User Manual

Managing Remote Assets with the Interplay Window

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Each individual link to an asset has its own access control. This means that it is possible to have

read/write/delete access to an asset in folder A, but only read access to another instance of the

asset in folder B. For example, if a master clip is visible in two folders, one with a reservation

and one without, when you delete the master clip in the non-reserved folder, the master clip in

the reserved folder (and the related media) is not deleted.

Moving, Copying, Duplicating, and Deleting Avid Assets

You can move, copy, and duplicate clips and sequences to other folders in the Interplay Window

in order to group and organize various types of material based on project needs. When you copy

clips from one folder to another, any custom columns that you created in the first folder are also

copied to the second folder. The custom columns appear in the order in which you created them.

Remember that there is a difference between copying and duplicating:

• When you copy a clip, you create a reference clip (link) to a clip in another folder, and any

change you make to the copy affects the original as well.

• When you duplicate a clip, you create a new asset. This asset points to the same media files

(audio and video) but is associated with a completely new set of metadata (by default, a new

name and new creation date). Any modifications that you make to the duplicated clip, such

as adding markers, do not affect the original clip's metadata.

Because a duplicated clip points to the same media as the original clip, be careful when

deleting duplicated clips that you do not unintentionally delete media.

If you have delete access control within your workgroup, you can delete Avid assets in the

Interplay Window and in bins. You can also delete copies of the assets (links). Users without

delete access cannot delete assets or perform any tasks that require delete privileges. For more

information, see “Understanding Access Control for Avid Assets” on page 1173.

You cannot delete assets that carry reservations. Reservations can only be applied to folders and

they apply only to Avid assets (clips and sequences). Also, you cannot delete a relative of a

reserved asset. For example, if a master clip is not reserved, but it is used in a reserved sequence,

you cannot delete the master clip until the reserved sequence is unreserved. For information on

reservations, see “Understanding Reservations” on page 1172.

If you are working with MultiRez, you might see more than one resolution associated with a clip.

For information about deleting multiple resolutions, see “Deleting MultiRez Clips and Media

from a Bin” on page 1283.

You might need to press F5 to refresh the Interplay Window display to see the updated contents of

the folder or bin.