Specifications

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Review Questions
Auto-save: By default, Media Composer automatically saves changes to
your work every 15 minutes. During the save, any open bins are updated
with changes you have made since the last save, and copies of these bins
are placed in the Avid Attic folder (which you’ll learn about later in the
book). All open bins are also saved when you quit the project.
Manual save: A manual save is when you explicitly save your project. An
asterisk (Windows) or diamond (Macintosh) in the title bar of your bin indi-
cates that a change has been made since your last save.
When you manually save a bin, a backup copy is placed in the Avid Attic
folder, and your original bin file is updated.
To save a bin:
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Click the bin to activate it, and then select File > Save Bin or press
Ctrl+S (Windows) or Command+S (Macintosh). If you save the
SuperBin, all bins opened inside it are saved. The Save Bin command
is dimmed if the active bin has already been saved.
To save all b ins in a project :
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Click the Project window to activate it, but don’t select any individual
bins listed in the window. Then select File > Save All, or press Ctrl+S
(Windows) or Command+S (Macintosh).
Review Questions
1. What are the main hardware components of the Avid system?
2. What are some different ways that you can input material into Media
Composer?
3. Match the following terms with their definitions.
Term Definition
1. Media file a. An edited program
2. Bin b. A repository for bins
3. Clip c. A file containing clips and sequences
4. Project d. Captured media
5. Sequence e. A pointer to a media file
4. What happens if you close the Project window while you are working?
5. Which bin views could you use to check the start timecode of a clip?
NOTE If your goal is
to save changes to the
sequence you are work-
ing on, make sure you
know which bin it is in,
and save that bin. If you
are not sure and don’t
want to take the time
to locate the sequence,
save all your bins.
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