User Manual

Using the Interplay Window
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Using the Interplay Window
The Avid Interplay Window is a tool that you open from the Tools menu of your Avid editing
application. The Interplay Window provides you with access to the Interplay database. You can
copy (check out) assets to your local bin and work with them like any other bin objects. You can
also use the Interplay Window like a bin and edit directly from the Interplay Window by
double-clicking an asset in the window, which loads the asset into the Source monitor of your
Avid editing application.
The following illustration shows the Interplay window, as it appears on Mac OS X systems and
Windows systems. Folders are listed in the tree hierarchy in the left pane, and the contents of the
selected folder are displayed in the right pane. In this example, the folder is named after a bin in
an Avid editing project.
There are some differences between working from Interplay folders and working from bins. For
instance, you cannot edit a sequence in an Interplay folder. To edit a sequence, you copy it to a
bin, edit it, and then you copy the modified sequence to the Interplay database for sharing.
For more information about using and customizing the Interplay Window, see “Editing with Avid
Assets in the Interplay Window” on page 1166 and “Managing Remote Assets with the Interplay
Window” on page 1171.
Connecting to the Avid Interplay Database
Before you can connect to the Avid Interplay database and access remote assets, you need to
configure the Interplay settings in your Avid editing application.