In industry a program leader is added at the head of every program to give Bars & Tone for screening adjustments, identify the program and provide a countdown for accurate program start.The MCCA leader consist of three items with a total running length of 21 seconds:
The MCCA leader will start at 00:59:39:00, allowing a total of 21 seconds lead information, resulting in your program starting on the hour mark. | |
A 'Bars & Tone' clip with a running lenght of 00:00:05:00 (5 seconds) is to be positioned at the head of your timeline. | |
 | Locate your Graphics Bin.Right - click and choose New Item > HD Bars and Tone.. |
 | A Bars and Tone generator window will pop up.Ensure the Width and Height in the Video Settings match your project.Click OK. |
 | This will generate a Bars & Tone clip in the Graphics Bin.Please note that any graphic file that is generated in PrP has a default IN and OUT set to 5 seconds (you can extend this longer, if required). |
 | On the timeline hit the 'home' button on the keyboard to place the timeline cursor at the head (the start) of your timeline.Next, select the Bars & Tone clip in your bin and press the comma key (,) to Insert the clip into your timeline.OR |
| Select the Bars & Tone, Right-click and select 'Open in Source Monitor'.The Bars & Tone clip will open up in the Source Monitor |
| Press the Insert Button at the bottom of the Source window.OR |
| Click and drag the Bars & Tone clip from the Graphics panel and into the Program window.While dragging press and hold down the Command key.Cursor and arrows change to indicate Insert. |
| Drop to Insert the Bars & Tone clip into the Timeline. |
| Once the clip is on your timeline, you can check it's running length by right clicking on it and looking at the Speed/Duration section of the drop-down menu. |
| The Speed/Duration window |
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