Specifications

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Introducing Tools and Workflow
Sequence: A sequence is your edited program. You create a sequence
by editing clips together. A sequence is stored in a bin, and it holds refer-
ences to its clips.
Clip/Media File Relationship
The project components (clips, subclips, and sequences) are information
files that refer to the raw physical data that lives in your system as media
files. To edit, you need both the information file and the physical data.
Understanding this relationship will help you more effectively manage your
project and media and aid you in troubleshooting problems.
Clips are small reference files that point to the actual media. The clip does
not contain picture and sound data, only references to it. Working with
clips in Media Composer allows editors to assemble sequences without
modifying the source media.
Media files are actual video or audio content. Media files require substan-
tial storage space and are commonly stored on separate external media
drives or on an internal hard drive.
How are clips and media files actually created? During the capture or import
process, a media file is created for each track of video and audio in each
shot, and a clip is created for the whole shot. Media Composer sets up an
instant link between these two files.
When you play a clip (or subclip), the system looks for its linked media
files. If the media files aren’t found, the clip shows the message “Media
Offline.” When you play a sequence, the Avid system accesses and plays
the clips that make up that sequence.
How Media Composer Works:
System Hardware
Each time you edit, you need to see, hear, and interact with your footage.
To make this possi ble, many compo nents work together d uring the editi ng
process, including the Media Composer software and several essential
and optional hardware devices.
NOTE The relationship
between clips and media
files is like that of a
library card catalog to the
library books. The card
catalog is not the actual
book; the card catalog
references the book,
and you need to be able
to access the catalog
to locate and check out
your book. In the same
way, you need the mas-
ter clips and sequence
(metadata) within Avid to
find and manipulate (edit)
your media.
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