User`s guide

Chapter 3 Starting Your Project
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If you change your preferences for one effect, those settings are used for other effects as
well. This is important, especially when rendering several effects at once. If you have effects
that render using different settings, you must render these effects in separate groups.
After adjusting the settings, click OK to save your preferences.
Importing Media
You can import a variety of media files to add to your Avid FX project; these include movie
files, still images, and EPS files. You can import single or multiple files from the Project
window or directly on the timeline.
Batch Importing Media Files
When you batch import multiple files, the files are stored in the Project window. You can
then drag them to tracks in the timeline. See “Adding Tracks and Compositions to the
Timeline” on page 152.
To batch import files:
1. In the Project window, select File > Import or Ctrl+I.
The Import dialog box appears.
2. Navigate to the location of the files
3. Press Shift and select the files or folders.
4. Click Open to import the files.
The files are imported into the Project window.
Importing Sequential Files
Before importing a series of files from a 3rd Party application such as Adobe Photoshop or
Adobe Illustrator, you can create a sequential series of single-image files using a specific
naming convention. You can then import them as animation by assigning them the Movie
media type. Sequential importing is supported for Targa Image Files, TIFs, JPEGs and
PCTs.
To create a sequential series:
1. Name each file Name.n.type where .n indicates the order and type indicates the
appropriate file type suffix.
2. Name the series sequentially and include a “1” for the first file numbering. You cannot
skip any numbers. In addition, all the files must have exactly the same number of digits.