User Manual

Import Settings
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Field
Ordering in
File
Controls the field ordering (sometimes referred to as field dominance) of the media you are
importing. For 23.976p, 24p, or 25p projects, these options do not appear, and all fields are
automatically imported as progressive (still) frames.
When the field ordering (or spatial field position) of the imported media matches the field
ordering of the project format, no special processing is required. For more information, see
“Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports” on page 1465.
This option does not apply to OMFI imports when the import resolution matches the OMFI file.
The following options are available:
• Ordered for current format: Select this option when the file you are importing is correctly
field ordered for the video format being used (for example, Even or lower ordered for NTSC,
Odd or upper ordered for 1080i HD). This is the default option.
• Odd (Upper Field First) ordered: Select this option if the file is odd ordered and you are
importing it into an even ordered format, for example, when you are importing PAL DV into
PAL.
• Even (Lower Field First) ordered: Select this option if the file is even ordered and you are
importing it into an odd ordered format., for example, when you are importing NTSC into
1080i HD.
File Pixel to
Video
Mapping
Controls how your Avid editing application handles color in the imported images. The following
options are available:
• Computer RGB (0–255): Select this option if the file you are importing uses RGB graphics
levels. Most computer-generated graphics use RGB graphics levels. The RGB color values
are remapped to ITU-R 601 (formerly CCIR 601) or ITU-R 709 video color values
appropriate for your Avid editing application.
• Computer RGB, dither image colors: Select this option if the file you are importing uses
complex color effects, such as a gradation, and you are importing at a high resolution (2:1).
Do not use this option to reimport an image that you have already imported with dithering.
• 601 SD or 709 HD (16–235): Select this option if the file you are importing uses video levels
based on the ITU-R 601 (formerly CCIR 601) or ITU-R 709 (HD) standard. These graphics
include Avid color bars or images that include superblack (zero black) for keying purposes.
Option Description