User Manual

Checklist for Editors Working with Interplay
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• Regularly clean up the contents of your bins: anything that you don’t need can be deleted.
It’s a good idea to delete unwanted media before you check in a bin. If you choose to leave
material in your bin without checking it in to Interplay, the material will go to the UIAA
folder and sit there until deleted, taking up space on your Avid shared-storage system.
• Use reservations to protect material against accidental deletion. Reservations are a very
powerful feature in Interplay. Discuss with your system administrator if you are unsure
about how to use them.
DON’Ts
• Don’t locate media using the File > Open Bin menu.
• Don’t share bins: that is, don’t work inside a bin that is already being used by another editor
• Don’t purposely avoid checking in an unfinished sequence thinking that another editor will
finish it and check it in when done. If there are unchecked-in Avid assets in your sequence,
another editor will not be able to check in a finished version, because the other editor will
not have access to your Unchecked-in Avid Assets (UIAA) folder.
• Don’t share projects: that is, do not work on a project which is already being used by another
editor
• Don’t ignore the contents of your UIAA folder. If you do, you will be taking up valuable
shared storage space.
Checklist for Editors Working with Interplay
The checklist below provides a basic list of steps for sharing and editing projects and media
between Avid editing systems in an Avid Interplay workgroup environment. For more details on
working with Interplay, refer to the documentation that came with your Interplay or Avid editing
system.
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If you are an editor using Interplay Sphere, or if you work with assets created by remote
Interplay Sphere editors, then refer to “Using Your Avid Editing Application with Interplay
Sphere” on page 1214 or the Avid Interplay Sphere Remote News Editing Workflow Guide.
Step Refer to
Before you launch your Avid editing application:
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Make sure you are correctly connected to the Avid
shared-storage system.
“Connecting to Avid
Shared Storage and
Mounting Workspaces” on
page 1156.