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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Understanding MediaLog
- Getting Started
- Logging Source Material
- Organizing Clips and Bins
- Creating MediaLog Output
- Avid Log Specifications
- Using Help
- Opening and Closing the Help System
- How Help Windows Work
- Finding Information with the Help Topics Dialog Box
- Using Buttons in a Help Topic
- Printing Help Topics
- Copying Information from a Help Topic
- Changing the Font Size of Help Topics
- Keeping Help on Top
- Changing the Color of Help Windows
- Adding a Note to a Help Topic
- Regulatory and Safety Notices
- Index
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• FLEx (file names that have the .flx file name extension)
• Evertz
For more information about converting a log to the Avid format,
see the inform ation on Avid Log Exchange in the user’s guide to your
Avid editing system.
Importing Log Files into MediaLog Bins
To import log files into a MediaLog bin:
1. Open a bin and click to select it.
2. Choose Import from the File menu.
The Import file(s) into bin dialog box appears.
3. Navigate to the drive and then to the folder that contains the log
file you want to import.
If the log is on a floppy disk, insert the disk into the floppy drive.
4. If you want to adjust import parameters for the shot log, click the
Options button.
The Import Settings dialog box appears. Select one of the follow-
ing options and click OK:
• Combine events based on scene and automatically create
subclips. Combines all events for a scene into a single master
clip and then links the master clip to subclips that represent
the original e vents for that scene. To use this option, you must
have scene numbers logged in a scene column in the bin.
• Combine events based on camera roll and automatically cre-
ate subclips. Combines all the events from a camera roll into a
single master clip and then links the master clip to subclips
that represent the original events for that camera roll. To use
this option, you must have camera roll numbers logged in a
camera roll column in the bin for a film project.