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To export an ALE file:
1 Open the Edit page, right-click the Timeline you want to export in the Media Pool, and
choose Timelines > Export > ALE from the contextual menu.
2 Enter a name for the ALE, choose a location to save it to, and click OK.
Exporting to ALE with CDL
Avid Media Composer and Symphony also support the import of ALE files with additional CDL
metadata columns with which to associate SOP (Slope/Offset/Power) and SAT (Saturation)
adjustment metadata to each clip that’s logged in the ALE.
When you import an ALE with CDL file into Media Composer, the SOP and SAT data populate
metadata columns for preservation and export in various Avid workflows. Here’s an example of
the Heading, Column, and Data sections of a sample ALE with CDL, with one line of clip
and CDL data.
To export an ALE with CDL file:
1 Open the Edit page, right-click the Timeline you want to export in the Media Pool, and
choose Timelines > Export > ALE and CDL from the contextual menu.
2 Enter a name for the ALE file, choose a location to save it to, and click OK.
The ALE file is saved, and a dialog appears reminding you of the file path to which it
was saved (click OK to dismiss it).
Here’s an example of a short ALE with CDL export:
Heading
FIELD_DELIM TABS
VIDEO_FORMAT 1080
AUDIO_FORMAT –
FPS 23.976
Column
Name, Tracks, Start, End, Take, Tape, UNC, FPS, Reel, Scene, Shoot
date, Manufacturer, Source Resolution, Source Bit Depth, DESCRIPT,
Comments, Audio SR, Audio Bit Depth, Auxiliary TC1, KN Start, Source
File Path, Display Name KeyKode, ASC_SOP, ASC_SAT, RESOLVE_SIZING
Data
A001_C002_V01.CBF6A4FD139AD.mxf, V, 10:28:27:03, 10:28:28:00,
A001_C002_V01.CBF6A4FD139AD
/Volumes/Disk_1/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1/A001_C002_V01.CBF6A4FD139AD.mxf
23.98, DaVinci Resolve, 1920x1080, 10
/Volumes/Disk_1/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1/A001_C002_V01.CBF6A4FD139AD.mxf
A001_C002_V01.CBF6A4FD139AD
(1.0260 1.0260 1.0260)(-0.0260 -0.0260 -0.0260)(0.8237 0.8237 0.8237) 0.8640
(0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0 0)
NOTE: The commas shown above are not normally in the ALE but shown here for
field clarity
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