User Manual

Marking and Subcataloging Footage
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Subclips do not directly reference the original media. Subclips remain linked to the master clips
from which they are created, and the master clips, in turn, reference the captured media files
located on your media drives. As a result, none of the original footage is lost.
In most projects, subclips do not limit your access to the original, captured master clip material
when trimming. Therefore, if you must trim beyond the marked IN to OUT boundaries of the
subclip to make it longer or shorter, your Avid editing application accommodates the boundary
adjustments during the trim.
However, when subclips are created in 24p or 25p projects, they are always created as “hard”
subclips, and you cannot trim past the edges of the subclip when adjusting transitions and edits.
Hard subclips prevent film tracking information errors for editing and cut lists.
New subclips appear in bins with a distinct subclip icon and with a numbered .Sub file name
extension.
A subclip in Text view in the bin
To create subclips:
1. Load a clip into a monitor and mark the material from which you want to create the subclip.
For more information, see “Marking IN and OUT Points” on page 518.
2. Do one of the following:
t Press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh), and then drag the
picture from the monitor to the bin in which you want to store the subclip.
t Click the Create Subclip icon, located above and to the side of the Source monitor, and
drag it to the bin in which you want to store the subclip.
Create Subclip icon in the monitor