Pro pack Silver and Gold

Casablanca S-3000 is shipped with Pro Silver Edition as standard. Pro Silver and Gold are additional cost options for Casablanca SL-1000.

Please note: If you do not own the “Pro Pack“, please evaluate the new feature set provided by the “Silver Edition“ before you update to Bogart 4.3. You will get many features previously only available for “Pro Option” users, but there are also several features that used to be “Basic“, but now are a part of the “Gold Edition“.

The new “Gold Edition“ contains significantly more functions than the old “Pro Option“ and includes all the functions within the “Silver Edition”. The new feature set matrix also affects the “Arabesk” software – depending on the “Edition” of Bogart, “Arabesk” will have differences in the feature set too. If you have activated neither “Silver” nor “Gold”, you work with the “Basic” Edition, the factory condition of the new Casablanca SL-1000.

You can find out which Edition you are using by opening the main menu. In the upper left corner of the screen, just above the “BogartSE”, the active Edition will be shown.

Here is a detailed overview of the differences between the respective Editions:

Silver Edition

User Interface

• Scene List: Number of lines is adjustable

• Stamp size selectable in Storyboard and Scene List

• Highlighting and easier access of often used effects

• Screen colours adjustable

• Special characters selectable via the on screen keyboard

• Alternative language selectable for the keyboard

• Help text display can be switched off

• Larger mouse pointer optional when using higher screen resolutions

• „Rendering completed“ jingle and time frame selectable

• Auto power down after longer inactivity phase

Record/Import

• Audio level meter and level controls while recording video

•Auto split of recorded video into individual scenes

• Record options: Time, photo, trick

• Preview when importing AVCHD material

• Adjustable auto trimming when importing AVCHD scenes

• Brightness, contrast, saturation adjustable when recording analogue material

• Renaming of scenes during the recoding

Edit

• 30 instead of 10 projects (Basic Edition)

• Clipboard for exchanging scenes between projects (including format conversion)

• Enhanced Splitting and Trimming with two or four images

• Individually selectable stamps for each scene

• Scenes that are used in the storyboard can be hidden in the scene list

• Extended options for titling (graphics integration, text import, various character- and line options)

• Images can be colorized while selecting graphics or patterns

• Archive for favourite image and pattern variants

• Search function for scenes

• Additional options for scene creation (selectable name)

• Storyboard rendering from the Edit menu

• Extended Info display for scenes

• Product selection in all effects lists

• Copy function for projects

• Adjustable range for Finish

Audio

• Six audio tracks vs. three (Basic Edition)

• Recording of live commentary during video playback

• Pre-listening of audio effects

• Sorting function for audio scene list

• Options for audio sample creation (freely adjustable range, original audio switchable, renaming)

• Timeline display in individual window

• Test function for identification of over modulations

• Switching from stereo to mono for special sources in the audio record menu

Miscellaneous

• Direct access to the MediaManager

• MediaManager archive functions

• Full manual control over settings and menu design options with Arabesk

• Export and import of license codes

The Gold Edition

The Gold Edition contains all of the Silver Edition features.

User Interface

• Optional 2-monitor-editing (one monitor for the GUI, one for the video)

• VGA-computer-monitor support

• Optional HDMI 1080p display mode (recent models only)

• Support for third and fourth trackball buttons for faster editing

• Multi select function, e.g. in the clipboard

• Timecode display „Pro Format“ option (hh:mm:ss:ff)

• Optional display of the original camcorder timecode

• Switchable controllability via IR-keyboard or RC

Record/Import

• Recorder control while recording and in Finish (via FireWire)

• Scene detection alternatively using timecode or camera cut marks

• AVCHD-Import optionally as one uninterrupted scene

• Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Gamma and Audio Level adjustable during the import of AVCHD footage

Edit

• Timeline-Mode with several options for video and audio

• Audio envelope function

• Rendering of effects in the background („Smart Rendering“)

• Additional options while creating scenes (direct replacement in storyboard and/or timeline)

• Extended clipboard (direct access to other projects, multi select, enhanced 4:3 – 16:9 conversion, transfer of trimmed scene parts)

• Projects optionally in progressive formats (including 1280x720p)

• 21:9 project modes (including display in 21:9)

• Addition of own images into the pattern selection (from scenes or imported images, including alpha channel transparency)

• adjustable crop area, border and border coverage for rendering

• Marking of multiple scenes for Move, Swap, Copy

• Grouping function for video and audio

• Extended functions in single image preview and moving (looping) preview

• Accelerating and decelerating motion paths for effect

• Editable favourites lists for effects

• Individual and archivable default lengths for effects

• Auto Insert and Remove of effects

Audio

• Trim and Split with Audio Scrubbing and Envelopes

• Extended Audio Envelope functions

• Multiple effects can be applied to any audio sample or track

• Switchable audio fade for transition effects

• Additional option for Create Sample (direct replacement in storyboard and/or timeline

• Created samples can be put into the audio scene list or into any audio track directly

• Direct Copying of split audio samples in storyboard and timeline

• Configurable audio tracks (on/off, free/locked)

• Adjustable audio/video synch offset

• Adjustable Playback Volume

Miscellaneous

• Archive function for the storyboard

• Import of additional fonts for titles and DVD menus

• Inclusion of logos/graphics, timecode, date and time during Finish

• Additional options for Arabesk (higher image quality, moving menus, 21:9 aspect ratio, angles, more play/text/shadow-options)

• Archival function for various settings

• Harddrives can be renamed

More than 10 years of continuous updates have added lots of features to the Casablanca editing system, much to the delight of the experienced Casablanca “expert” user. But the additional functions also increased the complexity of the system. Many new users and also people that don’t use their units very often are getting confused by all of the new buttons and options. Casablanca lost the “out of the box” ease of use.

In order to bring these important qualities back, we have decided to redefine the “basic” and “pro” editing modes. Starting

with Bogart 4.3, the former “Pro Pack” is now replaced with the “Gold Edition”. Owners of the Casablanca S-6000 or owners upgrading from a *Series II Casablanca with “Pro Option” will get the “Gold Edition” automatically when updating to Bogart 4.3.

Pro Editions Silver and Gold