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NEWS
MICROSOFT WINDOWS NEWS
- Microsoft Windows has released Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Windows has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1
NEW "S" CASABLANCA EDITORS
- Introduction by CEO: March 2008
- Order NOW (including Loyalty and Trade-Up)
- First Shipment: May 2008 (PAL has shipped)
- New Linux Operating System with Dual Processor
- Import SD, 1080, 720, AVCHD in the Same Project!
- Realtime DVI High Def Monitoring While You Edit
- Easy File-Sharing with PC and Devices
- Blu-ray Burner Option
View Several Video Clips Starting Here:
CEO Introduction Video
CASABLANCA SMART EDIT 7.0
- Official Announcement: October 18, 2007
- Chet Davis SE7 Demonstration to our group: November 7, 2007
- Software Release: November 19, 2007
View and/or Download:
SE7 Quick Start Guide
SMART EDIT 7 – New Features
Smart Edit 7 is the new reference for editing and creating
videos with Casablanca and Enterprise. Additionally, Smart
Edit 7 provides many new and redesigned functions, the most
important have been summed up in the following text. More
precise descriptions and instructions can be found in the
relevant chapters:
System Settings
Under “Additional Settings”, you’ll find new options for finding
cut information and time code display. The cut position recognition
has been specifically developed for HDV footage that is
transferred to Smart Edit from the camcorder in the form of a
DV signal.
Record
The Record menu now sports two additional modes. The mode
“Fast M.” allows for extreme fast motion recordings. The “Stop
M.” mode on the other hand, is designed for recording animations
and creating special effects.
Edit Menu
The screen resolution can now be set up to a value of
1920 x1200 pixels (depending on the technical limitations of
the used Casablanca type). In addition, the scenes in the scene
bin are arranged in multiple rows (instead of one long row of
scenes), if a resolution of more than 1024x768 is used. This allows
for displaying far more simultaneous scenes on the screen.
Group Structure
To allow for more structure and organization in the Edit menu,
you can now create and modify groups of scenes. You can
create group names and either display or hide particular scene
groups.
Reference Images
The reference image that is used to represent a scene in the
bin can now be changed to any frame contained in that particular
scene.
Loop Mode For Preview
The loop mode for the preview has been expanded with an additional
option. Effects that only develop later in the movement
can be monitored and better optimized.
Split Scene
When splitting a scene, you can use the multiple image display
to have a better comparison. You can now see the images
before and after a splitting position.
Trim Scene
The multiple image display can also be used in the Trim menu.
You can see the first or last frame of the scene, but also the
frames just before and after the currently trimmed section.
Insert
The Insert edit feature too benefits from the new display functions.
When using the trim or position feature, two additional
displays now allow you to see the first and last frame of the
insert scene, plus the neighboring frames of the background
scene.
Single Frame Preview
The single frame preview now contains further display modes
that can help you to optimize and edit your effects.
Auto Add
Particularly useful for fast slide-show production, this is a new
function for automatically adding transitions to the Storyboard.
Titler
You can now apply anti-aliasing to text and thus add a slightly
smeared text edge. Any possible artifact problems can be
minimized this way. You can also apply a blur effect to the
shadow for a more realistic effect.
VGA Mode
On most machine types, you can now use the new VGA modes
– the possible screen resolutions on that particular machine
are listed.
In dual monitor use, you can select from two different display
modes for the video monitor. Instead of the color bar, you
can choose any image from the image pool.
The colors of the Smart Edit user interface (background and
button panels) can now be adopted to your own color
scheme.
HDV
Most non-HDV compatible effects can now be applied to an
HDV scene from the special menu in the Edit screen. The
scene is downscaled to SD resolution so that quality is not
quite as good as it would be with a native HDV effect. However,
the quality of the downscaling is very good and is perfectly
suitable for HDV scenes.
Photo Recording
Recording photos has been vastly accelerated and the quality
significantly improved.
Automatic Split
Automatically splitting can now be done in accordance with
the time. DV footage that has been converted from HDV in the
camcorder (without considering the start code) can be automatically
split this way.
Time Code Modes
Time code display can be set to either 000.00:00 (minutes,
seconds, frames) or 00:00:00:00 (hours, minutes, seconds,
frames).
During playback, instead of the Casablanca time code, you can choose the original DV time code instead.
NOW SHOWING...
CasaUser Meetings Available on DVD
SEPTEMBER 2003
CasaUser Mission Hills Meeting DVD
MacroSystemUS West Coast Manager Chet Davis
- Casablanca Photo Capture, Columbus, Audio, Titling, Blue Box
- Casablanca Prestige with SmartEdit 2.4
- Guest Hollywood Actor and Casablanca Owner Mickey Jones
(1H:30M) Order #903
MARCH 2006
BURBANK CasaUser Meeting DVD
MacroSystemUS Vice President Chet Davis
- Casablanca PhotoStudio 2 and Arabesk 3
(1H:31M) Order #306
AUGUST 2006
CasaUser Mission Hills Meeting DVD
(Revised)
MacroSystemUS Vice President Chet Davis
- Casablanca Renommee Plus and SmartEdit 5
(2H:18M) Order #806
NOVEMBER 2006
CasaUser Mission Hills Meeting DVD
Basic Casablanca Editing
Frank Rudiger
Basic Casablanca Audio
Ron Brookman
Basic Casablanca Titling
Glen Hanson
(2H:16M) Order #1106
MARCH 2007
CasaUser Mission Hills Meeting DVD
MacroSystemUS Vice President Chet Davis
- Casablanca Liberty Editing Notebook, SmartEdit 6.1, Candy Factory, PIP-Studio 3D
(1H:45M) Order #307
JULY 2007
CasaUser Missions Hills Meeting DVD
MacroSystemUS Vice President Chet Davis
- Casablanca Arabesk 4-Beta, Candy Factory, PowerKey, Titling, Audio and more.
(1H:25M) Order #707
NOVEMBER 2007
CasaUser Mission Hills Meeting DVD
MacroSystemUS Vice President Chet Davis
- Chet shows the group how he used various Casablanca software techniques to produce an actual video production
- Chet also demonstrates new features in the upcoming Casablanca SmartEdit 7 operating system, including new higher VGA resolutions
(2H:10M) Order #1107
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