Importing Digital Video Directly into the Avid Video Editing Application

(Fully Non-Linear Workflow Only)

This phase of the workflow begins after the Avid editor receives the following components from the camera operator and the production sound mixer:

Digital video (on flash card, hard drive, or some other file-based storage)

Multichannel recordings

In a fully non-linear workflow, the Avid editor simply has to import the video and audio media into the Avid video editing application in order to edit them.

To import video into the Avid video editing application:

1 In the Avid video editing application, create a Bin.

2 Import the video files directly into the Bin.

3 When the Disk Label Import dialog appears, enter the exact Tape name used by the camera operator and the production sound mixer.

To ensure that metadata are preserved for the Pro Tools editor, it is critical to enter the Tape name character for character. For example, if the metadata was T001 (with two zeroes), enter T001 with two zeroes—not T01 with one zero or T0001 with three zeroes.

4 Use the Avid video editing application to edit audio and video.

5 When you are finished editing, export the edited sequence as an AAF or OMF sequence so that it can be imported into Pro Tools.