9.5
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Avid MediaLog
- Understanding Avid MediaLog
- Getting Started
- Working with the Project Window
- Logging Source Material
- Organizing with Bins
- Creating MediaLog Output
- Avid Log Specifications
- Working with a Film Project
- Avid MetaFuze
- Using Avid MetaFuze
- Film and High-Resolution Workflows using MetaFuze
- Opening a Project in MetaFuze
- Customizing the MetaFuze Window
- Scanning your Folders
- Transcoding your Files
- Configuring the MetaFuze Transcoder
- Using LUTs in MetaFuze
- Transcoding your Files in a Batch
- Exporting an ALE from MetaFuze
- Importing MXF Files into Avid Media Composer
- Avid MetaFuze Reference
- Using Avid MetaFuze
- Avid MetaSync
- MetaSync Overview and Installation
- Using MetaSync Manager
- Opening and Closing MetaSync Manager
- Using MetaSync Manager Help
- Exploring the MetaSync Manager Window
- Creating, Saving, and Closing an Enhancements File
- Opening an Enhancements File
- Creating an Enhancement
- Enhancement Attributes Reference
- Additional Enhancement Attributes in Spreadsheet
- Verifying Enhancement Paths
- Editing an Enhancements File
- Sorting and Sifting Enhancements
- Importing an Enhancements File
- Displaying ITV SMPTE-363M Enhancements
- Creating Enhancements File Templates
- Setting Default Options for Enhancements
- Printing an Enhancements File
- Running MetaSync Manager from the Command Line (Windows Only)
- MetaSync Manager Command-Line Syntax (Windows Only)
- Using MetaSync with Avid Editing Applications
- Importing Enhancements Files
- Viewing Enhancements in a Bin
- Working with Enhancements in the Bin
- Modifying the Bin Display for Enhancements
- Understanding ITV Modes
- Viewing Enhancements in a Source Monitor
- Editing Enhancements into the Timeline
- Editing with Overlay Mode (Windows Only)
- Previewing Enhancements in the Timeline (Windows Only)
- Using AutoSync with Enhancements
- Updating (Refreshing) Enhancements
- Understanding the Modify Enhancement Dialog Box
- Changing the Size and Position of the Video Image (Windows Only)
- Opening an Enhancement’s Native Application
- Exporting a Sequence with Meta Tracks
- Using MetaSync Publisher
- Avid EDL Manager
- Working with EDLs
- Edit Decision List (EDL)
- Avid EDL Manager
- Starting Avid EDL Manager
- Using Avid EDL Manager with your Avid Editing System
- Creating an EDL from a Bin or a File
- Saving an EDL
- Reading an Existing EDL from the RT-11 Disk
- Copying an EDL between Storage Locations Using RT-11 Disks
- Formatting an RT-11 Disk
- Viewing the Tape List in the Source Table
- Customizing EDLs
- Avid EDL Manager Settings
- Using the Avid EDL Manager Window
- Changing the Title of an EDL
- Video Tracks and Audio Channels in Avid EDL Manager
- Including or Excluding Specific Tracks in an EDL
- Assigning Sequence Tracks to EDL Tracks
- Combining or Isolating Tracks
- Creating Stereo Channels
- Displaying Different Views of an EDL
- Opening EDL Settings
- Selecting the EDL Format
- Timecode Format
- Setting the Source Timecode
- Setting the Record Timecode
- Changing Settings in the Options Window
- Choosing an EDL Type
- Selecting the Switcher
- Setting Source and Record Timecodes for all Project Types
- Selecting the Reel ID Type
- Sorting the Order of Events in an EDL
- Selecting the Pulldown Starting Frame
- Starting Event Number
- Setting the Starting Timecode
- Setting Up a Dupe List
- Using the Preread Option
- Adjusting the Options Tab Settings
- Setting the Tapename Truncation
- Selecting Options from the Comments Tab
- The Repair Notes Comment
- Saving Options to a File
- Changing Options in the Site Settings Dialog Box
- Editing and Troubleshooting EDLs
- Checklist for Online Editing
- Creating EDLs for Film Projects
- Using Serial Transfer to Transmit EDLs
- Working with EDLs
- Avid FilmScribe
- Understanding Film Lists
- Working with FilmScribe
- FilmScribe Workflow
- How to Start and Quit FilmScribe
- The FilmScribe Interface
- Working with Bins
- The Cut List Tool and the Change List Tool
- The Options Pane
- The List Window
- How to View Sequences as QuickTime Movies
- How to Save, Open, and Print Lists
- Special-Purpose Templates
- Multiple Cuts and Reels
- The Matchback Option
- Film List Options
- Preparing Sequences for FilmScribe
- Index
17 Editing and Troubleshooting EDLs
You can edit an EDL with a text editor to clean up the EDL for a successful reading. You can
also troubleshoot EDLs by using the techniques described in this chapter.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• EDL Online Resources
• Using a Text Editor to Edit an EDL
• Removing Issues in Complex Sequences
• Locating Trouble Spots
• Avoiding Problems in EDLs
EDL Online Resources
The following web sites contain useful information on working with EDLs:
• www.zerocut.com
• www.24p.com
Besides tips on using and creating EDLs, these web pages contain links to other online
resources.
Using a Text Editor to Edit an EDL
You can use a text editor to delete or change information in the EDL that might not read
correctly into Avid EDL Manager.
Use the following tips when editing an EDL:
• Create a copy of the EDL.
• Edit the copied EDL rather than the original. You can then revert to the original if you
make errors.
• Delete only the information you want to delete; do not delete any extra characters. If you
delete extra characters, you might see further errors when you try to read the EDL again.