Specifications

Pro Tools Avid Unity MediaNetwork Guide28
Using the Send To Templates to
Export an AAF or OMF Sequence
from Media Composer
The Send To Templates option lets you create
one AAF sequence that references audio and
video files used in the sequence, and save it to
the volume selected in your Avid Preferences.
To use the Send To Pro Tools templates:
1 Select a sequence in a bin.
2 Choose File > Send To > Pro Tools on Unity, then
choose one of the following options:
Link to Audio and Video Creates an AAF se-
quence that links to existing audio and video
wherever possible and only creates new media
files for effects that have not been rendered. This
is the fastest and most storage-efficient way to
export a sequence.
Choose this option for a scenario in which
Pro Tools will link to the same media files as the
current Avid sequence. Use this setting if the
media files are currently stored on volumes that
are suitable for Pro Tools media playback.
QuickTime–Link to Audio Creates an AAF se-
quence that links to existing audio, and creates a
new QuickTime movie.
Choose this option when exporting a sequence
for a Pro Tools system that does not have an
Avid video peripheral attached.
VIdeo Mixdown–Link to Audio Creates an AAF se-
quence that links to existing audio and includes
editing metadata as well as a video mixdown in
the video format defined by Media Creation set-
tings. When imported into Pro Tools, the video
mixdown and metadata are displayed in two
separate video tracks on the Timeline.
Choose this option for any scenario in which
Pro Tools will link to the same media files as the
current Avid sequence.
3 If you want to view or change export settings,
click the Options button, and then make any
changes. If you make any changes, you can use
the Save As Template button to create a new
template.
4 Click Set.
5 Navigate to the location where you want the
AAF or OMF files to reside.
6 Click OK.
The Avid application exports the files to the des-
tination volume. If the Avid application has to
transcode video files to a new resolution, render
effects or perform audio file conversions, a new
sequence appears in the bin with the name file-
name.Export.01, and a new master clip appears
in the bin with the name filename.new.01.
Send To dialog (LInk to Audio and Video options shown)
This workflow assumes that you use the de-
fault values. This means that you are ex-
porting using the Project sample rate, audio
file format, and sample bit depth.