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3D Fly On / Fly Off Text
3D Rotation Fly-On
Creating A Moving Line On A Map
Floating Picture-In-Picture Effect
Floating Picture-In-Picture Effect (2)
Get The Audio To Finish At End Of Video (1)
Get The Audio To Finish At End Of Video (2)
Making A Scene
Graphics Animation
Highlighting A Piece Of Video (Avio)
Interval (Time-Lapse) Recording
Putting a border around a picture
Syncing Two-Camera Shoots;(1)
Syncing Two-Camera Shoots;(2)
Text Typewriter Style
Title F/X (Avio)
Title containing text motions in two different directions (Avio) 
Voice Overs requires PDF Reader
Zoom and transition effect Picture-in-Picture (Avio)

Text Typewriter Style
I have been using this effect a couple of times and I use it recently. A client comes in and says he wants text to come on the screen like every letter is being type on the screen. So I am thinking and I said to myself ok I can do that on the Avio. It took me less then 10 minutes to do it and another 5-10 minutes to render it and it turn out great, he love it and I love it also too. I thought I could do a tip and trick kind of how to do it thing for you guys.

Here is how to do it.

1. Pick any video clip you have in your scene bin and split it up into about 15 frames length or however fast you want the letters to pop up.

2. Add to storyboard in order of clip.

3. Go to title window click on either in/out fading pages or page title. Click on "Enter Text"

4. Adjust your Font/colour/outline/shadow to what you desire

5. Now click in your window to where you want your text to start typing.

6. Type the first letter of your word then press ok.

7. Then insert on your first scene.

8. Go to your next scene click on enter text.

9. Now, your first letter should be there, now click next to that letter and

type your next letter of the word. click ok. insert into next scene.

10. Repeat the process until you finish your whole text. Create it.

11. REMEMBER IF YOU USE IN/OUT FADE PAFES MAKE SURE YOU YOU TURN YOUR FADE

TIME TO ZERO.

This gets kind of easy once you get the hang of it and it will be a breeze. You can also put a typewriter sound effect to it when each letter appears. Well I hope you use this neat effect. Email me if you have any questions. 

Title containing text motions in two different directions 
Here's a neat trick to generate a title containing text motions in two different directions on the current Avio (no Scene function). This tip is courtesy of David Adame of MSUS. The parameters used in the example below are just to illustrate the effect. One should adapt them to their own specific application. 

1. Select a background clip for the title. Trim it to 4 secs and Add to Sb.  

2. Create a 4-sec Empty Scene of an unsaturated blue-green color (or any color suitable for chromakey (Bluebox) use and Add to Sb to the right of the step 1 clip.

3. Set the clip of step 1 in the Sb focus window and go to the Title screen.

4. Select Insert and set Range to cover the _final_ 3 secs of the clip.

5. Select V-Scroll and Enter/Change Text.

5. Type in "Avio" with font size about 85 and select OK.

6. Set the second (empty) clip in Sb focus window and select Insert and

set Range to the _first_ 3 secs of the clip.

7. Select Horizontal Scroll and Enter/Change Text.

8. Move the text box to bottom part of screen and type in "Rocks" and select OK.

9. Go to the Transitions screen and Insert a Bluebox transition between the two clips. Set Range to the full 4 secs. Create.

This should generate a title in which the word "Avio" scrolls up and the word "Rocks" scrolls horizontally under the upward scrolling "Avio".  
Obviously other motions and clip lengths can be used. One should experiment.

Title F/X.
The variable way that Avio titles can interact with transitions enables some interesting title f/x. A previous message of mine (subj: (Cb) Avio title FX - TIP FOR SAVING) described how one could create a title that expands onto the screen. In this message I'll show you how to get different title responses depending on how its range is set compared to the length of a transition and the two clips used for the transition. One should be able to create come pretty interesting titles using these different cases. Let's use the PiP transition for dramatic effect. 
FIRST CASE: Transition is shorter than either of the transition clips. If the title range extends beyond both ends of the transition, the title acts as expected and covers both the beginning and end of the clips and the transition effect. If the title range extends from the first clip to within, but not beyond the transition, the title is missing where it would normally cover the PiP. If the title range starts within the transition and extends beyond the transition, the title starts out fully within the PiP window and at the end of the transition immediately switches to full screen. If the title range is less than or equal to that of the transition, the title is fully contained within the PiP window. 
SECOND CASE: Two equal-length clips and a transition that spans the full time of the clips. If the title is Inserted into the first of the transition clips and its Range set between the start and end of the transition, the title will be full screen with any portion that would normally overlay the PiP missing. If the title is Inserted into the second transition clip and its Range set between the start and end of the transition, the title will appear fully within the PiP window.

