Set preliminary operation (preroll), for example, when playing back near the timeline cursor or when starting recording on a voice recorder.

Playing Back the Area around the Timeline Cursor

Addition of Speech with Voice Over

Continue playback even when each editing operation is executed during timeline playback.

Display the image of the specified frame at all times even while scrubbing (dragging the timeline cursor with the mouse). When this item is unchecked, some of the frame images are displayed skipped. This setting is effective when scrubbing MPEG files or Windows Media Video files.

Check this item to display composite clips to which effects are applied when previewing in the effect setting dialog box. For example, if this item is checked, the composite image of V1 and V2 video will be displayed when you open the setting dialog box for the video filter that is applied to the V1 track after placing clips in the V1 and V2 tracks. If this item is unchecked, only the image of the V1 track is displayed.

Setting Effects

Select the timecode that is output when outputting files or tapes.

When the source timecode is output or displayed, set the track to display the timecode for from the tracks that have clips with timecode information placed on them, including T tracks.

When exporting audio bitstream or ancillary data (including closed caption), set the track to export from the tracks on which the clips with those information are placed (including T track).

* The ancillary data playback is supported only when STORM 3G ELITE or STORM 3G is used.

Enter the monitor number. Monitor numbers from “2” onwards are external monitors.

Displays content of the full screen view.

Click the list to display a menu and change display content for each monitor.

Disable the full screen view.

Display the Player screen in full screen view. In the multicam mode, the videos of each track with camera assigned are displayed in full screen view.

Display the Recorder screen in full screen view. In the multicam mode, the video of the selected camera is displayed in full screen view.

Display the same screen as video output in full screen view.

Check this item to display video with the L side (for left eye) and R side (for right eye) swapped.

If your system supports NVIDIA 3D VISION or Intel Intru 3D, check this item to enable the stereoscopic view ([L/R Dual Stream]) using NVIDIA 3D VISION or Intel Intru 3D on the primary monitor.

Click this item to display the monitor number on the respective monitor.

Check the timecodes or information to display at each operation.

Click the display position inside the monitor on the status bar to select the position.

Select the font size of the status bar.

Check this item to display the background on the status bar display area.

For captured clips, display information such as recording date. Select the information to display from the list.

Switch the show/hide setting for the level meter. Click [Default] to return to the default settings.

Set the color and threshold value of the level meter. Click a color sample to open the [Color Select] dialog box.

Select whether to invert the level meter when it peaks.

Set the preliminary operation time (preroll) when editing preroll.

Set the preliminary operation time (postroll) when editing preroll.

Set the refresh rate for the video preview screen. When displaying interlaced images, movement of subjects may be smoothed and accidents (such as reversed field orders) can then be checked visually by refreshing the screen at the field rate (twice as fast as the frame rate). (There is no difference between both settings when displaying progressive images.)

For example, in the case of 29.97 fps frame rate, the screen is refreshed 59.94 times per second.

For example, in the case of 29.97 fps frame rate, the screen is refreshed 29.97 times per second.

A striped pattern is displayed at relevant parts of the screen when the brightness level set at this item is exceeded.

Set the upper limit of the brightness level. Select [Color] of the stripe pattern that is displayed when the upper limit of the brightness level is exceeded.

Set the lower limit of the brightness level. Select [Color] of the stripe pattern that is displayed when the lower limit of the brightness level is exceeded or brightness falls to 0 IRE or below.

Display the safe area on the Player and Recorder.

Switch the show/hide setting for [Action Safe] and [Title Safe]. The action safe area can be set as desired.

Select the guideline to display when the frame aspect ratio of the video is 16:9. When [Darken the Outside] is checked, the outside of the guideline is displayed darker.