User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins
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Switching Between Multiple Resolution Media
Once you link to the low-resolution or high-resolution media and complete your edits, you can
easily switch from low to high and high to low-resolution media. When you switch to a different
resolution, the system replaces the clip in the bin with the new clip and resolution.
The steps below highlight switching from low-resolution to high-resolution media. You can also
switch from high-resolution to low-resolution.
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For XDCAM, if you use the Sony PDZ-1 software to assign a User Disc ID, the Avid editing
system displays this information in a bin column and knows what disk name is associated with
each clip.
To switch from low-resolution to high-resolution media:
1. Insert the disk in the device.
2. Select the low-resolution clips in the bin.
3. Right-click the bin and select Modify AMA Resolutions.
The AMA Resolutions Quality dialog box appears.
4. Click the Highest Quality for your video (audio is always set to Highest Quality) and click
OK.
The highest quality clips replace the most compressed (low-resolution) clips in the bin. A
link icon appears next to the clips.
If the bin contains clips from multiple volumes, you will be prompted to insert another disk.
Consolidating Multiple Resolution Media
When you are ready to move your media to shared storage, you can link to your resolution and
consolidate at the same time.