Beginner's question

[witchdoctor]

I recently finished a DV project on Edius Broadcast, but when I printed to tape (DV) the first few frames were lost. I reprinted it and the same thing happened. What is the best way to insert a black "pre-roll" at the beginning of the project to avoid this problem ?

[Rusty]

You can futz with deck preroll, but you have the best solution already. I tend to stick 10 sec. of black at the beginning of every project. If a tape is going to have a problem, it's usually at the beginning or end.

Rusty

[antonsvideo]

I recently finished a DV project on Edius Broadcast, but when I printed to tape (DV) the first few frames were lost. I reprinted it and the same thing happened. What is the best way to insert a black "pre-roll" at the beginning of the project to avoid this problem ?

simply move timeline content to right to create black in front, then set in and out and Bob is your uncle

also, set outpoint around 10 sec after project ends

[GrassValley_MD]

Along with the excellent advice given you can place a dissolve on the first clip to bring it in softly if you want that look :)


Mike