Zoom and transition effect Picture-in-Picture (Avio)
The IP effect Zoom and transition effect Picture-in-Picture (PiP) of the Avio open up the possibility for some interesting f/x because of their continuously variable zoom ratio and PiP size, respectively. I given one example below which should indicate some of the potential of combining these two f/x. Let's say you'd like to highlight some particular area within a video clip. One way to make it stand out would be to change the color for the remainder of the clip for contrast. For illustration purposes, let's choose Relief. 
Here are the steps: 

1. Select the clip of interest and Trim to desired length. 

2. Make a copy of the clip.

3. Highlight the copy and select Special|Relief. Choose desired light direction and then select OK. Add this 'relief' clip to the Sb.

4. Highlight the original clip in the clip bin and select Special|Zoom. Set Zoom In and Zoom Out to 000.00:00. Set Position/Size as desired. Record the Position and Size values set and select OK.

5. Add this newly-created 'zoomed' clip to the Sb to the right of the clip of step 3.

6. Go to the Transitions screen and center the Sb focus window on the clips of steps 3 and 5. Set Shadow and Border to 0. Set Position and Size to values used in step 4. Select Insert and set "x s" to the full length of the clips. Select Create.

Obviously any of the IP f/x can be used for the background or zoomed clip to provide a contrast between the areas. Let your imagination run rampant!

Highlighting A Piece Of Video (Avio)
The IP effect Zoom and transition effect Picture-in-Picture (PiP) of the Avio open up the possibility for some interesting f/x because of their continuously variable zoom ratio and PiP size, respectively. I given one example below which should indicate some of the potential of combining these two f/x.  Let's say you'd like to highlight some particular area within a video clip. One way to make it stand out would be to change the color for the remainder of the clip for contrast. For illustration purposes, let's choose Relief. 

Here are the steps:

1. Select the clip of interest and Trim to desired length.

2. Make a copy of the clip.

3. Highlight the copy and select Special|Relief. Choose desired light direction and then select OK. Add this 'relief' clip to the Sb.

4. Highlight the original clip in the clip bin and select Special / Zoom. Set Zoom In and Zoom Out to 000.00:00. Set Position/Size as desired. Record the Position and Size values set and select OK.

5. Add this newly-created 'zoomed' clip to the Sb to the right of the clip of step 3.

6. Go to the Transitions screen and center the Sb focus window on the clips of steps 3 and 5. Set Shadow and Border to 0. Set Position and Size to values used in step 4. Select Insert and set "x s" to the full length of the clips. Select Create.

Obviously any of the IP f/x can be used for the background or zoomed clip to provide a contrast between the areas. Let your imagination run rampant!

Making a scene
 1.      Capture ten mins of footage (pref. different shots so you can see the effect better)

2.      Split the footage into five bits and place them on the storyboard.

3.      Go to the transitions edit screen and put a one second crossfade between each clip.

4.      Click on FINISH and render all. (you can use any effect, but for speedy rendering in this demo I have selected the crossfade)

5.      Once rendered go to the TITLE edit screen. (again you can go to either transition or effects edit screen but I find that when the scene is made Cassie names the scene "crossfade" etc. In the title edit screen it calls it S2 e.g.. After you have made lots of scenes it soon gets confusing reading the names in the clip bin)

6.      In the title screen put your first clip in the Grey edit window.

7.      Now click on the SCENE button.

8.      Now click the RANGE button.

9.      Click on the OUT button and scroll all the way through the footage to the end of your five clips.

10.  When you get to the very end click the LEFT mouse button.

11.  Now click OK and go to the edit screen. In the edit screen you will see a new clip in the bin, select it and press play. What you should see is your five clips all with the transitions attached and rendered. This allows you to place this clip back on the storyboard and add more transitions, PinP or to add as an insert so you can have transitions between incerts. The scene function is the most powerful of buttons on the Casablanca......master this and the only limitations you have are in your mind.

Putting a border around a picture  
The easiest way is to us the rectangle feature and create a vertical rectangle and place it on the left side, make a scene and do the same for the right side. Pretty time consuming if you are doing any large amount of Pictures. If you have a digital mixer, most of them have a cropping feature of some kind and you can do it in real time with the mixer and just record that as your scene.

Creating A Moving Line On A Map
Here s a way to use your camcorder in conjunction to create a moving line on a map

1. Set up your camcorder on a tripod to view the map of interest.

2. With the camera shooting, hand mark the route on the map with a coloured marker. Mark the route in short segments, say a half-inch or so, then take your hand completely out of the frame.

3. Repeat step 2 until the entire route is highlighted.

4. Input this video segment into the Kron and use Split to separate the hand visible portions from the parts without your hand.

5. Trim the line segment only clips to a common length and Add them to the Sb in sequence and Insert a Crossfade transition between each of them.

You now have a sequence with line that progressively moves across the map.

