User manual

Creating Compositions

UM-2014.1-07

Manual Creation

To manually create a composition, press the New Composition button in the

Library screen :

This will close any open composition, create and open a new one. The new

composition will be named Untitled by default but you can name it via the ..

Properties dialog window or by double-clicking the Material Name field and

typing a new name :

Renaming a composition manually by typing in new M aterial Name

The currently viewed (edited) composition has status Current Edit in the

library.

The frame rate of the composition is set on creation to the project

master format rate.

List Import and Capture

Importing an EDL, AAF or other supported list format will create a new

composition with video and audio tracks, media segments and supported

effects (e.g. retimes) as per the imported list.

With an EDL, the composition will be named as per the "TITLE" field. Media

segments will need to be conformed to the timeline.

A composition will also be automatically created when you capture media

from a VTR device.