User Manual

Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins
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Searching for a Clip or Sequence with Text Find
Text find allows you to enter text and search bins, Scripts and the Timeline for the information
you enter. You can customize your search by selecting to only search the active bin or search all
bins across a single project. Bins do not have to be open for the system to search in them, Find
searches all bins and scripts within your project. The text find feature is included with your Avid
editing application.
PhraseFind (the phonetic find feature) is purchased as a separate option. Both text find and
PhraseFind can be used together or independently of each other.
For information about the phonetic search option, see “PhraseFind” on page 555. If you have not
purchased PhraseFind and would like more information, click the PhraseFind button in the Find
window, then click Buy. You will be redirected to the Avid website to get more information
about PhraseFind. If the dialog box in the editor asks you to quit your Avid editing application,
click Cancel.
For a table of all the options available in the Find Window, see “Find Window Attributes” on
page 572.
Things You Should Know About Text Find
• You can continue to work, while the system indexes your project.
• The system creates a SearchData folder located in your Projects folder when you index text
or phonetic searches. If you are working in an ISIS environment, the SearchData folder is
located inside the Project client (computer name) folder. You can change the default location
of the Search Data folder. See “Setting the Location of the SearchData folder” on page 545.
Three digits Type 100 or greater to move forward or backward a specified number of
seconds and frames. The results vary depending on the tracking format
you have selected in the Tracking Information menu that displays
information above the monitor. For example, if you type
+100 and the
master timecode is displayed in the top row of the tracking information
above the monitor, you move forward 1 second and zero frames. If you
select frames to display above the monitor and type
+100 , you move
forward 100 frames.
Frames only To move by frames (regardless of the display in the Tracking
Information menu) add an f to the end of the number you type. For
example, if you have a timecode displayed in the Tracking Information
menu and type
+100f , the display changes to 3:10 (3 seconds and 10
frames) and you move forward 100 frames.
Format Description