Specifications

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Working in the Project Window

To open a bin from another project:

1. With the Project window highlighted, select File > Open Bin.

The Select a Bin dialog box appears. If you do not see the name of the

bin you are looking for, look in other Project folders.

2. When you locate the bin in the dialog box, click it, and click Open.

The bin opens in your project, and an Other Bins folder appears in the

Project window. The bin is listed inside this folder, with the source proj-

ect listed in the column to the right of the bin name. Remember, you

are simply borrowing this bin from the other project.

Other Bins lets you access

bins from another project

3. If you want the contents of the bin to reside in this project, copy its

contents to a bin you create in the open project. (We’ll explore copying

from one bin to another in Chapter 12.)

4. When you have finished using the bin from another project, you can

delete it by selecting it and pressing Delete. It disappears from this

Project window, but it still resides in its original project.

Practice Your Skills

It’s important that editors become familiar with their source media before

editing. In this exercise, you’ll get to know your footage by exploring mul-

tiple bin views.

1. Locate the Project window, and make sure the Bins tab is selected.

2. Click the triangle to the left of the Chapter Exercise Material folder

to expand it. Inside you should find 13 folders, one for each chapter

of this text.

3. Click the triangle to the left of the Chapter 1 folder. You will use this

folder for the exercises in this chapter. (Inside, you should see two

bins: Audio Chap 1 and Montage Selects Chap 1.)

4. Open the Montage Selects Chap 1 bin.

CAUTION Any changes

you make to a bin that

you opened from another

project will be applied to

this bin in its own project.

For example, if you delete

an object from this bin, it

is permanently removed.

NOTE If you have not

already done so, copy the

contents of the disc that

accompanies this book to

your hard drive according

to the directions in the

Introduction.

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