Steinberg Nuendo 4 Getting Started Manual

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Introduction
In this chapter we are going to show you how to use video 
files and video tape machines with Nuendo. Nuendo is a 
full-featured post production media tool that is capable of 
dealing with video content in several ways. You can work 
with video and create complete soundtracks from within 
Nuendo. The soundtrack can then be rendered into a 
video file, recorded onto video tape or exported as an au-
dio file that can be married to the video or film later.
Virtual video...

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Container formats
Video and other multi-media files come in a container for-
mat. This container holds various streams of information 
including video and audio but also metadata such as syn-
chronization information used to play back audio and 
video together. Data regarding creation date, authors, 
chapter markings and more can also be held within the 
container format.
 AVI (Microsoft’s standard container format)
 MOV (QuickTime’s standard format)
 MPEG-2 (used for DVD authoring,...

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When stopped, the current frame of video is displayed. If 
the cursor is to the left of the start of the video file, the first 
frame of the video will be displayed. If the cursor is to the 
right of the video file end point, the last frame of the video 
will be displayed.
Video output devices
Viewing video files on-screen in the video window may 
work just fine for many applications but often it is neces-
sary to display video in a large format for viewing small de-
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Rendering audio into video files
Once you have edited all audio and MIDI data to the video 
and created a final mix, you will need to put the new audio 
back with the video. This is described in detail in the chap-
ter “Audio editing to picture” on page 99. You can do this 
by embedding the new audio in another stream within the 
video container file. This requires rendering of the video 
file again with a new audio stream.
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10.Adjust the Project start time and the time display op-
tions as needed.
If the video starts at 01:00:00:00, the project start time could be 
00:59:00:00. This eliminates much blank space before the start of the 
project but allows for things such as test tones and pre-roll of tape ma-
chines.
11.Click OK to apply your settings and close the dialog.
12.Activate Synchronization by clicking the Sync button 
in the Transport panel.
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Preparing an audio layback
Once you have completed the editing and mixing of a 
soundtrack for a video or film, inserted any required test 
tones and 2-pop, you are ready to layback the mix to a 
tape machine. Depending on the type of machine control 
you are using (MMC or 9-pin) the steps required are 
slightly different.
1.Set the left and right locators at the start and end of the 
complete soundtrack.
If you need to record test tones of any sort, include these in this selec-...

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8.Press play.
Nuendo will start playback on the machine control device which will then 
send timecode and clock data back to Nuendo. Nuendo will then play-
back in sync with the tape machine and at the left locator, the tape ma-
chine will enter record on the enabled tracks. At the right locator, 
recording will stop. You can then stop the transport at any time.
During the layback process, try to watch video coming di-
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Introduction
Nuendo has been designed from the ground up as a pro-
duction tool with features that are catered to working with 
video and film. The depth and versatility of Nuendo’s de-
sign allow you to work very precisely and yet retain the 
freedom and ease that allows greater creativity in creating 
music and sound design for film and video.
In this chapter, the editing tools in Nuendo will be dis-
cussed as they relate to video post-production techniques. 
In the section...