User Manual

CHAPTER
25
2 Import and Export
OVERVIEW
This chapter provides a summary of the numerous
importing and exporting features in Digital
Performer.
Importing project files in other formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exporting a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exporting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Interchanging with Final Cut Pro XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Importing and exporting audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Bouncing audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
IMPORTING PROJECT FILES IN OTHER
FORMATS
Use the Open command in Digital Performer’s File
menu to open the following types of files:
■ Files created in earlier versions of Digital
Performer and Performer
■ Files created in AudioDesk™
■ Standard MIDI files
■ OMF interchange files
■ AAF interchange files
After choosing one of these files in the Open
dialog, a message will appear informing you that
Digital Performer is converting file formats, if
necessary. The file will open as a Digital Performer
file; if you want to save it back into the Standard
MIDI file format, see “Exporting a project” on
page 25.
Standard MIDI files can also be imported and
exported via drag and drop – see below.
Importing/exporting MIDI files via drag and
drop
You can import and export standard MIDI files
using Digital Performer’s drag and drop
capabilities. To import MIDI files, just drag them
from the computer desktop into the Chunks
window. To export a MIDI file, Command/Ctrl-
drag a chunk in the Chunks window (by its handle)
to the computer desktop. You can also do the same
with a MIDI clipping, or a selection of MIDI data
in the MIDI Editor or QuickScribe Editor.
Importing OMF/AAF files via drag and drop
You can import OMF and AAF interchange
documents (with the .omf or .aaf file name
extension) by dragging and dropping them into the
Chunks window.
EXPORTING A PROJECT
Digital Performer can export projects in several
other file formats:
■ Standard MIDI file (type 0 and type 1)
■ OMF interchange
■ AAF interchange
■ Digital Performer (Version 6.0, 5.12, 5.1, 4.6, 4.5,
4.1, 3.1)
■ AudioDesk (Version 2.0 and 1.0)
■ Final Cut Pro XML
To export a Digital Performer project to a different
file format:
1 In the Chunks window, play-enable the
sequence that you wish to save.