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Table Of Contents

Title Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Desktop Basics
- About the Media Composer Folder
- Managing Avid Project and Avid User Folders
- Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder
- Starting the Media Composer Application
Starting a Work Session
- Opening a Project
- Backing Up Your Project Information
  - Saving Your Project Information
  - Restoring from a Backup
- Ending a Work Session
  - Quitting the Avid Application
  - Turning Off Your Equipment
- Mounting and Ejecting Media Drives
  - Ejecting Drives
  - Mounting All Drives
- Using Context Menus
- Using Help
- Session Check List
Working with the Project Window
- Opening and Closing the Project Window
- Using the Bins Display
- Using the Settings Display
- Using the Info Display
- Customizing Your Workspace
Using Basic Tools
- Using the Tools Menu
- Using the Deck Controller
- Using the Command Palette
- Using the Avid Calculator
- Using the Console
- Using the Hardware Tool
- Using the Serial Ports Tool
Logging
- Logging Tips
- Preparing Logs for Import
- Importing Shot Log Files
- Logging Directly into a Bin
  - Logging with an Avid-Controlled Deck
  - Logging with Non-Avid-Controlled Decks
- Modifying Clip Information Before Digitizing
  - Using the Modify Command
    - Modify Command Options
- Exporting Shot Log Files
Preparing to Digitize
- Preparing the Hardware
- Selecting Settings
- Entering Capture Mode
- Setting Up the Compression Tool
  - About the Color Rate Option
- Setting Up the Digitize Tool
- Preparing for Audio Input
- Preparing for Video Input
- Digitize Preparations Check List
Digitizing
- Before You Begin
- Special Digitizing Procedures
- Digitizing and Logging at the Same Time
- Digitizing to the Timeline
- Batch Digitizing from Logged Clips
- Redigitizing Your Material
  - Redigitizing Master Clips and Subclips
  - Redigitizing Sequences
Importing Files
- Preparing to Import Files
- Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects
- Creating and Using Import Settings
  - Import Settings Options
- Importing Files
- Using Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files
- Reimporting Files
Organizing with Bins
- Before You Begin
- About Bin Display Views
  - Bin Fast Menu
- Basic Bin Procedures
- Using Text View
- Using Frame View
- Using Script View
  - Adding Text in Script View
  - Rearranging Clips in Script View
- Printing Bins
- Gathering Format Elements
- Storyboard Worksheet
Managing Media Files
- Using the Media Tool
- Freeing Storage Space
- Consolidating Media
- Backing Up Media Files
- Finding a Related Media File
- Relinking Media Files
- Unlinking Media Files
Using Script Integration
- Line Script Basics
- Script Window Basics
- Manipulating Script Text
- Searching Through Script
  - Using Page and Scene Numbers
  - Conducting a Text Search
- Linking Clips to the Script
- Interpolating Position for Script Integration
- Manipulating Slates
- Manipulating Takes
- Using Script Marks
- Finding Clips and Script
  - Finding Script
  - Finding Clips and Bins from the Script Window
- Editing with the Script Window
Viewing and Marking Footage
- Customizing the Composer Window
- Viewing Methods
- Loading and Clearing Footage
- Resizing Monitors
  - Hiding the Video in a Monitor
  - Resizing a Monitor
- Controlling Playback
- Marking and Subcataloging Footage
- Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins
Editing in Source/Record Mode
- Entering Source/Record Mode
- Setting Up a New Sequence
- Making an Edit
  - Creating an Instant Rough Cut
- Undoing or Redoing Edits
- Editing Additional Shots into the Sequence
- Using Phantom Marks
  - Setting One Mark
  - Adding a Second Mark
- Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material
- Adding Comments to Sequence Clips
- Playing the New Sequence
- How to Fine-Tune the Sequence
Using the Timeline
- Customizing Timeline Views
- Restoring the Default Timeline View
- Navigating in the Timeline
- Using Segment Mode
- Using Advanced Timeline Techniques
- Working with Multiple Tracks
- Additional Offline Aids
  - Detecting Duplicate Frames
  - Tracking Color-Frame Shifts
- Printing the Timeline
Working in Trim Mode
- Customizing Trim Mode
  - Trim Settings Options
