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Bogart OS Upgrade? Missing Some Basic Functions? Here's Why...

I have had several members of CasablancaExpert.com contact me with an odd symptom on their newer Casablanca editor... they were missing some very basic functions that have been on the system forever, like backwards, still scene, etc.  Some of these you might not use but others are pretty regular functions.  It came up again this past weekend and thought it pertinent to share with the whole community.

After a little detective work and confirmation with the tech support team in Boulder, Colorado we found out that the the Bogart V1 software (OS) needs to be activated or re-activated as the case may be.

If you performed a clean install of Bogart 2, you logically assumed it would provide the goodies from Bogart 1 but it does not apparently. Go into your System Settings menu, click on Install Product and scroll down - Bogart SE V1 should be active. If it is not, and it is hidden, enter the License code you were provided with your S4000 editor and you should be good to go.

To clarify - the Bogart OS version 1 is like the foundation on your editor, providing many of the basic functions.  The Bogart OS V2 provided the updates and add-ons but still needs the activation of Bogart V1 for the other basic operations.

So if this has happened to you, it is a simply matter of reactivating that Bogoart Version 1 and you're back in action!

 

'Remember sch-weetheart, you gotta activate the old me as well as the new me'

(ok, so I won't win any awards for impresonation)

Casablanca Spotlight: Chet Davis

Casablanca Spotlight - Chet Davis (yep, that's me!)

Today I have chosen to turn the spotlight on... myself.  

Perhaps this is a bit odd but I have been asked by some of the members of Casablanca Expert.com to share a little more about myself, so here goes... 

I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah but really consider California my home state as my family moved to Anaheim (Southern California) when I was just 3 years old. 

 I spent my first couple of years in school there and my father moved us to Northern California where I spent what I call my 'Crest years' (as in the toothpaste).  I 'grew up' here in a small town called Moraga - a commuter town in the the East Bay (San Francisco metro area).  I graduated from Campolindo High School where I spent a lot of time in the music department (trumpet & vocal music)

I attended San Jose State University where I earned a B.A. In Radio/TV Broadcasting with a Minor in Broadcast Journalism.  It was here that I got my appetite and first tastes of video and media production. In my Sophomore year I became involved with the campus FM radio station -KSJS - as a DJ...and more heavily involved in my Senior year as I became the General Manager of the publicly broadcast radio station.  It was a great experience, not only in the craft of radio but all the behind the scenes work... I managed the FCC License Renewal that year, balanced community programming requests, figured out how to leverage fund raising through underwriting (sponsorship)  - without crossing that very thin line to make it advertising (FM stations below 92 mHz on your U.S. radio dial is non-commercial)

In addition to the classes in my major, I was fortunate to work for the ITV Center - the Instructional TeleVision.  We supplied TV monitors, video playback and even live feeds to the many classrooms all over campus.  

The other great learning for me occurred in the Broadcast Journalism Department.  I did my first editing here, on an open reel VTR.  For those of you who did not have the 'pleasure' of working with this ancient technology - you had to thread the open reel of the videotape around the video head drum and get it just right.  Primitive but taught me solid lessons in the art and science of video editing that I still use today. I also served in each crew position as well as on-air talent for our weekly news program that was aired on the local PBS affiliate.

I also got to use among the first VCRs to hit the market in the US... the Sony Betamax.  And we had the industrial models, with timed playback, editing, etc.  I also saw the full-time employees  in the ITV center work on campus and community productions. There three gentlemen were full-time professionals whom I admired greatly.  They produced great programming and I saw them do it on 2" Quad VTRs.  This thing was the size of a refrigerator and tool some serious skill to operate.  Truly amazing how technology affords us today to edit in a small box that we can tuck under our arm!

I did a lot of volunteer work during college at the local Community Access TV Center (which was good experience and usually enjoyable).  I played in a Top 40 Band that me and my room-mate put together (trumpet and vocals) and got a job in Radio.  I worked first as a 'board op'.  That's the technician who runs the sound mixer/audio console. This was for a new-talk radio station and it was a blast.  During the afternoon news I would have all 12 channels of the audio console going at different times with live mics in studio, remote reporters on telephone and radio,  traffic reports, network news feeds and actualities (recordings from interviews) played back from  multiple cart decks (like 8-track cartridges but specialized for radio/tv). 

