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  • Page 1 Casablanca Prestige User manual...
  • Page 2 The following product named "Casablanca Prestige" carries the CE seal of conformity on the basis of the guidelines 89/336/EWG of the Commission of the European Community from 29. April 1991 for the alignment of legal regulations in the signatory states concerning communications devices, including mutual recognition of their conformity.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Chapter 1: Introduction....................... 5 1.1 Congratulations! ..................5 1.2 What is Casablanca Prestige? ..............6 1.3 Structure of this user manual ..............6 Chapter 2: Installation......................7 2.1 What‘s in the box?..................7 2.2 Registration/Update service ............... 7 2.3 How to connect...................
  • Page 4 To avoid making mistakes during operation, we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual. We would also like to point out that Casablanca Prestige has been designed with the hobby enthusiast in mind. We have taken a great deal of care while programming and checking this software.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction

    (Germany) info@casablanca.tv (North America) Congratulations on the purchase of your new Casablanca Prestige! We thank you for the confi- dence and trust you have shown us, and we hope 0 +49 (0)2335/960-100 (Germany) that Casablanca Prestige will meet your expecta-...

  • Page 6: What Is Casablanca Prestige

    The impressive hardware performance of Casab- The chapters VGA Mode (Chapter 6), Tips & lanca Prestige is ideal for full digital video editing Error Handling (Chapter 7), and Technical Data with MiniDV, (although of course analog equip- (Chapter 8) offer tips and tricks as well as tech- ment is easily compatible as well.)

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Installation

    Casablanca product! After you have unpacked and connected the Casablanca Prestige, you may want to turn it on Your registration ensures that you are automati- and try it out right away. This is simple to do, but...

  • Page 8: How To Connect

    In the following two pictures, you see the front side (1-5) and the rear side of Casablanca (4) Mic. IN Prestige. The back of the unit is divided into the You can connect a microphone to this input to left half (6-10) and the right half (11-17).

  • Page 9: Installing The Os Software

    VCR. This configuration results in lower input and output to connect your MiniDV/ picture quality. If you normally do not connect DV recorder or your camera. The Prestige will the VCR to the TV through the antenna socket, automatically detect which DV input you are then you must first program the video recorder using.
  • Page 10 Always return the SmartCard to its Casablanca Prestige will start, but will display a protective sleeve after use. question mark over the SmartMedia symbol. You must carry out the installation procedure if you do not see the Main Menu screen once your Casablanca Prestige is turned on.

  • Page 11: Unlocking Software

    – (hidden): This product and the corresponding effects/fonts are not displayed in the Casablanca Prestige list. This can be used to hide demos once You can use several different hard drives with they have been previewed. Hidden demo effects Casablanca Prestige.

  • Page 12: Initial Operation

    After you have turned on the machine by pressing the switch on the front side, you are greeted with the message „Casablanca Prestige“ on the tele- vision monitor. If this message does not appear, then check your cable connections and make sure that the television is set to the proper input.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3: Basics

    Editing is therefore somewhat different than with traditional analog devices. The following princip- les apply to Casablanca Prestige video editing: 1. Recording of the desired material (video and audio), either completely or in designated sequences, which is stored in up to ten independent projects.

  • Page 14: Using The Trackball

    (click) the on-screen button. machine, but it will function in a similar manner. Computer users will please note that Casablanca Prestige has neither a "double-click" nor a "drag" operation. These operations are not needed for our easy-to-use system.
  • Page 15 At certain points, such as in the text input menu black horizontal bars in the upper right corner. for titling, Casablanca Prestige allows or requires Clicking with the left trackball button opens a list text input, (for example when naming scenes, of different options.
  • Page 16 Clicking on it causes Casab- the desired characters. Characters are inserted just lanca Prestige to start recording, at which time before the cursor. you can start your video input device. (For best results, be sure to start the input device first).
  • Page 17 Scroll through the color The symbols for direct menu change palette (2) until your desired color is displayed Most of the Casablanca Prestige screens are in the color window below (3). After confirming represented by symbols.
  • Page 18 when one of the buttons "In", "Out", "Split Posi- Archive function tion", "/>", or ">/" is clicked and the trackball is You will see the "Archive" button in various held motionless for approximately 0.5 seconds. menus and screens (e.g. titling, color box). A movable, vertical white-hatch bar indicates the Clicking on this button opens a screen in which actual playback position.
  • Page 19 Most supplemental programs can be installed as installed supplemental programs, (the main demo versions. This means that you can let your program "Casablanca", and "DVD Arabesk"). dealer transfer these versions to your SmartMedia card free of charge, so they can be previewed at The next selection button "Type"...

