User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins
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Same as Source and Custom export settings options when you export with the Avid QuickTime
codecs. This process creates an Avid compressed QuickTime media file, with a .mov extension.
AMA only detects and links to Avid compressed QuickTime media.
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For information about exporting a QuickTime movie, see “Exporting QuickTime Movies” on
page 1024.
QuickTime files use the .mov file name extension. After you link a QuickTime file through
AMA, the file drops the .mov file name extension. QuickTime media is linked at the data rate at
which it was recorded.
A QuickTime AMA workflow is as follows:
1. Create a QuickTime movie with a supported codec in an application such as Adobe
AfterEffects or Apple’s Final Cut Pro.
Avid supports the Same as Source and Custom export settings options when you export with
Avid QuickTime codec.
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See Adobe and Apple documentation for information on how to create a QuickTime movie.
2. Move the created .mov file onto your Avid editing system.
3. Open a bin.
If there is no active bin, a dialog box appears asking you to select a bin.
4. Select File > AMA Link.
You can also right-click a bin and select AMA Link.
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To link to multiple QuickTime files, use the File > Link to AMA Volume(s) option and select the
folder that stores all the QuickTime files.
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For information about AMA, see “The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow” on page 374.
The Open dialog box opens.
5. From the AMA Plugin Filter menu, select QuickTime.
6. Locate and select the .mov file(s) you want to link. Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select
multiple files.
7. Click Open.
The clips appear in the active bin. A link icon appears next to the clips.