User Manual

Creating Dynamic Media Folders
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To drag and drop files directly into a bin:
1. Navigate to the folder that contains the file based media.
2. Select the files you want to drag to the bin.
3. Alt + drag (Windows) or Option + drag (Macintosh) the files to the bin.
The files appear in the bin as AMA linked files. These are also managed files and appear in
the Media Tool.
Creating Dynamic Media Folders
Dynamic Media Folders (DMF) are user created folders that allow you to efficiently work with
file-based media. DMF folders allow you to manage and process media even when the editing
application is not running. For example, you can create a DMF folder where the media from a
digital camera can be moved off the camera and placed in the DMF, allowing the production
team to quickly take the camera back out in the field. A profile associated with that DMF folder
can be setup to have these files AMA link into a particular bin.
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AMA media is now managed. Therefore the AMA media will now appear in the Media Tool and
can be checked into Interplay.
You can also create DMF folders that are setup to perform time consuming tasks such as
copying, transcoding or consolidating. You can create a DMF folder that copies all files placed in
the DMF to a specified location. You can also setup a DMF to transcode or consolidate any file
that is placed in the folder to a specified resolution. These processes occur in the background.
The basic workflow for using DMF folders is the following.
• Create a folder. This folder can sit on your desktop or anywhere on your Avid editing
system.
• Assign a profile to the folder. This profile is where you specify the actions you want
performed on the files. Any time files are added to that folder, the actions you set in the
profile for that folder will be applied to those files.
• An indicator on the Timeline will let you know when files have been added to a DMF folder.
Access the DMF window and choose to place the files from the DMF folder into the
appropriate bin.
To create a Dynamic Media Folder:
1. Select Tools > Dynamic Media Folders.
The Dynamic Media Folders window opens.