11.7
Table Of Contents
- Avid MediaLog User’s Guide
- Contents
- Tables
- Using This Guide
- Understanding MediaLog
- Getting Started
- Working with the Project Window
- Exploring the Project Window
- Opening and Closing the Project Window
- Using the Bins Display
- Using the Settings Scroll List
- Using the Info and Usage Displays
- Changing Font and Point Size
- Customizing Your Workspace
- Viewing Keyboard Settings
- Using the Avid Calculator
- Using the Communications (Serial) Ports Tool
- Using the Console Window
- Logging Source Material
- Organizing with Bins
- Preparing to Work with Bins
- Understanding Bin Display Views
- Basic Bin Procedures
- Using Text View
- Creating MediaLog Output
- Avid Log Specifications
- Working with a Film Project
- Index
Appendix B Working with a Film Project
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2. Type a name for your new project in the text box and click OK.
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If you plan to move bins and projects from one platform to another, do not
use the characters / \ : * ? “ < > | when naming projects, bins, and users.
3. Select a project type from the Format pop-up menu, based on your
source footage (NTSC or PAL) and your Avid system model:
- If your Avid system does not include support for 23p, 24p projects
or 25p projects, make a selection based on the source footage:
NTSC or PAL.
- If your Avid system includes support for 23p, 24p projects or 25p
projects, make a selection based on the source footage or the type
of film-to-tape transfer you are working with.
Table 20 lists the format options available with Avid systems that
include support for 23p, 24p projects and 25p projects.
Table 20 Project Types for Systems That Support 23p, 24p and
25p Projects
Project Type Source Footage Transfer
23.976p NTSC For film-originate or video-originated footage that
has been shot at 23.976 or film-originated footage
transferred on digital videotape (such as Digital
Betacam)
24p NTSC For film-originated or other 24-fps footage
transferred to NTSC videotape