Here is a variation, At item 2, shoot the map without the route marked a few seconds, then shoot the map with the route entirely marked.
Now at item 5 instead of the crossfade, insert a horizontal wipe without blur effect from Space rack basic wipes between the two clips the length you need. IMHO the line move more progressively that way and it is much faster to do

Syncing Two-Camera Shoots;(1)
I shoot weddings. Usually, the front cam is manned and the rear cam is unmanned. The unmanned camera records audio off the built-in mic (backup!). Immediately after rolling tape at the ceremony, I walk into both cameras' view and do a hand clap. If the photographer is allowed to use flash during the ceremony, I use the flash to sync the footage instead of a hand clap. Both cams roll nonstop until the end of the ceremony.

In post, I use the audio recorded on the manned camera. This requires the two angles be synchronized to allow lip-synching of the unmanned camera's footage to the manned camera's audio. After recording both angles to the HD, there are two scenes in the clip bin. We'll call one of the scenes "FRONT" and the other "REAR".

1. Trim the "In" point of FRONT to the exact frame where my hands meet (or flash occurs).

2. Trim the "Out" point of FRONT to the point where I want the ceremony footage to end.

3. Note the duration (minutes, seconds, & frames) of FRONT after performing the trims.

4. Trim the "In" point of REAR to the point where my hands meet (or flash occurs).

5. Trim the "Out" point of REAR so that its duration is equal to the duration of FRONT.

6. Re-trim the IN point of FRONT to the point where I want the ceremony footage to begin.

7. Note the revised duration of FRONT.

8. Re-trim the "In" point of REAR so that its duration is again equal to the duration of FRONT.

9. Use Casablanca's "Scene" function to create new scenes of both camera angles. These 2 new scenes (FRONT-2 and REAR-2) are synchronized at this point.

10. Delete the original trimmed scenes (FRONT and REAR) from the clip bin.

11. Place the entire FRONT-2 scene (has the audio I'll be using) into the storyboard.

12. Let's assume that I want to switch from the front angle to the rear angle at 15 seconds, 22 frames into the video. I want the rear angle to be visible for 8 seconds, 2 frames, then switch back to the front angle.

13. Trim the "In" point of REAR-2 to 15 seconds, 22 frames. Trim its "Out" point to 23 seconds, 24Fframes.

14. Insert the trimmed REAR-2 into FRONT-2 (in the storyboard), setting the "Start" point at 15 seconds, 22 frames. The "Start" point determines where the switch will occur in the storyboard. The time code of the "Start" point must always equal the trimmed "In" point of scene REAR-2 to maintain lip synch.

15. Repeat steps 12 & 13 to insert additional portions of REAR-2 into FRONT-2.

16. When the storyboard is played, the audio will be uninterrupted as the video switches back and forth between the two angles. Lip synch of the rear cam to the front cam's audio is 100% accurate.

I hope all this isn't too confusing. It's pretty difficult to explain this process, but it's really easy to do once you've been through it a couple of times on the Casablanca.

Syncing Two-Camera Shoots;(2)
If both cameras were running continuously for the entire service, the process is simple. Split your first cam scenes into 30 second + - pieces. This will make them easier to manage later. Add them to your storyboard. Split your second camera scenes into 30 second pieces. Trim the first scene of the second camera footage to cue on a word, movement, or if you have version 3, to the voice in the first cam footage on the storyboard. After you have lip-synced the inserted scene and adjusted using your START icon in the RANGE function, Insert the next of the following 2nd cam scene directly after the first insert. Repeat, repeat, repeat until all the 2nd cam scenes have all been inserted. Play storyboard to be certain you are holding sync throughout. If the cams were continuously running you should be synced.

Now, the fun part. Click to your first insert. Click to SEARCH and see if there is something in that insert you wish to keep on the storyboard. If yes, click to RANGE. You will see what is underneath the insert by moving the OUT point back and forth. When you trim with the out point, the end of the inserted piece will be removed to reveal the original footage. You may also trim from the IN point, but WARNING! If you trim from the IN point, you must move your insert, using the START, ahead on the storyboard the same amount forward as you trim from the front. i.e. trim 3seconds-7 frames from front move insert 3 seconds-7 frames forward. Visualize you have two paintings of the same thing and are peeling away the second layer. After you have completed this peeling process, look at the storyboard to be certain you have not lost sync.

Then you can add CROSSFADES to transition between shots

We do this all the time with four and five cameras and when you get the hang, it's painless.
If you wish to add more cameras, you need to make a scene of the finished storyboard and repeat the above process again.

Interval (Time-Lapse) Recording  
The trick is to use the Fast Motion capability of the Casablanca to speed up the time-lapse clip by a factor equal to the number of frames collected after each interval. For example, the TRV900/PD100a can record a half-second (15 frames) of video for various interval periods. To turn this clip into one frame per interval, and therefore wonderfully smooth motion:

1. Trim the clip so that the start and end points are at an interval boundary.
2. Use Special / Fast Motion to speed up the clip by a factor of 3.
3. Select the newly created 3X clip and use Special / Fast Motion to speed it up by a factor of 5.

