User Manual

Editing with Remote Assets

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This message could also appear if another user has checked in a modified version of the

asset after you checked it out. Click “Update anyway” to overwrite the local version with the

version on the database, or click “Keep local modifications” to preserve the local version.

Creating a Duplicate Asset When Dragging to a Bin

In some cases you might want to create a duplicate of an Avid asset that you drag from the

Interplay database to a local bin, for example, if you want to create a new version of a sequence

while preserving the original. You can then work on the duplicate without affecting the original.

To automatically create a duplicate asset when dragging to a bin:

t Hold down the Control key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) and drag an asset from

the Interplay window to a local bin.

A duplicate copy of the asset is listed in the bin. The name of the duplicate includes the file

name extension .Copy.n, where n is the number of duplicates created from the original asset.

Checking Out the Same Sequence to More than One Bin

Avid editing applications have a long-standing internal rule that a sequence cannot

simultaneously exist in two open bins. If you Alt-drag a sequence from one bin to another, the

sequence is copied and renamed as it is placed in the second bin.

It is possible, under some circumstances, to have the same sequence in two bins when one or

both bins are closed. Previously, if you opened one bin and then the other, the sequence was

duplicated without renaming in the second bin. Now the sequence is duplicated and renamed in

the second bin.

If you attempt to check out a sequence that already exists in a different open bin, a message

informs you that a duplicate sequence will be created and renamed (with the extension Copy.n).

You can respond to the message in one of the following ways:

• Click OK to check out the sequence and create a duplicate.

• Click Cancel to end the operation without checkout.

• Click “OK and don't show again” to check out the sequence and create a duplicate; if you

repeat the operation the message is not shown again until you restart your Avid editing

application

You can force a new copy of an object to be created with a different name by holding down the

Ctrl key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) when dragging from the Interplay Window to a

bin. (See “Creating a Duplicate Asset When Dragging to a Bin” on page 1161).