I worked for a few months at Great America running the live audio console for one of the performances (got to learn some of the illusions from Doug Henning's Broadway Magic Show).  Then landed my first real job after college as a DJ and Production Technician at an FM radio station in Santa Rosa, California.  It was fun there as I learned and practiced a lot of cool audio editing (analog editing -- with a razor blade on open reel tape!). I did not love the craft enough to put up with all the anomalies of smaller town radio and found my next employment at a local high school district. 

It was here that I was back doing more video production work.  Started out assisting teachers with the whole assortment of audio-visual equipment and working with a small group of students using video porta-packs.. those late 1970s video cameras that attached to a separate VCR by way of a 10-pin cable.  I loved teaching the students and the administration took notice of our efforts.  I was able to work up interest in the district and they connected me with the County Office of Education who agreed to sponsor a new program.  Using my industry experience and my degree in the field, I completed courses at UC Berkeley and received my Vocational Teaching Credential in Media Communications. 

I developed a program using both single camera (ENG) and studio style video production. I taught 6 classes a day for 17 years... students in Video Communications I worked in teams of 4-5 and produced 4 major projects during the year course.  While the Advanced Video Communications II produced a live  5-minute campus news program each weekday morning.  At various times, they also produced a community magazine show, competed in regional, state and national vocational competitions and produced a number of campus and community video projects.  I was very proud of what the students were able to accomplish and was delighted with the many benefits they received even if they had no intention to pursue media in their career.

I was very involved with technology efforts at the school and district and even became involved in educational restructuring and reform work with the faculty and staff.  I  even had the honor of testifying before a U.S. Congressional Sub-committee on the Importance of Technology in Education (yep - my testimony is in the Congressional Record!). And based on student nominations - I appear in two volumes of  ' Who's Who in American Education'. I was also  privileged to have chaired the Video Production competition at the National VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) Convention.

In 1996 I said "I do" to my lovely wife Rosemarie. The best two words I have ever uttered on this planet! She is also an educator and a photographer.  She has been incredibly supportive in all my endeavors.  We have a son Colin who turns 10 today ... and some in the Casablanca community have met my now 17-year old son Nathaniel from my previous marriage (his brother Joseph is now 21 and is married and on his own.

I wasn't looking to leave the classroom but an opportunity pretty much fell into my lap that caught my attention.  I was presenting a session at the California State Technology Conference (CUE) when an audience member asked me if I knew about Casablanca video editors. I told her I was vaguely aware of the editing devices... She invited to put me in touch with the company management and said they should give me a demo model so I could share my experiences with the other educators who I came in contact with.  Over a few months I had a phone conversation with David Slone in the Boulder office of MacroSystem US (then Draco Systems).  Two of the Draco staff members saw me present a session at the next Technology Conference and I was then invited to co-teach a session of Casablanca University.  

In the summer of 1998 I worked with Greg Hales to teach I believe what was 7 participants as we worked on the Cassie Classic in a small room in the Boulder offices.  I accepted an offer to serve as consultant to the educational sales efforts at Draco.  I prepared the 'Casablanca Classroom' experience for trade shows & events where up to 20 people would sit and experience 25-minute hands-on session with the new Casablanca editors.  I also produced content for the Draco website and developed a complete curriculum that enabled teachers - new to video - to work with a class of students and successfully produce a short video project in just 10 days.

I presented a session on Audio and your Casablanca at the first company sponsored Casablanca Convention. It was at this conference that Eric Kloor and David Slone offered me a position with the company  - Education Sales Manager to focus on the burgeoning success of the Casablanca editor in the K-12 classroom  I loved teaching and had a great program at the high school but did not want to be 5 years old thinking 'I wish I would have taken that opportunity' so I said yes!  I traveled to many states providing demonstrations and classes at technology conferences and school district facilities. 

 In August 2002 my wife, our then 3-year old son and I set out in a 37' motor home to tour North   America and spread the good word about Casablanca and it's success in the classroom.  The idea was for me to get out and get in front of as many educators as possible to share the successful implementation of video in the schools and to highlight Casablanca as the ideal editing tool.  We visited 41 U.S. States and 2 Canadian provinces, teaching and demonstrating to many educators and even hobbyists/video professionals along the way.   It was a memorable 12 months for my family and I made friends with Casablanca colleagues that last to this day.