  • Page 21: Chapter 4: Tutorials

    Step 2: Orientation in the Main Menu screen This operation requires a certain familiarity with the Casablanca Prestige user interface. If these in- Turn on the Casablanca Prestige and wait until structions are unfamiliar to you, please read about the hard drive is ready.
  • Page 22 Your Prestige will automatically detect name of your choice. You can also see which hard which DV input you are using. We recommend...
  • Page 23 You menu as soon as it has been brought to the midd- can see that Casablanca Prestige is actually recor- le of the Scene bin. Once there it is the selected ding because of the changing recording time.
  • Page 24 (e.g. "vacation.1", Casablanca Prestige installation was successful, "vacation.2", etc.). Next to the scene name you the cables are correctly connected and the hard also see the duration of the scene using the drive is communicating properly.
  • Page 25 "IN" button. with its length displayed above). You can adjust the Out point by clicking on Normally, Casablanca Prestige will add a scene "OUT" and proceeding as explained above. after the active scene in the Storyboard. The query Rolling to the left shortens the scene from the in this case makes it possible to insert a scene in end and rolling to the right increases it again.
  • Page 26 Now select a transition to be placed between the scenes. Casab- lanca Prestige offers you many possibilities from a simple crossfade to complex 3D effects. (1) Click with the left button on the arrow button "|<"...
  • Page 27 storyboard is outlined in red after a click on "Add". This means that the effect has to be created before it can be viewed. However, you can preview the effect to decide if At first glance everything looks just as it did in you really want to use it.
  • Page 28 "New Sample" . In the New Sample menu select name suggested by Casablanca Prestige (A1, A2, the CD Audio option, and then click "OK". CD Audio, CD Audio2 etc.) to bring up the on- screen keyboard with which you can change the You will now see the CD Audio menu.
  • Page 29 3 before discussing the many special functions of Then click on the "Add" button and select the this screen. commentary that you have spoken and named from the audio list now displayed. Confirm with Now exit the recording menu and switch to the "OK"...
  • Page 30 The audio The top row of buttons control the DV device, level is displayed. the lower Play button makes the Prestige start playing your video project and start the DV There are many more options in fine-tuning the device recording.

  • Page 31: Tutorial 2: Insert Editing

    The exercises in this chapter assume that you are somewhat familiar with the Casablanca Prestige You will see that there are two functions here, user interface. The instructions given are therefore "Trim"...
  • Page 32 Play the storyboard from the first scene. You will the storyboard, select the third insert scene in the see the background scene, then a hard cut to scene bin, then click on "Insert", and finally shift the insert scene, and then the background scene the starting point appropriately.

  • Page 33: Tutorial 3: Audio Mixing

    (e.g. from radio) and of recor- changes to the video material can destroy all the ding on Casablanca Prestige will almost certainly work you put into audio mixing! not be exactly the same. Do this as described in the first tutorial.
  • Page 34 on either the musical-note symbol or directly on Then click on "Range", select "Position", and shift the track itself. Now click on "Add", select the mu- the Start point, so that the commentary begins sic piece from the audio sample list that appears, earlier or later.

  • Page 35: Tutorial 4: Titling 1

    4.4 Tutorial 4: Titling 1 all volume changes take place gradually over the course of one second. This applies to the volume Casablanca Prestige provides high-performance of the affected track (in this case the commentary titling with which you can insert opening titles, track) and also to its correction of all neighboring end credits, subtitles, etc.
  • Page 36 First, select a font. Click on "Font style/size""to By clicking "Line" you can set the type of text bring up a selection window. The text Casablanca alignment. You have the choice of left, centered, II appears in the previously selected font. Select and right.
  • Page 37 ("OK"), after which the "Save text” menu If you have created additional titles after "Video closes. title with Casablanca Prestige", then the most re- cently entered text appears in the window. In this After you are finished, click "OK" in the Enter/edit...

