User Manual

Working with Projects

Project Types

The following table lists the format options available for your project. Depending on the model

of your Avid editing application, your format options might not include all items listed here.

3 User Profile Displays the name associated with the current settings. By default your Avid editing

application uses the login name. The list button changes profiles or creates a new one.

For more information, see “Understanding User Profiles” on page 87.

4 Project list Displays a list of the Avid projects in the currently selected folder. Double-click a

project to open it.

5 Browse button Lets you navigate to a different folder. The projects in this folder appear in the project

list. See “Opening and Closing Projects” on page 58.

6 Folder buttons The button you select will set the location where you can browse or create projects.

Private: Local folder for the user currently logged in.

Shared: Local folder that is visible to all users that have accounts on this system.

External: Local or remote folder that any other users may have access to depending on

the file permissions set on this folder.

Synced: (Interplay only) Local and Interplay folder that other users may have access to

depending on permissions.

For more information, see “Working with Projects” on page 42.

7 New Project button Opens the New Project dialog box to create a new project.

Element Description (Continued)

Project Type Source Footage Transfer Color Space

23.976p NTSC For film-originated or video-originated footage that has been shot at

23.976 fps or film-originated footage transferred on digital videotape

(such as Digital Betacam

™

)

YCbCr

24p NTSC For film-originated or other 24-fps footage transferred to NTSC videotape YCbCr

24p PAL For film-originated or other 24-fps footage transferred to PAL videotape

at 25 fps

YCbCr

25i PAL For PAL video-originated footage (25 fps) YCbCr

25p PAL For 25-fps film footage transferred to PAL videotape YCbCr

30i NTSC For NTSC video-originated or other 30-fps footage transferred to NTSC

videotape

YCbCr