Specifications

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5 Ensure that the Target Project Time Code For-
mat pop-up menu displays the correct frame
rate for the Avid project.
6 Click OK.
7 In the Publishing Options dialog, type the
Pro Tools Comment and Sequence Name.
8 Click OK.
Pro Tools will create a sequence with the name
you supply. (The Pro Tools comment appears in
the Avid bin in a Pro Tools Comment column.)
9 In the Name the AAF/OMF File to Export dia-
log, navigate to a folder where you can easily lo-
cate the Pro Tools composition when it is time
to import it into the Avid application.
10 Click Save.
11 In the Please Choose a Folder for Converted
Audio Files dialog, do one of the following:
• If you are exporting to the same storage
that Avid application will be accessing,
navigate to the OMFI MediaFiles folder
(AIFF or WAV files) or the Avid MediaFiles
folder (MXF files).
– or –
• If you are exporting to a location that is not
directly accessible to the Avid application,
navigate to a location where you can easily
find the audio files when you need to copy
them over to the Avid computer.
12 Click Use Current Folder (Windows) or
Choose (Macintosh).
Pro Tools exports the following files:
• The AAF or OMF sequence is saved to the
folder you designated.
• If you exported audio files directly to the
Avid application video storage, related me-
dia is saved to the appropriate volume and
folder (OMFI MediaFiles or Avid Media-
Files) accessible to the Avid application.
13 Do one of the following:
• If you are using the Avid application on the
same computer as Pro Tools and are ready
to use it to import the files you just ex-
ported from the Avid application, exit
Pro Tools.
– or –
• If you were unable to save the audio por-
tion of the AAF sequence directly to storage
that is accessible from the Avid application,
copy the audio files from their saved loca-
tion to the OMFI MediaFiles folder (for
AIFF or WAV media) or Avid MediaFiles
folder (for MXF media) on a drive con-
nected to your Avid system.
An OMF sequence cannot reference MXF
media files. In the Export Selected Tracks as
OMF/AAF dialog, MXF is only available
when AAF is selected in the Export As pop-
up menu
Pro Tools Publishing Options dialog
Do not save the sequence to the OMFI Media
Files folder or the Avid Media Files folder.