After some 'restructuring' in the MSUS management team where the President David Slone and a number of my colleagues were laid off or left I added West Coast Sales Manager to my duties and then after 2 years under a VP of Sales who knew little about the video industry I advocated and was promoted to VP of Marketing & Sales at MacroSystem US.

I thoroughly enjoyed this phase of my career as well as we worked to develop and implement creative marketing programs with very limited budgets.  My focus was to strongly support the existing customer base with an increased amount of communication and resources while reaching out to  prospective customers through our reseller network. During this time Jim Meeker launched the March Get Together  in Moline, Illinois which has become the annual event amongst the Casablanca community in North America.  I enjoyed presenting Casablanca products at National Events like Videomaker Expo, WEVA, 4EVER Group and NAB.

In January 2009 I received a phone call and the sudden, surprising news of my termination of employment with MacroSystem US.  With about 24 hours of surprise and disappointment I realized the opportunity that lay before me... for years I had heard Casablanca customers asking and pleading for additional training resources.   I secured domain names and began building an online resource for the Casablanca community.  The day the company publicly announced my termination I had an announcement of my own "With excitement and grand optimism I have begun a new business titled  'Casablanca Expert'.  I opened my subscription based website and foretold of the training DVDs and workshops which would follow.

I was blown away with the out-pouring of support, offers of assistance and well wishes from the Casablanca community.  It was and continues to be heart-warming and I am so glad to have decided to stay connected to this great community of Casablanca 'folk'.  I have been pleased as well with the new friendships and business arrangements that have been forged with Casablanca community members across the world (with supportive resellers/distributors on 3 other continents and website customers/subscribers from the UK to Sweden, Cyprus to Australia, New Zealand to Thailand and South Africa.

In October 2009 I launched two new online resources, this Casablanca Expert Blog and Your Technology Tutor, a blog designed to provide assistance, tutorials and references to help folks become more successful with 'home technologies'.

Although the bank accounts are still more than slim - it has been very rewarding and I love what I am doing... I look forward to the coming months and years and what the future will unfold. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so much to be thankful for and wish to share my holiday wishes with all my friends and colleagues in the Casablanca community! 

Thanks to all those who shared kind words and best wishes with me this past year as I made a career change

Thanks to those who have participated with me in this new business as a Website Premium Member (Subscriber)

Thanks to those whom I have had the pleasure of teaching through my Tutorial DVDs or my live Hands-on Workshops.

May this day bring you a good measure of Peace and Joy.

Sincerely,

 

Where does the Casablanca Expert Buy His Videotapes?

I occasionally get asked, Chet - where do you buy your mini-DV tapes? 

 

Mini-DV Tapes

Used to be that I would purchase my Sony mini-DV tapes from the local big-box retail store (Best Buy, etc). and just in recent years I learned how much of a premium I was paying for that 'convenience'.  I have found by planning ahead and ordering my tapes from a trusted reseller I save more than 50%.

I purchase my mini-DV videotapes from CAM Audio, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. These are the Premium series, Metal Evaporated Tape and while you can purchase them in any quantity (even ones and twos - some mail order places require orders in lots of 5) I usually purchase 10 or more at one time. This takes the cost down to $2.85 each.  You can run down to Best Buy today and pick-up a 3-pack of Sony Premium mini-DV tape for $20.99.  Wow -- that's a savings.

Now going with a reseller away from you requires a shipping charge as well -- but by planning well you can order a quantity of tapes to last you many months and you can also order DVD or CD media at the same time to economize your shipping costs (plus, if you're out of state you don't have to pay the state sales tax). 

You can reach the good folks at CAM Audio, Inc. via telephone at 800-527-3458.  Or if you prefer, send an email inquiry to my buddy Seth Hampton at CAM Audio seth@camaudio.com

CAM Audio, Inc. is the official sponsor of my Casablanca Expert website - and accordingly I have a public page on my website where you can download their 52-page catalog (PDF document). Click here to download their free catalog.  You can then see for yourself the prices of all their media (as well as pricing for video and audio equipment and supplies).

 

Did You Know There Are 3 Different Types of USB Connectors?

Yesterday I shared some thoughts and tips about always having a spare set of cables for each connection in your edit suite.  Today I thought I would share info about the USB Connector.

