User Manual

Guidelines for Exporting OMFI and AAF Files
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OMFI and AAF Export Method 2: Compositions with Embedded Media
Avid editing applications can export an OMFI or an AAF file that contains all the editing
information for the selected master clip or sequence along with the video and audio media files
for that master clip or sequence. See “Export Settings: OMFI, AAF, and AFE” on page 1385.
Guidelines for Exporting AAF Files to Pro Tools
You use the same basic method to create an AAF export for use with Pro Tools that you use when
creating any other type of AAF export.
Several of the options you can select in the Export Settings dialog box have particular
significance for exports to Pro Tools, so you need to select your options with care. The following
table provides information on these settings. (For complete information on all the options
available in the Export Settings dialog box for AAF export, see “Export Settings: OMFI, AAF,
and AFE” on page 1385.)
Setting Guidelines
Media Destinations
(Video Details and
Audio Details tabs)
• Using the Folder option with “Use Same Folder as AAF File” is very convenient for
moving files back and forth between your Avid editing application and Pro Tools.
If you select Folder and then check “Use Same Folder as AAF File,” your Avid
editing application stores the media in the same folder as the exported AAF files (the
folder that you select in the Export As dialog box when your start the export
process). For example, you can easily store both the AAF files and the media in a
single folder on a Firewire drive that you can move between your editing system and
the Pro Tools system.
You can also select Consolidate Media from the Export Method menu to copy
consolidated media instead of all media.
• The Embedded in AAF option is not generally useful for exporting video to
Pro Tools because Pro Tools does not support embedded video media in AAF files.
Pro Tools only supports embedded audio