5.5

Sequence and Clip Information Summary
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Your Avid editing application cues to the requested frame and displays the frame. You
can recapture as necessary.
Sequence and Clip Information Summary
You can generate a report to display information about the contents of a sequence. For
example, you can generate a list of the types of effects in your sequence or the location of a
particular effect. You can also create a clip summary or a source summary. This allows you
to display a list of clip names, tape names, offline clips, and path locations of imported clips
contained in your selection.
You generate reports from the Sequence Report dialog box, which you can access from the
Source monitor, the Record monitor, or directly from a sequence in a bin. The Sequence
Report dialog box allows you to select your criteria and create a report that displays in a text
editor. You can then search the summary for the exact information you want.
Example 1: Preparing for Online Editing
When you move your sequence from an offline system to an online system, you can run an
effect summary and a source summary report. The Effect Summary displays a list of all
effects, including a separate list of plug-ins used. The Source Summary lists all the tapes you
need for recapture and all of the import paths for imported graphics.
Example 2: Finding Specific Effects
You use the Effect Summary and Effect Location List to find a particular effect. When you
output the summary to a text editor, you can search the report to find all occurrences of the
particular effect. In addition, you can type the start or end timecode value for each
occurrence into the Source/Record monitor to go to the start of the effect in the Timeline.
You might find this useful when you need to replace or modify a specific plug-in, for
example.
Example 3: Plug-in Information
An Effect Summary displays a list of effects found in the selection, including how many
times the sequence uses an effect. For plug-ins loaded on your system, a section displays a
summary of the plug-ins used, displaying the name, the vendor, the version and the ID of the
plug-in. This can help by providing a list of the plug-ins needed for online work.
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If a plug-in is not loaded on your system when you generate the summary, if you select the
option "Show Missing Effects Only" from the Sequence Report dialog box, the information
displays "unavailable effect," in addition to the plug-in name, the plug-in ID (is this gone?),
and other information associated with the effect. (Is the vendor and version number
displayed). This is helpful when identifying the effect.