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Avid Marketplace Media Libraries Quick Start
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Avid Marketplace Media Libraries Quick Start
The following section contains high-level steps you can perform to search, preview and select
stock footage clips to purchase and include in your Avid editing sequence. See other topics in
this chapter for detailed steps and more information.
To purchase stock footage:
1. From your Avid editing application, select Marketplace > Media Libraries.
The Avid Media Libraries window opens.
2. From the Stock Video section, click on the link that brings you to the Avid Thought Equity
Motion site.
3. If this is your first time, click Register to set up your User Account with Thought Equity
Motion.
For more information, see “Creating a User Sign In and Password” on page 1311.
4. Click Sign In if you have already registered.
5. Enter your user name or e-mail and password.
The system signs you in and you now have access to hundreds of thousands of clips.
6. In the Search field, enter text to locate the stock footage clips you might want, for example:
flowers.
7. Click the Search icon.
For more information, see “Performing a Search” on page 1313.
The system searches for and displays your results.
8. Click the filters in the left pane to refine your search results.
9. Click the Download Comp (Down Arrow) icon to download a single clip or add multiple
clips to My Bins to download multiple clips at one time.
You can use the default My Bins or create personalized bins to store your clips.
10. Click My Bins.
For more information, see “Creating an Online Stock Footage Bin” on page 1317.
11. Select the clips you want to try in your sequence and click Download Comps.
The Select a bin window opens.
For more information, see “Getting Comp Clips into Your Avid Bin” on page 1322.
12. Select the bin where you want the system to place your downloaded comp clips.
A progress bar displays. The low resolution AMA clips appear in your Avid bin. A
watermark displays on the clips indicating that it is a low resolution, non-purchased clip.