diff --git a/_manual/07_working-with-sessions/09_metadata.html b/_manual/07_working-with-sessions/09_metadata.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..702175ec --- /dev/null +++ b/_manual/07_working-with-sessions/09_metadata.html @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Metadata +--- + +
+Sessions can have various items of metadata attached to them, via +Session > Metadata > Edit Metadata... and +Session > Metadata > Import Metadata.... +
+ ++When you have finished mixing your session, you probably want to export it to a sound +file to burn to a CD, upload to the web, or whatever. Session > Export > Export to Audio file(s)... +shows the Export Dialog to do this. + +
++You can also export the outputs of multiple tracks & busses all at once via +Session > Export > Stem Export.... +
+ ++This tab contains controls for the format of the exported audio file. +You can enable more than one format here, in which case each will be exported in turn. +Ardour is supplied with a list of export formats, including: +
+You can also create a 'Preset' consisting of one or more formats. Ardour provides some ready-made presets, too: + +
+This tab allows you to select the range (or ranges) of the timeline to export. By default, "session" is +enabled - this will export the whole session from the start marker to the end marker. +
+ + ++Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file. +
+ + +{% children %} + + diff --git a/_manual/18_exporting/02_edit-export-format-profile.html b/_manual/18_exporting/02_edit-export-format-profile.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a408f8a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_manual/18_exporting/02_edit-export-format-profile.html @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Export Format Profiles +--- + ++An Export Format Profile specifies the file format in which Ardour will export +audio files, and also other audio file export options. +
+ ++Export Format Profiles are edited via the 'Edit Export Format Profile' dialog. +
+ + ++
+If enbled, peak levels of exported files will be normalized to the level chosen here. +
+ ++ +
+ ++Selecting an item in the 'Compatibility' column will display options in the +other columns that are incompatible with that item in red. +
+ ++The appropriate item in the 'Quality' column will be highlighted when you +choose a file format. Clicking on items in the 'Quality' column currently +doesn't seem to do anything useful. +
+ ++This column contains a list of Ardour's supported export file types. Click on +the format you want to use. +
+ ++You can explicitly choose the sample rate of your exported files here, or +choose 'Session rate' to export in the current session's sample rate, without +sample rate conversion. +
+ ++If your chosen sample rate does not match the current session's sample rate, +choose the sample rate conversion quality here. Better quality options are +slower. +
+ ++Options relevant to the chosen file format will appear here. +Categories of audio file format are: +
+Available options include a selection of the following:
+ ++Choose the bit depth of exported files. +
+ ++If the exported files bit depth is less than Ardour's native bit depth, +choose the dithering algorithm to use. +
+ ++As well as exporting an audio file, create a file (in CUE or TOC format +respectively) containg CD track information, as defined in the +Ranges & Marks List. + + +
+If the exported file format supports metadata, use data entered in the +Session Metadata +window to tag the exported files. +
+ + ++The 'Label' field lets you choose the name which will be shown for this format +in the drop-down list of export formats in the 'File Formats' tab of the +Export dialog. + +
+If this is not blank, it is considered as a command to be run after the export +of each file. Either the command must exist in $PATH, or you can specify an +absolute path to an executable file here. +
+ ++Certain sequences are allowed here to stand for the exported file name and the +like. Currently these are: +
%f
%d
%b
%s
%n
%%
+Any pert of the command-line enclosed in double-quotes (") will be used as-is. + +{% children %} + + diff --git a/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-export-format-profile.png b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-export-format-profile.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f2fdbc5d Binary files /dev/null and b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-export-format-profile.png differ diff --git a/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-session-metadata.png b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-session-metadata.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8a9f2df8 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/edit-session-metadata.png differ diff --git a/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-channels.png b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-channels.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..134ea42d Binary files /dev/null and b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-channels.png differ diff --git a/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-file-format.png b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-file-format.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f3de5613 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-file-format.png differ diff --git a/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-timespan.png b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-timespan.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c223ce17 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/export-dialog-timespan.png differ