Getting Started

Tin Man is an elegant video playback and export application, designed with a customizable interface featuring resizable and dockable windows. This flexibility allows you to tailor the workspace to best fit your post-production workflow.

Playback

To import media files for playback:

  • Click the File Import icon in the File List window

  • Or choose Import Files from the File menu

  • Or simply drag and drop media files directly from your operating system into either the File List or Playback Viewer windows

Once imported, click on a file in the File List to load it into the Player Window, where you can use the playback controls to play, scrub, or seek to a specific frame.

Additional Playback Tools:

  • Video Image window: Adjust video source properties, set the color space, and configure monitor settings.

  • Metadata Windows:

    • NRT (Non-Real-Time): Displays static metadata that doesn’t change over time

    • RT (Real-Time): Displays timecode-based metadata that updates during playback

    • Inspect: Shows key metadata in a concise, easy-to-read format. Also allows editing of supported metadata fields.

  • Audio Mapping window: Route individual audio channels to different speakers and adjust their volumes independently.

  • Video Check window:

    • Enable gamut warnings

    • View individual RGB channels

    • Toggle action/safe title overlays

    • Use the pixel color picker to inspect precise values

  • Video Scopes and Audio Meters: Monitor video signal and audio levels in real-time.

  • Issues window: Displays any problems encountered during import, playback, or export.

Export

To add files to the export queue:

  • Click the File Import icon in the Export window

  • Or right-click a file in the File List or Player Controls and select Add to Export Queue

  • Or drag and drop media files directly into the Export window

Note: Once a file is in the export queue, its source properties cannot be changed until it is removed from the queue.

Tips

  • Use Reset Panels from the Main Application menu to restore all dockable windows to their default layout.

  • Many controls have additional options available via right-click context menus.

  • On Windows, the first launch (or first launch after an update with RAW support changes) may take longer due to compilation of OpenCL GPU programs.

    • AMD GPUs may take over 5 minutes for this initial setup.

    • Once compiled, future launches will be significantly faster.

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