User Manual

Specifications for Animation Files
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In addition to the specific formats described in the table below, your Avid editing application
also supports sequences of image files. You must name image file sequences appropriately for
your Avid editing application to handle them correctly on import. Name each file in the sequence
NameN.ext, with Name identifying the animation, N indicating the file order, and .ext indicating
the file type (for example, Image1.jpg, Image2.jpg, Image3.jpg). The numbering can start at any
number except 0, or use any numbering format (for example, Image010.jpg, Image012.jpg, or
Imagef28.jpg, Imagef29.jpg).
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Your Avid editing application imports the file at the frame rate that is set in the project. Set the
appropriate frame rate for the project when you export from a third-party application.
Format Description
ERIMovie ERIMovie files use the .mov or .eri file name extensions. QuickTime for Windows
also uses the .mov file name extension. However, QuickTime does not support
ERIMovie, and double-clicking an ERIMovie file causes an error.
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There is no player for ERIMovie on Windows or Macintosh platforms. The
mview program supports ERIMovie on Silicon Graphics systems.
PICS (Macintosh only) A PICS file is a sequence of PICT images. Many applications that handle multiple
image formats on the Macintosh platform also support PICS files.
You can only store uncompressed data in PICS format. PICS export does not allow
PICS containers larger than 16 MB.
QuickTime QuickTime files use the .mov file name extension. After you import a QuickTime
file, the file maintains the .mov file name extension, which is visible in a bin. The
.mov file name extension is the default for export.
Avid QuickTime codecs enable you to fast import and export QuickTime files. To use
the codecs in a third-party application, see “Exporting from a Third-Party QuickTime
or AVI Application” on page 1028.
To take advantage of the speed of Avid QuickTime codecs, you must export the files
from the QuickTime application at the appropriate frame size for the project you plan
to import to in your Avid editing application.
AV I
(Audio Video Interleave)
(Windows Only)
AVI files use the .avi file name extension. After you import an AVI file, it maintains
the .avi file name extension, which is visible in a bin. The .avi file name extension is
the default for export.
Avid AVI files can be quite large, especially at high video resolutions, and require
adequate storage and transfer capabilities.