  • Page 38: Tutorial 5: Titling 2

    "from", and the last (fifth) page contains the text You need a scene of about 15 seconds that has a "Casablanca Prestige" in two lines. significant border between the upper and lower screen halves. (This means that the bottom half...
  • Page 39 Then exit the text-entry menu by clicking on "OK". You are returned to the titling screen. There you will see that there are further effect options for the effect "In/Out Fading Pages". For this title effect the options are Fade (indicates when the title should appear)and Pause, (indica- tes the length of time between two pages.

  • Page 41: Chapter 5: Reference

    (3) The "Screen" button allows you to choose between Video and three different VGA screen resolutions. Video means that you can use your TV to access the Casablanca Prestige user interface. VIDEO The other three possibilities, (VGA 1, VGA 2, and 5.1 System settings...

  • Page 42: Project Settings

    You can also see (4) The "Format" button provides two different which hard drive is currently in the Casablanca settings. In addition to the normal 4:3 format, Prestige. This is otherwise not possible because...

  • Page 43: Video Settings

    I-link DV port you are using. It – other supplementary programs is recommended that only one DV device be connected to the Casablanca Prestige at any (7) The "Information" button gives information time, or else errors may occur.

  • Page 44: Recording

    Clicking the button while the recorder is in (4) When a new scene is recorded, the Casablanca pause mode causes movement of a single frame Prestige will automatically name it (S1, S2 etc.).

  • Page 45: Editing

    (or work, and for sequencing of trimmed scenes. until you stop playing either by pressing the Stop This is the most important menu in Casablanca button which is now visible, or by clicking the Prestige.
  • Page 46 (12) Scenes are added to the storyboard from the Casablanca Prestige offers an easy way to do scene bin. The selected scene in the scene bin is this: With an Insert-edit, the selected scene in the added to the storyboard by clicking the "Add"...
  • Page 47 storyboard. An "Insert" scene can also deleted, demo versions from your dealer. and this uncovers the background. If you have already created audio and the scene to be deleted You can select a new scene simply by clicking on it is affected, then you will receive a warning or by activating the slider control.
  • Page 48 this menu are accepted and you are returned to Here, too, several effects have a "Full Size" preview the "New scene" window. With "Cancel" you exit option. To the right you find the effect options, the "Single image" menu without having made to the left you see the "Frame"...
  • Page 49 You only have to click on "OK" and the scene is deleted. – Jitter Have no fear – Casablanca Prestige processes Note: If you click on "Remove scene" you see your best and most detailed material without jit- that in the window displayed the "OK"...
  • Page 50 Effects can also be applied if needed. Splitting can be compared to cutting a roll of film. Casablanca Prestige plays the scene more slowly The film is still on the roll. A segment of film, (the than the normal frame rate. Movement can be first take in the scene selected in the scene bin), is jumpy.
  • Page 51 intentionally deleted in the Edit menu. correct starting image, confirm by clicking on the left button and the "Trim" menu appears again. After clicking on "Use" or "Drop" you continue to You proceed in the same manner with the Out work with the rest of the roll.

  • Page 52: Finish

    (1) The counter at the upper right displays the (camera, deck, etc.) from your Casablanca length of the storyboard, which is the total length Prestige, click on the button "DV Recorder of your video project. The total length includes Controls". You can control your DV device using not only the scenes you have taken from the scene the control panel now displayed.
  • Page 53 Note for the technically interested: Uncompressed audio is 16 bit PCM audio at 48 kHz. Compressed audio is in MPEG format. (12) This field displays the Size requirements for this project. The value is dependent on the quality levels explained above and on the length of the project.
  • Page 54 The DVD writer's read/write light is lit during (15) The button next to "DVD Name" can be writing. It can happen that Casablanca Prestige is clicked to bring up the keyboard so that you can finished (the write window is closed) but the red enter a name of your choice.

  • Page 55: Transition Effects

    You can carry out crossfades, wipe fades, and posed "demo" text. To purchase and unlock an color fades, but also trick transitions only pos- effect, contact your Casablanca Dealer. sible in digital systems. The transition effects are always inserted between two scenes in the sto- (3) After you have selected an effect that has ryboard.
  • Page 56 can, for example, define colors and effect direc- maximum limit. tions, and other parameters specific to the indivi- Audio is automatically cross-faded. This means dual effects. that the audio of the previous scene becomes quieter and the audio of the next scene becomes (4) You use the "Add"...
  • Page 57 (10) You can use the multi-layering technique effect must then be created again. Be careful! with Casablanca Prestige. If you want to over- lap several transition effects, you at first add one effect between two scenes and create it. Then you...
  • Page 58 In case the (blue) surface of the foreground scene first scene becomes less and less visible and the second more and more. As with all Casablanca (because of illumination) is not completely sing- le-colored, then you can use "Color span" to set...

