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■ A QUICK WALK AROUND THE GUI

The Avid GUI is remarkable. Like any good GUI, it displays the most commonly

used functions on the screen at all times. Lesser-used functions are found in the menus

at the top of the screen. Functions that are rarely used are stored in places like the set-

tings list, from which they must be recalled through a few mouse clicks.

A Quick Walk Around the GUI

Now that you’ve seen the GUI, let’s take a quick walk around it. Lace up your tennis

shoes, turn off your iPod, and we’ll stroll quickly through.

Project Window This is a display for whatever tab is selected from the Project Bins,

Settings, and Effect Palette tabs. Here is where the list of Bins, Settings, or Effects is

presented. Clicking a bin in this window opens it. Same for Settings. If you drag one of

those effects over to your Timeline, it applies it immediately. (Note to the uninitiated:

This is known in the business, and when I say business, I mean The Industry, as “drag

and drop.” </comedy>)

Bin Display The Bin display is exactly what it says it is—it displays the bin. Using this

display, you can view a single bin, or if you want, you can open more bin windows on

the interface. I like to keep things tidy. The location of this bin, called the Super Bin,

keeps everything neat and in place. Speaking of neat and tidy, you might want to tie

your shoelace as we continue our walk.

Bin Tabs These tabs, which are located above the bin display, determine how you

want your bin displayed. Click a tab, and it shows you a different type of view. The

choices are Brief, Text, Frame, and Script. Remember, it’s all about different strokes for

different folks. Me? I prefer brief because it fits very nicely on the page. Text is the

preference of most assistant editors because it gives you more info.

Project Bins, Settings and Effect Palette Tabs Within the Project window are the Pro-

ject Bins, Settings, and Effect Palette tabs. The Bins tab shows you a list of every bin in

your current Project. The Settings tab shows you a list of all of your current settings.

You can click on these and change the settings to customize the system to your desires.

The Settings list is a bit longer in Xpress Pro than it is in Free DV. We’ll explore the

settings later in the chapter.

The Effect Palette tab reveals … guess what? All the effects in the Effect palette. The

Effect palette is pretty neat; it’s divided into two columns when you click on it. The

first column lists the types of effects in your palette; the second column lists the indi-

vidual effects. You can probably guess that that list of effects is mighty small in

Free DV. In Xpress Pro, you get more than 100.

Oh, you may have noticed that I didn’t really mention the Info tab, because it really

isn’t too pertinent to the interface. In fact, it is a very boring place. Let’s not even

walk there.

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