User Manual

Recapturing and Decomposing
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To select or deselect a single tape/source or clip to decompose:
t Click the check box for the tape/source or clip in the Decompose column.
To select or deselect multiple tapes/sources or clips to decompose:
1. In any of the information columns, click the first tape/source or clip you want to select.
2. Do one of the following:
t To select a contiguous group of tapes/sources or clips, Shift+click the last tape/source or
clip you want to select.
Your Avid editing application selects the last tape/source or clip and all the
tapes/sources or clips between the first and last.
t To select or deselect additional tapes/sources or clips from anywhere in the list,
Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) on each tape/source or clip you
want to select or deselect.
3. Right-click on any selected item, and then select one of the following:
To deselect all selected tapes/sources or clips:
t Click below the last item in any of the information columns.
To select the target format for a tape/source or clip:
t Select a format from the menu for the tape/source or clip in the Target Format column.
The available target formats vary depending on the source formats.
Some source formats can only be recaptured in their original format. For these formats, the
entry in the Target Format column is only for your information, and you cannot select a
different format.
For more information, see “Expert Decompose” on page 245.
Reverse Sort
Column
Sorts the information in reverse order, for example, reverse alphabetically
Z to A
Command Description
Include in Decompose Selects the check box in the Decompose column for each of the
selected items.
Exclude from Decompose Deselects the check box in the Decompose column for each of
the selected items.
Command Description