Video
Nuendo is extremely well-equipped for audio work to picture, with a huge range of first-class tools for mixing, editing and synching audio to picture.
Video Integration
Nuendo features Sony 9-Pin master control of external video playback devices, and syncs to the incoming time code sent from these devices.
Alternatively, you can take advantage of operating system technologies in Nuendo to play video files directly. In Windows, video files are rendered via DirectShow, DirectX Video or Quicktime. In OS Mac X Quicktime is always the video player. Nuendo accesses the codecs installed in the operating system directly and therefore supports many video formats. You can import and play MPEG (1/2/4), AVI, QuickTime, WMV and WMV Pro files.
To view videos in Nuendo, you can open several video tracks that show the pictures as thumbnails. Beyond that, a separate Video window is available for viewing purposes; its size may be scaled freely (up to the Maximize option that uses the entire screen). You can readily extract audio from a video file as well as replace the embedded audio track.
Picture Display
With the benefit of a DeckLink video card by Blackmagic Design, the Nuendo video signal may be sent in any desired format to an external TV monitor (from analog to SDI and from SD to HD). Nuendo immediately detects an installed DeckLink card and routes the video signal directly to the video card. You may also opt for a Multihead graphics card that renders TV signals to view the video image on a separate screen or TV monitor in Maximize mode. If you use an Apple computer, you can patch the video signal via the Firewire link to an external D/A video converter that relays the signal to a TV monitor.
Playback Speed
The timesaving audio Pull Up/Down function lets you adjust audio playback speed by 4% and 0.1 % (as well as combinations thereof). It is a big help when a Telecine process or NTSC-to-PAL/SECAM conversion has been carried out and when on-location audio material for film and TV productions must be adapted to the new video speed. You can also accelerate and slow down video playback speed in Nuendo by 0.1 %. This lets you adjust video files that have run through an NTSC Telecine process to match the speed of the original audio recordings.
Timelines and Time Displays
Nuendo offers timelines and displays in all standard formats such as time code, feet+frames, seconds, samples and bars/measures. Alongside referencing the standard ruler in the Project window, you may also insert further timeline tracks anywhere in the project to keep on eye on different time formats.
When working with multimedia projects that use special frame rates, Nuendo offers you the option of defining the desired frame rate and having it displayed in the timeline.
The Nuendo Transport bar features two time displays in definable formats; they let you distinguish the given time position within the song at a glance. You are free to open any number of additional time displays whenever you wish.
