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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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Organizing Clips and Sequences
MediaLog provides powerful database tools for organizing and man-
aging source material. You can use these tools as much, or as little, as
you need to do the following:
• Rename each clip, using a descriptive phrase or a line from the
script.
• Add information about each clip in bin columns you create and
define. For example, you can label the clip to i ndicate the type of
shot or location.
• Subcatalog long clips by breaking them up into shorter subclips.
• Keep all clips that meet specific criteria in a single bin created for
that purpose. For example, all the close-ups can go in the Closeup
Clips bin.
• Print the bin with all the information you have added and the data
automatically captured by M ediaLog.
• Export the bin information to an ASCII file that can be imported
into a database or spreadsheet file.
Viewing Clips in a Bin
Clips are listed in a text format. The setting you choose or create
defines the placement of the column headings for that bin.