User Manual

Using Avid Log Exchange to Prepare Log Files for Import
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The file appears in the Avid Log Exchange window.
For specific information on the various file types, see “Log Formats Compatible with Avid
Log Exchange” on page 126.
7. Use the Options menu to select the tracks to include in the Tracks column of the log.
The default track selections are Log V, Log A1, and Log A2.
After you import the log into an Avid bin, the system captures all tracks shown in this
column when you batch capture.
The Track selection only works on non-ALE files that you convert to an ALE format. When
ALE is the incoming format, Track selection does not work.
8. Select Options > Clean if you want ALE to clean the ALE output file to eliminate
overlapping timecodes for clips.
When you select Clean, the utility changes the end timecode of a previous event to be less
than that of the following event. Clean is the default.
9. When you select Clean, you can also select Options > Relaxed to prevent the deleting of
events that come earlier in the transfer. Relaxed is not set by default.
For example, if you transfer film footage with a timecode of 2:00:00:00 and then add clips at
the end with a timecode of 1:00:00:00, Relaxed prevents the deleting of events that come
earlier in the transfer. This occurs when you shoot footage across the midnight hour, the first
half of the film has 24 hours, and the second half has 0 hours.
10. Select Convert > ALE.
The default output selection is the ALE format. This is the required format for import into an
Avid bin.
The Avid Log Exchange window displays the converted ALE file. The converted file has the
same file name as the original file, except the file name extension matches the converted file
format.