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4. To begin capturing, play the deck. When it gets up to speed, click the Record button or press

the F4 key.

Make sure you clear any previous marks so the deck does not begin cueing to the previous

location.

Capturing begins within a few frames, and the timecode for the clip’s IN point appears. The

Capture indicator, to the right of the Record button, flashes on and off. The message bar

displays a message that your Avid editing application is capturing.

You can map the Record button from the Play tab in the Command palette to a key on the

keyboard. This lets you start capturing by pressing a key. The Record button works for either the

Capture tool or the Audio Punch-In tool, depending on which tool is active. For more

information on mapping buttons, see “Understanding Button Mapping” on page 110.

If your Avid editing system is an asset manager client in an MXF/AAF workgroup, you cannot

create markers while capturing media using the Capture tool. However, you can use the Frame

Chase feature when capturing media from a supported external device using Avid Interplay

Transfer. For more information about using Frame Chase, see your Avid Interplay

documentation.

5. Click the Pause button at any time to pause play.

You can also abort the capture procedure by clicking the Trash button. The clip is discarded.

6. To stop capturing and enter the OUT point of the clip, click the Record button, or press the

Escape key on the keyboard.

Your Avid editing application creates a new clip in the bin. It also enters basic log

information for each clip, consisting of the mark IN, the mark OUT, the duration, and any

other information typed in during the capture procedure.

7. If you did not type a clip name while capturing, type it now while the clip name is

highlighted in the bin.

If you return to the Capture tool and begin another clip, the default clip name remains in the

bin until you change it.

Preparing to Autocapture

You can autocapture entire tapes to bypass both the logging and cueing processes necessary for

other types of capture, as described in “Autocapturing” on page 231.