- Using Basic Trim Procedures
- Creating Overlap Edits
- Extending an Edit
- Slipping or Sliding Shots
- Maintaining Sync While Trimming
  - Adding Black When Trimming
  - Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks
- Using the Transition Corner Display
Working with Audio
- About Audio Tools
- Accessing Audio Effect Tools
- Audio Editing Aids
- Using the Audio Mix Tool
- Using Audio Gain Automation
- Using the Audio EQ Tool
- Using Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Recording Voice-Over Narration
- Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions
  - Fading and Dipping Audio
    - Fading Audio
    - Dipping Audio
- Mixing Down Audio Tracks
Syncing Methods
- Autosyncing Clips
- Managing Sync Breaks
- Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks
- Using Sync Point Editing
- Ganging Footage in Monitors
- Using Match Frame
Multicamera Editing
- Developing a Postproduction Model
- Grouping and Multigrouping Clips
  - Creating Group Clips
  - Creating Multigroup Clips
- Multicamera Edit Modes
- Multicamera Editing Techniques
- Workflow Options
Output Options
- Preparing for Output
- Establishing Sync for Output
- Using the Digital Cut Tool
- Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode)
- Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode)
- Accessing EDL Manager
- Using the Matchback Option
- VTR Play Emulation
Exporting and Exchanging Material
- About Exporting Files
- Creating and Using Export Settings
- Preparing to Export a Sequence
  - Mixing Down Video Tracks
- Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences
- Using Drag-and-Drop Method to Export Frames, Clips, and Sequences
- About OMF Interchange
  - Choosing an OMFI Transfer Method
- Using the Avid QuickTime Codec
- Transferring a Project Between Media Composer (Macintosh) Systems
Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Supported AudioSuite Plug-Ins
  - Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins
  - Additional Supported Plug-Ins
    - Digidesign D-FX™ Plug-Ins
    - Digidesign D-Fi™ Plug-Ins
- Core Plug-In Descriptions
File Format Specifications
- Graphics (Image) Files
  - Preparing Graphics Files for Import
  - Graphics File Import Specifications
- Animation Files
- Audio File Formats
- OMF Files
- Two-Field Media Files and Field Dominance
Compression Ratios and Storage Requirements
- Screen Resolution
- Compression Ratios
- Storage Requirements
  - Estimating Drive Space Requirements
- Maximizing Drive Space
  - Managing Storage to Improve Playback Performance
Avid Log Specifications
- Understanding Avid Log Specifications
- Describing an Avid Log File
- Sample Avid Log
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To update the offline sequences with the new media files, choose Load

Media Database from the File menu to load all online master clips and

precomputes.

You need not load the media database more than once during a single editing

session because the database remains in memory until you quit the applica-

tion or restart the Avid system.

If a bin continues to display the “Media Offline” message after load-

ing the media database, either the media files are missing or the

links have been broken. For more information, see “Relinking

Media Files” on page 336.

Backing Up Media Files

The OMFI MediaFiles folders on your external media drives contain

the individual media files created when you digitized source material.

Unlike the smaller Avid Projects and Avid Users folders, these folders

are too large to back up onto floppy disks.

The following are the options for backing up media files:

• You can use the Consolidate feature, described in “Consolidating

Media” on page 327, to make copies of selected media files on a

target media drive connected to the system.

• You can back up smaller projects digitized at low video resolu-

tions to a removable storage device, such as a hard drive.

• You can archive larger media files and folders to a network storage

device.

• You can consolidate or make copies of media files for transfer to

another system. For more information on transferring media files,

see “Transferring a Project Between Media Composer (Macin-

tosh) Systems” on page 757 or the Avid Products Collaboration

Guide.