Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 3: Basic Media Station|PT Workflows 39
To start a new project, or select an existing
project:
1 Launch the Avid Media Station|PT software.
You will be prompted to create a new project or
select an existing project.
2 Select a user profile by doing one of the fol-
lowing:
• Choose Create User Profile from the User
Profile pop-up menu, and enter a new user
name in the Create User Profile dialog.
– or –
• Choose an existing user profile from the
User Profile pop-up menu.
Each user can configure Media Station|PT to suit
their needs without affecting other users' set-
tings on the same workstation.
3 Do one of the following:
• To display projects that only the current
user profile can access, select the Private
option.
– or –
• To display projects which are accessible to
all users, select the Shared option.
4 Do one of the following:
• Select the project and click OK.
– or –
• To create a new project, click the New
Project button. In the New Project dialog,
name the project, select the format appro-
priate for your video monitor and preferred
frame rate, and click OK.
The selected project opens. The name of the
project appears in the upper left-hand corner of
the Project window.
To the right of the Project window is the first bin
for the Project.
To view the bins in a project:
 Click the bins tab in the Project window. Dou-
ble-click any listed bin to view its contents.
Select Project dialog
If you have upgraded from
Media Station|V10, user settings have
changed. It is recommended that you create
a new user and then copy any preserved set-
tings from Media Station|V10 into your
new user settings. See “Creating a New User
After Upgrading from Media Station|V10”
on page 40.
In Media Station|PT, 29.97fps is referred to
as 30i. The “I” stands for interlaced. “P”
stands for progressive scan.
Project and Bin windows
Project window
Bin window