  • Page 59: Image Processing Effects

    Casab- scene. You can specify the "Direction", the direc- lanca Prestige, but instead only the audio of the tion of the "Fixed corners", and the "Quality". first scene (background video) is used. You can change this default setting by using audio mixing.
  • Page 60 the approximate range for the intended effect. first to the length of the actual scene, but can be You can process just one image, or an entire changed with the button located to the above-left scene, or in the extreme case the entire story- (item(6)).
  • Page 61 To the left you see the button "Display" with three (10) You can apply the multi-layering technique with Casablanca Prestige. If you would like to available possibilities. With "Original" you can view your original scene. With "Effect" you can overlay several long-term effects, you at first insert observe your scene with the applied effect.
  • Page 62 function "Range" is active. Specify a new range of three color components) there are about 256 and click on "OK". Now you can view the new possible levels. scene in the Edit menu. 3. Color to Grey: Usually the video material is in The multi-layering technique for Image Proces- color.
  • Page 63 "Clip". The controls "Min" and "Max" are 14. Mosaic: With this effect you make a mosaic used to change brightness and contrast. Under out of your scene. The scene is divided up into "Compress", however, image information is individual squares that become larger. You specify lost for areas brighter than maximum or darker the "Size"...

  • Page 64: Titling

    Image Processing effect. Titling in Casablanca even blue where the very brightest image areas Prestige is actually done as a picture-editing were. You can sometimes see similar images in TV effect. Instead of a "filter”, digital text is added to science programs or in crime movies as so-called your video.
  • Page 65 "enable", click the "Color" button to call up the Font size is specified with the slider. The font and color box. After deciding the desired color setting, size are displayed with the text "Casablanca II". confirm with "OK". After confirming with "OK" the selected font and...
  • Page 66 (7) Clicking on the "Shadow" button opens line. The lines below the moved line are moved a screen in which you at first choose between along with it, but keep their respective distances. "disabled" and "strong" under Type. After you have selected "strong"...
  • Page 67 you want to make further settings. – Clicking on "Insert Page" causes a new text page to be inserted before the active page. The "Page Options" window closes automatically and you now see the newly inserted page displayed over your video. Clicking on "Delete Page" causes the page being displayed (active page) to be deleted.
  • Page 68 You can set the height When you edit video in Casablanca Prestige you "Fading height" of this fade-in and fade-out from also change the audio. Transition effects in the 10-200 pixels.

  • Page 69: Audio Recording/Editing

    Many of these ned). Flashing red means overdriving. effects are possible only when applied to stereo sound. For these functions Casablanca Prestige (2) Here you see the audio input. You can choo- creates a new sample with the desired effects se between "Microphone", "Front", "Rear", and...
  • Page 70 The distance between the loudspeakers is Audio samples in the clipboard are lost when Cas- artificially increased. This is done with negative ablanca Prestige is turned off. channel crosstalk. You can set the "Width" from 0-175%. – Copy audio sample Clicking on the "Copy"...

  • Page 71: Audio Mixing/Dubbing

    the original audio segment is still available. that you see six gray, horizontal bands – the audio tracks. (9) Using the "Trim" function you can remove The differences between the audio tracks are exp- undesirable portions from the beginning and the lained as follows: end of the edited audio samples.
  • Page 72 menu, in which you can do the following with the audio: a) Trim mode allows you to edit the "In" and "Out" points. b) Position mode allows you to change the point at which the Insert scene begins. 6. Return to the Audio mix menu and click on "Create".
  • Page 73 "Audio mix" menu. duration. Below the samples there is a play button so that you can listen to the selected audio sample (7) Casablanca Prestige can playback several au- before actually adding it. Confirming with "OK" causes the "Add" window...