  The USB Connector is common on many electronic devices and you will notice it definitely has a place on your Casablanca.

USB is the acronym for Universal Serial Bus which was developed in 1996 to provide connectivity  between a computer and peripherals (to get rid of the many incompatible serial and parallel port connections previously used)

 You may notice that USB cables are available in a variety of sizes - in the photo to the left you'll see two of the common sizes. 

Casablanca uses the version of the left side - commonly used on many computers as well for connection to trackball or mouse, keyboard and many other devices.  Most of the USB flash media (also called Thumb Drives/Jump Drives) also use this size connector. 

The smaller connector (right side of photo) is known as USB mini.  This is commonly used to connect to a MP3 player, some mobile telephones and even some mini-cameras. I also have this connector on my Western Digital MyBook 1TB HDD that I use for the Bogart HD-Backup function.

Another - less common - USB connector is the USB Type B. This is found on some printers and I also have this connection on my external LaCie Hard Drive (HDD).

Unlike fire-wire (DV) - USB cables can be hot-swapped without damage to your devices. You should never hot-swap DV: plug & unplug fire-wire devices without turning off power on one of the two devices.

Casablanca Keyboard & Trackball
The most common use for USB on your Casablanca is to connect your keyboard and trackball to the editor.

Flash Drives/Digital Card Readers
As mentioned above, most of the USB flash drives connect via USB.  You can plug one of these USB flash drives into your Casablanca and transfer JPEGs (photos) using either Photo Transfer or Photo Studio 2 software enabled on your Casablanca.
If you are operating on a Casablanca II unit you'll also need the free Card Drive software activated - this enables your Casablanca to read/communicate with the USB source. If you're working on a Next Generation Casablanca, the Card Drive software is integrated into the Bogart SE Operating System. For more information as o which USB Thumb Drives will work with your Casablanca - Website Members please see this article.


Importing Video via USB
Some of the hard drive camcorders in recent years have only the ability to export video via USB cable - Casablanca is not compatible with these cameras. 
However - there is a newer camcorder format that is beginning to take the marketplace by storm, AVCHD*.  This High-Definition format _is_ compatible with the newer Casablanca series running the Bogart SE OS - you import/download video footage by either connecting your AVCHD camcorder directly to your Casablanca via USB or taking the SD (Secure Digital) flash drive and connecting that to your Casablanca via a card reader plugged into one of your USB ports. 

Website Members can learn from this article for specifics on importing AVCHD with Casablanca.

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The Weakest Link in our Technology Tools

There was a thread on the Cassie Tips List this past weekend where a Casablanca colleague shared his difficulty with an external HDD in restoring archived project data onto his Casablanca editor after a clean installation of the Operating System.

This person is very comfortable with his technology and quite savvy on all things Casablanca.  When I read the posts this morning I was glad that he found a cure to his ills and I thought it valuable to pass along for all our benefit.

It came down to a cable.  Turns out that a USB cable he was using to connect between his Casablanca and the external HDD was apparently kaput... not working any longer.  He had used that cable recently even so he knew the cable had worked and assumed it was still working (logical assumption) but you might be surprised to know how many tech support calls relate to a non or badly functioning cable/connector. 

Though USB is relatively rare, firewire (DV) cables are often the culprit and RCA/Phono cables have been known to short out with a lack of signal successfully traveling 'down the wire'

I recommend and encourage you to purchase and keep a spare cable for every connection you have in your editing set-up.  If you experience a malfunction one day (where a connection is involved)... whether it's from an external HDD, or between a camera/deck and your Casablanca or any other peripheral - safely disconnect the first cable and try your back-up or spare cable. 

NOTE: Never 'hot-swap' DV or FireWire cables. Always turn off power on one of the two devices prior to connection. Failure to do so may result in a fried video-board or other components.

MS CEO Announces New Features for the Casablanca OS's

I received the following announcement on the Cassie Tips List this morning and wanted to spread the news (note: some features are Bogart only - noted by BogartSE). 

I share my comments/thoughts about the features below the announcement :

Top New Features - Bogart SE 3, SE 9

As always around this time of the year, we are getting closer to release the big updates. BogartSE is now in its third incarnation, and SmartEdit is in the 9th version!

As usual, I share the features with the members of the Cassie Tips list first. So, here is a list of the most important new features. Technical changes may happen and this is not a guarantee, just the most likely feature list we have at this time. Beta testing is still going on.

1.    Real time audio (BogartSE, SE)

2.    Effect rendering much accelerated (BogartSE, SE)

3.     SD material can be directly recorded into an HD project, and the other way round (BogartSE only)

4.    In addition to the existing 1440x1080 HD project resolution, now there is 1920x1080 and 1280x720 as well (the last one is nice for Youtube projects), you can record HD and SD  material into any of these project sizes now (BogartSE only)

5.    Direct import if all the Media Manager formats into BogartSE (includes DivX and MP4), no need to go through Media Manager (BogartSE only)

6.    The effect stack now generates genuine operators that show up like the other FX

7.    Multiple scene rows now also in the 1280x720 and 1280x1024 screen resolutions (BogartSE, SE)

8.    Audio editing completely reworked. Many new features. Audio envelope directly available in the audio timeline, just click and change (real time, BogartSE, SE)

9.    Audio samples can now be moved between the audio tracks (BogartSE, SE)

10.    Over steerings in the audio edit menu can now be detected (new button)
(BogartSE, SE)

11.    A project can now be copied, with all scenes, effects and audio samples, into another (empty) project (BogartSE, SE)

12.    The clip board can now be evoked with one click (new button, BogartSE, SE)

13.    New play mode shows the current scene name and icon while playing (BogartSE, SE)

14.    Reworked, clean settings menu (BogartSE, SE)

15.    HDBackup (optional) can now be started from the main menu (BogartSE, SE)

As always, many smaller fixes and new features in addition to this list.

Hope you like it!
Jorg Sprave

It is always exciting for me to read what the new features will be in the forthcoming Operating System upgrades for our Casablanca editors. This is the first year that I am reading these features strictly as a customer (rather than as an employee of the US Distributor).

I am pleased with the features that are proposed for the Bogart 3 OS upgrade... I think the ability to import many additional video formats directly into your projects (without having to go through the Media Manager) is a great asset as is the new project settings (in particular the 1280x720 resolution which is the dominant internet high-definition video format).

And with these new OS versions both the Bogart and Smart Edit platforms will enjoy greater efficiency with the reworking of the audio menus, the welcome addition of real-time audio editing and the accelerated effects rendering.

Without screen shots or a virtual sample it is hard for me to wrap my brain around a number of these new features to fully appreciate their value... they do offer promise and hope for positive growth in our editing capabilities.  In particular for Bogart OS it sounds like some nice new features. For Smart Edit I feel the initial announcement leaves me yearning for more that I can see right now.  But I will reserve any further critical comment/s until I have a greater sense of what these will really do for us.

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Happy Birthday Today: Steve Griffin - Alabama, USA

(if you'd like, please send your Birthdate (month/day) along with your location (company name optional) to chet@chetdavis.com

Transitions Can Enhance but Can Also Distract

In the Casablanca Expert Members Only Webinar held just yesterday I shared some
thoughts about transitions and demonstrated several of my favorite Casablanca transition effects.

But I started off the episode with the invitation the thought to consider or re-consider the purpose of using transitions in a video project. The transition should ʻfitʼ the mood and purpose of the
video youʼre working on.  The transition should compliment your video, should totally align with the video that it's not so much that the audience notices overt transitions but simply enjoys the whole video effect, enhanced by your choice and use of transitions.  I used to tell my students, Special effects and not so special if they're overused!

The most common transition is the cut, where we add no transition in our Casablanca - but allow the scenes to change one to the next.  This is the dominant transition used in broadcast journalism or TV news.  In fact if you look back to classic film/movies you will find the cut used a lot, followed closely by the dissolve (or crossfade). 

With the advent of more accessible editing tools more and more videos include more and more transitions.  I am not suggesting that transitions are a bad thing, but un-thoughtful use of transitions can clutter and take away from a great video rather than enhance it.

Traditionally a wipe, where scene A and scene B do not blend or mix was used to move to a different time or place. 

Whereas a crossfade or dissolve is used between shots or scenes with the same subject or scene.  Also - when selecting transitions be mindful of the thought that many different transition effects in the same sequence can be distracting.

Members of CasablancaExpert.com can now view the 72-minute streaming video of this Webinar in the Members Only Archives -- you can also download the 4-page PDF tutorial that details the specific settings I used for each of the transitions I presented in this episode.

You can read some some additional thoughts and some pictorial examples of elementary transitions on the Media College Transitions web page .

The Prodigal Button in DVD Arabesk - for the Bogart 2 OS

What was once here has left but is now back home again!

Ok, so maybe that's a little too poetic, or actually too schmaltzy... but I thought it deserved a cute opening line.

Since the release of the Bogart OS enabled line of Casablanca "Next Generation" video editors (The S4000, S2000 and the S4100) I have received numerous questions about the missing ability to conduct a preview of the finished DVD menu in Arabesk.  This is a feature that is on the Arabesk version running in the Smart Edit OS on Casablanca II editors, but was missing from  the beginning of the Bogart OS.

The reason is that on Smart Edit units - the Casablanca employed what was called the 'C-cube' chip. This small hardware component assisted with rendering and provided some functionality like this DVD menu preview.  The C-cube is not present in the new Next Gen editors and so we did not have this capacity... until the release of the Bogart OS 2.4 update.

You will find the DVD Preview button in the 'All' button in the 'Info/Edit/Play' section of Arabesk 4. Once you have created the DVD Menu, you can view a virtual preview of the menu and actually launch the films by clicking the playback triangle '>' beneath create.

I should point out here that the Bogart 2.4c Release Notes (NTSC) do mention this preview is not available on a VGA single monitor set-up. 

Bogart OS Update has Cool New PowerKey Functions!

The following information was demonstrated at the end of our Casablanca Expert Members Only Webinar this morning -- Members can review the streaming video of this episode in the Members Only Archives here (video to be uploaded by Thursday 1/19)

For colleagues editing on the Casablanca Next Gen series of video editors (running Bogart SE Version 2) it was exciting to learn that MacroSystem US has released a new version of the Bogart 2 Operating System.  This new update is free to customers who have the Bogart 2 OS  - you can download the update on the MSUS website here (Our colleagues across the ocean/s have had the PAL version of this OS since September 16, 2009)

Once you have installed this Bogart 2 OS Update, you will note that in each menu screen, by pressing the 'F1' key, you will be presented with an on-screen list (titled 'Power Key - Information') of the primary Power Key shortcuts/functions available in that menu/screen.

You can download a free 2-page PDF document titled Favorite PowerKey Shortcuts at CasablancaExpert.com here (website members will also find 5 additional articles/tutorials involving PowerKey in the Premium content area of the website)

The above is a nice addition, a nifty way to be reminded of the PowerKey shortcuts we already had, but there's more!  If you look closely in this on-screen list there are several new commands...

In the Edit Menu, click the following keyboard keys to complete the corresponding action:

Clipboard

• 'b' copies the active or marked* scene into the clipboard.  Yes, it's here -- you no longer have to click on Special, then scroll to find the Clipboard, open it and click add scene.  You can add a scene from the scene bin into the clipboard with just a single click!  Just click the letter 'b' and it is done!
• 'ctrl' + 'b' - does the above but then moves to the next scene (to it's right) allowing you to add multiple scenes in a short sequence.
• 'Menu' button + 'b' opens the Clipboard (Menu button has also been called 'screens' button)

Grouping Functions

• 'g' opens up the Group Options that allow you to group similar scenes in 'folders' for organizing your scenes more efficiently. Website members will find this tutorial in the Premium Content on naming and organizing with the Group Options.
• 'Ctrl' + 'g' opens/add the current scene to the Group and then moves to the next scene when complete, allowing multiple entries in a short time.

*NOTE: When you are offered the option to affect the active or marked scene this is the difference:

• Active = the scene that is selected presently in the Scene Bin or Storyboard

• Marked = the scene or scenes that have been marked with the 'Mark' function in Smart Edit 8/Bogart 2 Edit Menu or via the 4-button trackball option (by clicking on a scene with the interior/small left trackball button)  You can review this article for further instruction/details on the Mark functions. 

 Thanks to website member and colleague Lou Bruno for sharing his finding with me on these cool tools that might be otherwise unknown!

NOTE: there is also a 2-page PDF document for NTSC customers titled Bogart 2.4c Release Notes you can download and review here

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