User Manual

Downloading Stock Footage Clips to Your Avid Bin
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AMA must be enabled to link the stock footage file. The menu item will be unavailable if AMA is
not enabled.
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An internet connection is required when you link clips in order to properly recognize files and
access the data needed for any new clip metadata.
The Browse dialog box opens.
3. Locate the comp file you downloaded, and then click OK.
The stock footage clip appears in your Avid bin. An AMA link icon appears next to the clip.
You can add the clip to your sequence and edit it like any other clip.
Creating a Stock Footage Report
Before you decide to purchase your stock footage clips, you can generate a report that gives you
the following information:
• All stock footage clips used in your sequence
• The timecode location of each clip in your sequence
• The duration of each clip
• The clip name
• The estimated cost of the clip, if available
A stock footage report is generated from a sequence. You can have multiple uses of the same
stock footage clip in your sequence, the report displays the multiple uses indented under the
master clip. Also, if you have renamed any of the stock footage clips, the report displays the new
clip name followed by the original clip name.
To generate a Stock Footage Report:
1. Do one of the following:
t From a bin, right-click a sequence and select Stock Footage Report. You can select
multiple sequences for generating reports.
t With a sequence loaded in a monitor, right-click the monitor and select Stock Footage
Report.
The Save Stock Footage Report As dialog box opens.
2. Use the default file name or rename the report and choose a folder to save the report to, click
Save.
The default file name is Stock Footage Report, the default location is your Avid Projects
folder.