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Project Interchange
Import and Export are handled by InterChange. In the Project menu Import and Export open windows
where a list of available InterChange plug-ins is presented.
Thus Project > Import and Project > Export open these windows:.
Import Options
The Options radio buttons determine how the imported material will affect the current project:
• Replace the current project by removing all existing tracks, track groups and markers then creating
new tracks, track groups and markers from the imported composition
• Append the imported tracks at bottom of current project tracks
• Insert the imported clips into the current project tracks
Export Options
• Export whole composition including tracks, track groups and markers
• Export selection only
The Export selection only will be grayed out if there is no selection in the Timeline of the project.
File Interchange with Apple Macintosh
Older Mac file formats like SD2 cannot be recognized by a Mac because the hidden resource fork file,
necessary for Mac files format like SD2 but unrecognized by Windows, is generated by Pyramix but
gets lost in the transfer if done inappropriately.
More recent, universal, formats such as WAV, AIF, JPEG, as well as compressed archives don't use the
resource fork file and therefore transfer transparently between the two platforms. This can lead to the
belief that the same ease of use can apply to SD2 files and this is not the case. Care should be taken
Project Interchange - Import and Export dialogs