Recent Articles in Smart Edit Operating System

Performing a clean (destructive) installation of the Operating System (OS)
Jun 10, 2009

Video Tutorial: New Options in Edit menu
Feb 25, 2009

Chet demonstrates the new Options (under the 'Opt' button) in the Edit menu with Smart Edit 8/Bogart 2.  These are some great new benefits for organizing your scene bin!

Casablanca Basics: Uploading your Finished Video as a Flash Video file
Feb 22, 2009

Learn to take your completed video and get it uploaded to a website as a Flash video file (.flv).

Casablanca 101: What is the difference between Split and Trim
Feb 19, 2009

Learn the difference between these two primary buttons in the Casablanca Edit screen.

Ask the Expert: I have both DP Slow motion and Slow motion - what is the difference?
Feb 17, 2009

Question: Under Special, I have both DP Slow motion and Slow motion - what is the difference?

Answer: These are two effects operators whose function is to provide slow motion but there is a world of difference...

'Printing' timecode on finished video/storyboard
Feb 11, 2009

Learn to use the new 'Timecode' function in the Finish Window of Smart Edit 8/Bogart SE OS 2 to provide your client/colleagues with a window dub of your edited or raw video.  This is useful for providing edit lists and/or for final approval of a project.

'Printing' date & time on finished video/storyboard
Feb 11, 2009

Chet details the steps to make a copy of your entire project/storyboard with the date/time imbeded using the Display function in the Finish window of Smart Edit 8/Bogart SE OS 2.

Current Casablanca OS: Operating System
Feb 8, 2009

Details on the most currently released Casablanca OS - Operating System.

Video Tutorial: Exporting Audio to CD disc.
Feb 7, 2009

Chet demonstrates the capability to take your audio from Casablanca aand export it to audio CD (CD-R or CD-RW), a feature in the Smart Edit OS that was new in Smart Edit 5 and up (included as well in Bogart SE OS).

Video Tutorial: Editing to the Beat
Feb 7, 2009

Chet demonstrates the capability to edit to the beat, a feature in the Smart Edit OS that was new in Smart Edit 5 and up (included as well in Bogart SE OS).  This enables you to determine a cut point in an audio track (primary use is music but also applicable to narration, etc.) and then Smart Edit automatically prepares a special black scene that will automatically trim your inserted video to fit!  Very cool procedure.