3d Rotation Fly-On
The 3D Rotation transition is limited in that it only allows you to rotate a scene out to the next scene. This tip will show you how to use four CB features (Reverse,3D rotation, scene button and Blubox) to make scenes that rotate in as the new scene and I might add, the final effect is very impressive!

1. Create a scene

2. Split the scene into two chunks, the first chunk  should be the length of the 3D rotation,(lets say 2 or 3 seconds), the second chunk will be added on after we process the first chunk.

3. Select the first chunk (the transition chunk) in the scene area and then select the special menu button and run the REVERSE filter on it.

4. Now create an empty scene that is equal to the length of the transition. Use a color that works well with the blubox transition.

5. Place the reversed version of the first chunk then the empty scene on the SB in that order.

6. Go to Transitions menu and apply the 3D rotation of your choice to the two scenes, making sure that the effect spans the entire length of the scene.

7. Make a scene of the effects and scenes.

8. Go to the Special menu and run the reverse filter on the newly created scene.

9. Remove the two scenes used to create the new scene from the Sb.

10. Place a new scene on the Sb to lead into the effect. Then place our newly created effect scene behind that scene.

11. Go to Transitions and apply the Bluebox effect (Chromakey Disk 5) to  the two scenes making sure the effect spans the entire length of the newly created effect scene.

12. Use the Scene button to create a scene.

13. Finally, go to the SB and remove the two scenes. Now add the scene you just created and then add the second chunk of video that we split in step one and VIOLA, you have a beautiful fly on 3D rotation!

It really is a lot easier than it sounds and it is an impressive effect. Hope you enjoy it.

Floating Picture-In-Picture Effect (2)
Reference the Floating PIP in the tutorial section of the web site here is a couple of variations.

This makes a PIP float from the bottom right of the screen to the top right.

( I have used the 5 seconds as an example only use what length your require)

1) Put a still, static title or still picture of 5 seconds on the SB.

2) Put a moving video of 5 seconds on the SB after the above.

3) Insert a 5 second PIP transition. Choose small, border off. Click

position. Place the bounding box near the top right of the screen at the

top. Click OK. Render.

4) Make a scene of the effect, and name it "PIP"

5) Replace the moving video with the new scene "PIP"

6) Go into transition, choose the Shift 1 (NOT SHIFT!) Insert the

transition. Set transition length to 5 seconds. Set direction to "UP", set

mode to Shift In, set bar to - - -. Make a scene of the effect. Name the

scene "Float UP". Render.

7) The PIP should appear at the bottom of the screen and go to the top the screen and stop, if you trim the video correct for the next scene, you could now have the pip carry-on playing a video where it stopped on this scene.

You could add title's to the left of the screen to give a smart title sequence. try the Rectangle Move (Image processing) and add more then one PIP on the screen.

For a diagonal pip float, do above PLUS...

8) Replace the "PIP" with the new "Float Up" scene to the right of the still

or still picture on the SB

9) Go into transition, choose the Shift 1 (NOT SHIFT!) Insert the transition. Set transition length to 5 seconds. Set direction to "-->", set mode to Shift In, set bar to - - -. Make a scene of the effect. Name the scene "Float Diag". Render.

The pip should now float bottom right to top left of screen.

5. Hey Presto it should work beautifully.  

3d Fly On / Fly Off Text
This tip will show how to a 3D fly off, with text underneath and then the next scene fly's on to the text. The fly on 3D not available and so is created below.

1 You need two scenes  Scene A, Scene B at least 2 seconds long.

2 Create an empty 2 second scene ( any colour) put it on the storyboard and place a title on it (large Characters, 1 Line), then render and make into a scene. This will be Scene T, remove titled clip from storyboard.

3 Place scene A and T on to the storyboard. Go to transitions and select the 3D rotation to go over scenes A, T, for a duration of 2 seconds. Render.

4 Take Scene B and trim to the first 1 second, Then do a special and reverse the scene. ( this is now Scene B1)

5 Re-trim scene B again to its full length minus 1 second from the front.

6 Put Scene B1 and Scene T on to the story board. You should now have on the storyboard, Scene A, T, B1, T.

7 Go to transitions a select the 3D rotation to go over scenes B1, T, for a duration of 2 seconds.

8 Render the effect, then make a scene of the of the effect. (This is now Scene R1)

9 In the scene bin find the rendered clip and do a special and reverse it.

10 Remove scenes B1 and T From the storyboard and place scene R1 on to the storyboard in after scenes A,T. Then add Scene B after R1 on the storyboard

11 When this section is played Scene A flys off giving you time to read the text and immediately scene B fly's on for the video to continue.