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Advanced Bin Procedures
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If the Lock column is not displayed, you might have hidden that column. For information on
hiding and restoring bin columns, see “Manipulating Bin Columns” on page 193.
To unlock previously locked items:
1. Select the items in the bin.
2. Select Clip > Unlock Bin Selection.
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You can use the clip-locking feature along with archiving software to automatically archive
all locked media files. For more information on archiving locked files, see your archiving
software’s documentation.
Selecting Offline Items in a Bin
Offline items are clips, subclips, or sequences that are missing some or all of their original
media files or that have never been captured.
To identify offline items, do one of the following:
t Select Bin > Select Offline Items.
t Click the Bin Fast Menu button, and then select Select Offline Items.
The bin highlights all items that are missing media files.
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To identify offline items in the Timeline, see “Highlighting Offline Media Clips” in the Help.
Selecting Media Relatives for an Object
When you identify the media relatives of a selected clip or sequence, your Avid editing
application highlights all other clips linked to the selected clip, such as subclips or other
sequences.
To identify media relatives:
1. Open the bin that contains the selected clip or sequence.
2. Open any other bins that might contain the media relatives that you want to find.
3. Resize and position the bins so that you can see their contents.
Text view is the best display for viewing as many objects as possible.