Avid Ingest and Export

Aims of the Course
The complete and practical guide to efficient ingest of all media types into an Avid editing system and output in any format. Effective media management improves speed and efficiency of workflow and the course covers some often problematic formats such as P2, XDCAM, HDV and RED. Practical exercises on capturing, importing, recording, outputting and exporting include tape and file based formats.

Course Type
A mix of demonstration and hands-on practical.

Topics Covered

• Project formats and resolutions
• Preparing for capture – setting up projects and systems
• Capturing from tape
• Capturing from decks and cameras
• Logging and batch capturing
• Importing file based media – P2 & XDCAM
• Decomposing and recapturing clips and sequences
• Media management
• Saving and backing up project and media files
• Re-linking, moving, copying and deleting media
• Recording a Digital Cut
• Audio Levels and Pan Outputting
• HDV Exporting sequences
• Sorensen Squeeze and making an approval DVD
• Exporting for Finishing
• Uploading to FTP sites

This course is aimed at
Editors, junior editors and assistants, runners, tape ops and anyone who needs to understand how to confidently ingest and export media in a range of formats.

Pre-requisites
Experience with Avid Media Composer