solution offers the customerthe highest level of competency and project management experience.

Cinegy system is an open platform allowing easy migration of existing content and data, as well asthe integration with other third-party and legacy solutions.

In short, it is the only fully integrated end-to-end client / server based workgroup oriented digitalmedia production and management system.

Fully scalable to more than 10 000 concurrent users, the Cinegy software uses standard PCs andnormal Fast-Ethernet networks for ease-of-integration and deployment as well as cost efficiency.

Cinegy product line is a complete system that integrates all areas of production in one comprehensive,elegant and homogeneous environment. Every aspect has been included real-time media ingest inmultiple quality levels, automatic shot detection, advanced logging, production notes, voice annotation,rights management, digital asset management, search and retrieval, sequencing, storyboarding, full

feature non-linear editing, workgroup collaboration, remote screening, conform, legacy integrationand playout, to name a few with many more in development.


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The Cinegy System Technology

The Network Structure

Scalability and Cost Efficiency

Only a Fast-Ethernet network connection to the Cinegy Archivemedia serveris needed. No additional,proprietary hardware or fiber channel network is required, just a computer specialist to maintainthe infrastructure. The use of the standard office PC as the platform of modern television productionallows quick and seamless deployment within the existing IT infrastructure.

Third-party, Legacy Integration and Interoperability

Cinegy GmbH produces a number of post-production, animation and 3D modeling applications that

can be integrated with Cinegy Desktop. Cinegy eXtreme is a high-end compositing, effects andanimation package, ideal for finishing productions created in Cinegy Desktop. By supporting standardEDL formats, Cinegy supports legacy NLE systems.

The Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is fast becoming the new interoperability standard, allowingdifferent vendors solutions to exchange project data. This enables Cinegy productsto be integratedinto heterogeneous post-production and NLE environments wherever necessary.


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Cinegy Workflow

Cinegy products enable all stages of media production to be represented within the system. All rolesand responsibilities are provided for:

media ingest with shot detection; storyboarding and outlining;

conforming on Avid systems;

media logging with metadata entry;

workgroup collaboration and communication;

AAF/EDL import / export;

media storage (online and near-line);

remote collaboration and exchange;

multi-resolution and format support;

cumulative metadata with very powerful temporal metadata functionality;

high-quality editing with advanced NLE features;

fully integrated rights management;

tightly integrated AP ENPS news system;

real-time search and retrieval;

integrated conforming;

scheduled or real-time playout of any format, integration of tracking systems.

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The Cinegy Components

Cinegy Desktop consists of several software as well as hardware components. They can all resideon different machines; some of them may be combined. Even a one-machine installation is possible.

TheCinegy Archive Content Server

The Cinegy Archive content server is a database server holding all the systems metadata in adatabase. The actual database used in the system may depend on your installation. Consult yoursystem administrator for further details.

The Cinegy Archive Media Server

This is a file server running any file system under any OS, containing the Cinegy media files. The actualchoice of the OS and the file system depends on your installed hardware base, preferences of yoursystem administrator, required size and performance of the media volumes.

The Cinegy Archive Document Server

The Cinegy Archivedocument server is a file server with an indexing feature, holding the non-mediaessences (file based documents) ingested in Cinegy Desktop.

Cinegy Desktop

Cinegy Desktopis the client logging, browsing and video editing software. It connects to the CinegyArchive servers to fulfill these tasks. This is a thin client, everything it does goes directly to the CinegyArchive servers.

IngestCinegy Desktopprovides full-scale support for ingesting any sort of incoming media:

tape ingest (via SDI and DV);

live ingest (via SDI and DV);

video files;

audio files;

direct CD ingest with CD DB support;

batch ingest, live and from tapes.

Cinegy IngestTheCinegy Ingest product provides most of the ingest features inside Cinegy Desktop. This modulehas its own system of sub-plug-ins, providing all the necessary features:

real-time compression to the required formats (for example, MPEG 1 &2, DV and WindowsMedia);

real-time ingest of any number of formats from the input stream in parallel;

the automatic scene detection, based on the content of the incoming video, as well as on thetimecode analysis;

on-the fly speech-to-text recognition with any Microsoft SAPI v 4 or 5 capable recognitionengine;

the ingested stream is available for editing and playout with the time lag less than 6 seconds.

Cinegy IngestCluster

The Cinegy Ingestcluster is an auxiliary technology, which helps Cinegy Desktop to ingest multiplevideo and audio qualities in parallel. It allows you to connect any number of machines in a cluster,


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working as a single very powerful computer. Normally, you would need to distribute such demandingtasks as MPEG compression or speech recognition over additional machines to achieve the requiredperformance.

Refer to the Cinegy Ingest Manualto learn more about this module.

Batch Ingest

The batch ingest is a plug-in that provides the ability to automatically create multi-session ingests.

Refer to theBatch Ingestchapter of the Cinegy Ingest Manualfor technical details.

Scheduled Ingest

This mode allows pre-planned scheduled ingests from a live feed. This is useful, for example, foringesting news feeds. The schedule is imported as a text file, which can be generated by anyscheduling program or created manually.

Batch Ingest from Tapes

This mode allows you to batch ingest using information from EDL or ALE files.

Logging

The logging plug-in provides HTML-template based logging. This module includes the followingfeatures:

You can create your own templates for every type of production: such as sports, documentaryor news. For example, a particular football template can include the player names and portraitsas well as the typical game situations.

You can describe and create the sub-clips from the footage currently being ingested as well asfrom the footage that has already been ingested.

