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The Conforming Tool

you want, e.g. via trimming or color correction. You can also import

other EDLs and add them to the timeline as well.

During editing, the clips of the EDL in the timeline will stay linked to the

EDL visible in the bin and the conforming mode. All changes to the

timeline will be reflected either in the ’Timeline as EDL’ view or in the

EDL directly. Further information about this can be found in section

“The Conforming Mode in General” on page 8-25 and the sections fol-

lowing it.

Successful Conforming

In case there are no messages displayed after a conforming process, the

conforming was successful. Then you can immediately work with the

clips of the EDL in the timeline in any manner you like.

Once finished with your work, you can, for instance, combine different

EDLs, export the changes of a single EDL or the complete timeline as an

EDL, or finalize the project, i.e. all possibilities of the Edit Tool are at

your disposal.

Multiple Search Results

Multiple search results after a conforming process are not uncommon,

especially when conforming audio clips due to the fact that they lack

appropriate header data. Each audio clip that is found within the search

parameters will just be tested for its duration, i.e. whether the source

outpoint of the audio event lies within the duration of the audio clip. If

the duration of the audio clip is equal or longer than the source out-

point of the EDL event, it will be considered a hit for the respective clip.

When several clips have been found that match an element in the EDL,

you will be informed about them after the conforming:

Figure 8-8: Notification about multiple found clips

If several clips were found for a video clip entry in the EDL, its represen-

tation in the Edit Tool will be substituted by the software with a special

image: