Atomos Ninja Blade – User Manual Edition 1: Feb 2014 31
12. Connecting and Editing
Connect
To access and edit your recorded material, connect the Master Caddy
Docking Station to a Mac
®
or Windows
®
editing workstation via USB 2.0
or USB 3.0.
Eject the Master Caddy from your Ninja Blade and insert it into the
Docking Station. After a short wait, the recorded video will be accessible
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NLE supported
We have chosen the Apple ProRes
®
and Avid DNxHD
®
codecs as they are
both not only visually lossless, but also edit-ready formats. All major NLEs
support ProRes and DNxHD.
• Final Cut Pro (version 7)
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• Adobe CS5 (with 5.51 update)
• EDIUS 6
• Sony Vegas 10
• Lightworks
• Avid Media Composer 6
• Autodesk Smoke
Avid DNxHD
®
support requires online activation.
ExFAT compatibility
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on both Windows and MAC OS.
The Operating Systems that support exFAT are:
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• Windows Vista - install SP1 or higher
• Windows 7 (32/64bit)
• Snow Leopard 10.6.5 or higher
• Lion 10.7
• Mountain Lion 10.8
The Master Caddy Docking Station is a sophisticated device
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that when using the Master Caddy Docking Station you may need
to connect an additional USB cable to the 5v power input. This
is because when it has to power a disk drive and its interface
electronics, the Docking Station may consume more power than is
available from a single USB port. We supply you with a USB to 5v
Power Supply socket for this purpose .
Transferring Files
Now your docking station is connected and your disk is recognised by
your operating system, you can edit directly from the drive or copy the
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Windows
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wish to transfer, copy and paste them to your desired location.
(ctrl+c copy, ctrl+v paste).
Mac OS
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commands.(๏+c copy, ๏+v paste).
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will have a folder structure Scene, Shot, Take. This will mean you
either transfer all the folders or utilise the Windows Search or
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instructions on this in our knowledge base; visit www.atomos.com/
support for more info.
Attach Master Caddy Ensure disk is properly attached
USB 2.0 and 3.0 Connect to Laptop/
Workstation