User Manual

Working with Bins and Projects in an Avid Shared Storage Environment
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Sharing Both Bins and Projects
If you share bins and projects, you create and store the project folder and bins on the shared
workspace (or copy an existing project, bins, and the related media files). Your Avid editing
application identifies information from each computer using the shared workspace as follows:
• Creates a project folder for each computer that accesses the project. Your Avid editing
application adds the computer’s name to the folder name to create a unique name and stores
any project-specific information in the folder. This prevents users from overwriting the
project-specific data for other users.
• Displays an extra column in the Project window that identifies the computer that has the bin
locked.
• Uses bold text to identify bins that are locked by other users.
• Creates a folder at the top level of the shared workspace called Unity Attic. This folder
contains backup files for each project on the shared volume.
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Depending on the number of users sharing a workspace, you might want to increase the number
of files that your Avid editing application stores in the Unity Attic folder.
The following illustration shows the Project window for a shared project.
Bins tab in the Project window, showing a bin that is locked for editing (bold text, top left), the name of the computer
that currently has the bin locked (top right), and folders for each computer that accesses the project (bottom)
Opening a Shared Project
To open an existing project on the shared volume:
1. Start your Avid editing application.
2. In the Select Project dialog box, navigate to the project on Avid shared storage.
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