  • Page 74: Shutdown (Off)

    You should always turn off your Casablanca the original audio. Prestige with the "Off” button or the front switch. There is a commentary in the second track. The Data loss may otherwise occur!

  • Page 75: Chapter 6: Vga-Mode

    VGA (computer) monitor to your then the Transition-effects menu is overlaid by the Casablanca Prestige in addition to your TV play indicator on the VGA monitor. Your video is monitor.
  • Page 76 VGA 2 (800 x 600, 75 Hz): If your VGA monitor supports this setting then you can also use it with Casablanca Prestige. The only difference to the setting above is the frequency. The picture flickers less. VGA 3 (1024 x 768, 70 Hz): This setting also enables rendering of more scenes and entries.

  • Page 77: Chapter 7: Tip And Error Handling

    (and store in a safe place). The system then starts "hot", meaning that they are over-saturated. and displays the Main menu of the user interface. Casablanca Prestige can create colors that can only be processed by professional video machines and that lead to distortions when using VHS, SVHS, or even DV devices.
  • Page 78 If you only use the moni- about 4-5 seconds until the greeting message tor for Casablanca Prestige, then it might make appears. sense to have the monitor configured specially for Casablanca Prestige.
  • Page 79 Problem: Is data lost if I pull the power plug for Solution: If you want to keep your video material an extended period of time? on the Casablanca Prestige, then you can start a new project in menu "Project settings". Otherwise Solution: No, your data is stored on the internal you can choose the option "Delete", which after...
  • Page 80 Solution: If you have access to the Internet, check out the following Web site: http://www.macrosystem.de (Germany) http://www.casablanca.tv (North America) Here you will find an updated list of FAQs (Fre- quently Asked Questions) that may help you. You can also call your dealer, or call our hotline if you...

  • Page 81: Chapter 8: Technical Data

    Chapter 8: Technical Data Front inputs: CVBS (RCA), Y/C (S-video), i-Link DV Rear inputs: CVBS(RCA), Y/C (S-video), i-Link DV SYSTEM Rear outputs: Processor: SCART (CVBS, RGB -Europe only), CVBS (RCA), Celeron Y/C (S-video), i-Link DV Software: already installed on SmartMedia card AUDIO SmartMedia: Front inputs:...
  • Page 82 Copyrights The operating system VxWorks ® is used in license from Wind River Systems, Inc. For the IEEE 1394 interface (Firewire®, MiniDV®) a Firewire Stack from Intoto, Inc. is used. The module for converting graphics data in PNG format is the PNG Reference Library. The versions 0.97 - 1.0.5 are copyright ©...

  • Page 83: Index

    Index Buttons / Icons centered (Titling) 38, 67, 73 Circle wipe This index comprises every important term of Click this manual, so that you can look up the pages Clipboard (Special) 42, 49, 70 explaining the term you are looking for and eve- Coal drawing/Line art(IP) rything important in connection with it.
  • Page 84 Install project 18, 20, 41 -Arabesk Installation -erase DVD -read DVD -write DVD Jitter (Special) DVD name Dynamic range (IP) Keyboard 15, 69 Keyboard, external Edit 18, 42 Edit section (DVD) Effect list Language Effect options Length of effect 26, 57, 63 Effect symbol Length of storyboard End titles...
  • Page 85 Power supply Sorting scenes Preview 24, 57, 62 Special 49, 52, 63 Project Settings Special characters (keyboard) 14 Sphere Split 24, 51 Split (automatically) Random lines Split Position 24, 51 Range 36, 46, 62 Spread (IP) Range (Record) Start (Range) 46, 74 Raw material Still picture (Special)
  • Page 86 AUDIO Video input 22, 43, 62 Video recorder symbols Video Settings 22, 43 Audio mix 13, 28, 68 Wave form 18, 47, 51 Audio tracks 29, 68 Welcome message Audio-Mix Screen 13, 25, 36 White balance (IP) 64, 78 Clipboard (Special) Commentary track 36, 72, 75 Copy audio tracks (Special) 70...
  • Page 87 Range 36, 39 Record, Edit 36, 69 Remain. capacity Remove / Delete 46, 49, 56 Sinewave sound(New Sample)70 Special Split 25, 71 Split Position Start (Range) Stereo Storyboard 35, 73 Swap (Special) Track list Trim 35, 71 Trim meter Undo Volume 35, 72 Volume (Special)

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