Refer to theLogging chapter later in this manual to learn how to create and use the logging templates.

Cinegy Convert

Cinegy Convert is a separate server-based and batch processing service. You can use Cinegy Convertto perform the entire export and import job process in multiple formats, which gives you the power ofcentralized management, storage, and processing while lowering the client hardware requirements.

Cinegy Convert is designed to function like a network-based print server and can be used to performrepetitive export and conversion tasks by printing material to pre-defined formats and destinationsin any Cinegy Desktop through a simple drag-and-drop operation. Processing is performed on aspecified Cinegy Convert server that acts as a print queue/spooler, processing tasks in order.

Refer to the Cinegy Convert Manualfor details.

Cinegy Capture

Cinegy Capture is a separate product built from the ground-up as a totally independent ingest toolusing many of the industry-leading components developed for other Cinegy products. One or multipleinstances of Cinegy Capture can be installed as a self-starting service on a commodity server orstandard PC and configured to work with specified video hardware or IP streams. Once started CinegyCapture announces itself to the network as an appliance that is controlled remotely via a web-hostedapplication, meaning install free and cross-platform operation from Windows and Mac OS alike.

Refer to the Cinegy Capture Manualfor details.


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Cinegy Air

Cinegy Air is a separate product providing various playout services. It consists of the following parts:

Cinegy Air Control;

Cinegy AirEngine.

Cinegy AirControl Client

Cinegy Airprovides the state-of-the-art control interface for controlling one or multiple Cinegy Air Engine channels connected via TCP/IP:

start, stop for any server from a remote machine;

monitoring the status of every playout server;

monitoring the on-air video from any number of remote machines or via Internet connection.

Cinegy Air Engine

Cinegy Air Engineexecutes the playlist provided to it, renders video to air and also sends real-time

video feedback to the Cinegy Air Control interface, which eliminates the need for video controlmonitors as well as SDI cabling and routing.

Refer to the Cinegy Air Controland Cinegy Air Studio Manualsfor more details about Cinegy Air.

Cinegy Studio

The Cinegy Studio playout system allows you to play items from Cinegy Archiveinserted into newsstories in MOS (Media Object Server) based systems such as AP ENPS or Octopus or Newsworks.The provided features are:

instant update of the ENPS rundowns. As soon as a Cinegy clip or Sequence is inserted into astory in a rundown, the playout list in the Cinegy ENPS playout is automatically updated;

the selected item in the rundown list is pre-fetched to provide instant playback start;

all the necessary ENPS metadata (pages, rundowns etc.) are supported;

the tight integration is done via the MOS protocol.

Cinegy News

Cinegy News is a separate product providing you with the fully integrated the-end-to-end newsproduction and real-time playout solution.

Cinegy News is based on the Cinegy Archive MAM solution and uses Cinegy Desktop with its newfeatures for news production as the collaborative team production environment. It allows you toautomatically handle news feeds, write, review and approve the stories, edit video and audio in theintegrated system, record voice-overs, create rundowns, add graphics, template based titles andprovide the text for the teleprompter.

Refer to the Cinegy News Manualfor details.

IP-Based Broadcast Products

Cinegy offers the following IP-based broadcast products: Cinegy Route, Cinegy Gateway and CinegyMultiviewer. They are designed to manage every aspect of a broadcast production environmentencompassing potentially hundreds of channels.


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They provide effective tools for managing HD and SD network streams and satellite feeds whilepreserving maximum signal quality. It can manage multiple RTP signals from a single station whilekeeping each registered stream under control.

Refer to the Cinegy IP Infrastructure Manualfor details.

Cinegy Gateway

Cinegy Gateway enables broadcasters to use the RTP-based Ethernet networks with greater capacity,enhanced flexibility, higher quality and lower cost instead of the expensive SDI infrastructure.It provides the ability to deal with a huge number of incoming SD and HD network streams andsatellite feeds preserving maximum signal quality. It also supports managing of multiple RTP and UDPchannels at the same time from a single station making it possible to keep each registered streamunder control.

Refer to the Cinegy Gateway Manualfor details about Cinegy Gateway.

Cinegy RouteCinegy Route is used for virtual source switching control that allows the route operator to preview theincoming video for each virtual source in real time.

Refer to the Cinegy Route Manualfor details about Cinegy Route.

Cinegy Multiviewer

Cinegy Multiviewer enables operator to manage multiple RTP and UDP channels incoming from thereceiver and streaming by Cinegy Air Engines.

Refer to the Cinegy Multiviewer Manualfor details about Cinegy Multiviewer.

The Cinegy WorkspaceClient

Your system may also include theCinegy Workspace module to provide web-based users with remoteaccess to your Cinegy Archive using a browser interface. Its functionality may vary from simple websearch in the Cinegy content through to very sophisticated editing features. The appearance of theCinegy Workspace client can be customized according to the requirements of your organization.

Refer to the Cinegy Workspace Manualfor details.

System Modules

Cinegy software includes several system services:

update system, for synchronizing the content on the clients;

file watcher, for monitoring the free space of the file cluster and providing HSM integration;

MOS gateway, for providing a connection between your MOS server and playout engine.

Maintenance and Administration

Cinegy Archiveincludes a set of administration and maintenance utilities to edit, maintain, and checkthe Cinegy Archive structure and content, as well as the Cinegy user tables.


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Cinegy Enterprise Manager

This is the main administration utility. It allows you to modify the structure of the Cinegy Archivedatabase and all the global system settings. Only an administrator with the corresponding accessrights can use the module.

Refer to the Cinegy Installation and

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