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Linking to FinalCut Pro media
Media for a project has been captured on a Final Cut Pro system, but the Promo is going
to be cut on an Avid editing system. The Final Cut Pro editor copies the required media
to a folder and delivers this folder on a USB drive to the Avid editing suite.
While the editor could edit directly with the drive, she wants better performance so
copies the folder to one of her Avid drives. She then uses FILE > LINK TO AMA
VOLUME to create a bin filled with these clips so she can edit the Promo.
Link to an Alternate Language version of an Animation
A show in Canada is needed in both French and English. The original show is cut in
Montreal in French. It contains many animations which will need to be replaced in the
alternate English version.
The editor begins the English version and as he does so he creates an English Animation
Bin and places copies of the animations he has – in French – in this bin. The edit
proceeds with these French animations being placed into the program as placeholders.
The English animations have been planned to have the same NAMES, DURATIONS and
TRACKS as the French. When the new English animations are ready the editor places
them in a different folder from the French animations.
The bin is highlighted, and FILE > LINK TO AMA FILES is selected. The editor
navigates to the English animations, selects them and links to them. All the clips in the
bin reconnect to the English animations, and subsequently the Timeline updates
automatically to show these English Animations.