Creating Color Bar/Color Matte/Title Clip

The following explains how to create color bar clips, color matte clips and title clips.

Color Bar Clips

Create a color bar clip. 

1Click [New Clip] in the bin.

2Click [Color Bars].

The [Color Bars] dialog box appears.

3Make the color bar settings, and click [OK].

Alternative

Right-click a blank area in the clip view, and click [New Clip] → [Color Bars].
Click [Clip] on the menu bar, and click [Create Clip] → [Color Bars]. The color bar clip is registered to the bin.

You can change settings from the [Color Bars] dialog box by the following operations:
- Right-click a color bar clip in the bin, and click [Edit].
- Double-click a color bar clip in the bin.
You can also place a color bar clip on the timeline without registering it to the bin.

Placing Special Clips on the Timeline

Color Matte Clips

Create a color matte clip.

1Click [New Clip] in the bin.

2Click [Color Matte].

The [Color Matte] dialog box appears.

3Click the color palette.

Set the color palette starting from the left.

The [Color Select] dialog box appears.

[Color Select] Dialog Box

4Set the color.

5Click [OK].

The screen returns to the [Color Matte] dialog box. To set a gradation, enter a numerical value of 2 or higher at [Colors] in the [Color Matte] dialog box, and repeat steps 3 to 5.

6Set the direction of the gradation, and click [OK].

The gradation can be specified by, for example, entering the numerical value in degrees, rotating the mouse wheel or dragging the mouse.

Alternative

Right-click a blank area in the clip view, and click [New Clip] → [Color Matte].
Click [Clip] on the menu bar, and click [Create Clip] → [Color Matte]. The color matte clip is registered to the bin.

You can change settings from the [Color Matte] dialog box by the following operations:
- Right-click the color matte clip in the bin, and click [Edit].
- Double-click the color matte clip in the bin.
You can also place the color matte clip on the timeline without registering it to the bin.

Placing Special Clips on the Timeline

[Color Select] Dialog Box

(1)	Color spectrum	Drag the cursor to set the color difference (Cr, Cb).
(2)	Luminance slider	Drag the slider to set the luminance (Y).
(3)	YCrCb value input field	Enter a numerical value for brightness and color difference to set the color.
(4)	Color palette	Select a color from the standard color palette.
(5)	RGB value input field	Enter a numerical value for red (R), green (G) and blue (B) to set the color.
(6)	Color picker	Select the color from the Player/Recorder display frame. Click [ColorPicker], and click the desired color in the video currently displayed on the Player/Recorder.
(7)	[IRE Warning]	Check this item to display the color spectrum and luminance slider in the limited range of 0 to 100 IRE. The IRE value for the selected color is displayed under this check box.
(8)	Preview box	Display the preset color.

Title Clips

Create a title clip.

The existing titler can be changed from [Application] in [User Settings] → [Other].

[Other]

1Click [Add Title] in the bin.

Quick Titler will start up.

2Create the title clip.

Quick Titler

Alternative

Click [Clip] on the menu bar, and click [Create Clip] → [QuickTitler].
Right-click a blank area in the clip view, and click [Add Title].
Right-click a blank area in the clip view, and click [New Clip] → [QuickTitler].
Creating a title clip: [Ctrl] + [T]