AVID - Panasonic - CX350 - Quick Start Editing Workflow

Launch AVID
Click on the Folder ICON and navigate to where you want to save your file
Click On New Project
Choose a location to save your project Title your Project in Project Name Choose Format > 1080/23.976P as the Format of the project Color Space default YCbCr 709
Then Click on Create to load up the project
By default a bin will open and you can use that as your video bin to import your raw footage
Next Choose >Tools>Source Browser
Choose to Link not Import Navigate to the Private>PANA_GRP folder for each card Click on Link
The clips will load into the Bin shown here
In the BIN choose Format from the top bin setting shown here
The format of the files will be AVC Long-GOP High 422 3480 x 2160 23.976
Select the clips and choose > Clip>Consolidate/Transcode
Choose Transcode Then select where you want to save the consolidated files and choose the “Target Video Resolution” *Make sure you have Convert to project frame rate selected* We recommend DNxHD LB MXF for "Offline" (MOSTLY USED CHOICE) Also convert the audio sample rate for consistency Then Choose Transcode
When transcoding is finished you will end up with files with a .new extension use those as those are your new master clips Edit with the master clip not the linked file Notice the different icon for a linked file The linked files you can put in another bin as you won't need them till the final conform when you are picture locked.