Duplicate the sequence and put in a new bin.
On the duplicate delete any titles you made in AVID. Try to get all your video clips down to the V1 track and or V2 track. If you can get the video track down to one that is easiest.
Next attempt to modify the video tracks down to 1 or 2 tracks if possible.
4. NEXT - Export DnxHD Quicktime for "Resolve" as reference
See this wikidoc How to make a DNxHD QuickTime
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Close project and hide the AVID media files so that AVID doesn't relink to the old transcoded media. Change the name to the AVID MediaFiles folder.
Change from this
To This
Relink to the Storage Hard Drive or volume that the Original Camera footage is on. (where you stored the backup of all the cards you recorded on the camera)
Go to >Tools>Source Browser
Choose to Link not Import
Navigate to the Original Footage folder for each card
Or each day of cards and the folder
Locate the original Native Pro Res .movs QuickTimes or
XAVCHD or .r3D etc.
Click on Link
The clips will load into the Bin shown here from each
card you linked to. Do this till all the cards are linked and
the files appear in the bin.
All the Linked files will load up in a new folder when you choose the default settings.When all the cards are re-linked and loaded up in the bins
Select all Linked Files that just loaded up in the folder or foldersOpen the Bin that contains your final duplicated sequence that you want to link the newly linked files to
Right click the sequence to relink and choose Relink
Choose Selected Items in All open bins
Choose to relink by Tape Name or Source file NameIf that doesn't work choose
Choose to relink by Tape Name or Source file IDChange the timeline Clip Color to show AMA clips as a different color so you can make sure you are linked to the "Native" ProRes .mov QuickTimes
Go to the Timeline "fast menu"
Choose Clip Color
Choose a color for the Linked Online clips and make sure the "checkbox" is checked for Linked ClipsOffline will by default be RED so that is how we'll check if we have any offline media
Notice in this timeline only part of the clips turned purple. You should have the entire timeline show purple clips so that you know all the clips are relinked.
On AVID timeline, you can -Match Frame Track by placing your timeline indicator on the timeline
Right clicking on the V1 or V2 or V3 depending on what track you are match framing and choose
>Match Frame Track
The clip containing the match frame will load in the source monitor with the inpoint marked at the match frame. Then choose the Find Bin Icon to identify the clip in the bin location Right click the clip that is highlighted in the bin and choose Revel File The location of the file will load and you can verify as in this example that yes this is the camera original that we wanted to link to Next change your project settings to UHD Go to >File>Settings Avid Media Composer > Preferences > Choose the Format Tab Choose the Format Tab > Change the project to Ultra HD> UHD 23.98 if it is not already set to that The next step is to transcode the files to a high resolution - high performance codec that will work for online Right click the timeline and choose >Output>Export to File Choose "Options" Choose to export as an .aaf Click on AAF Edit Protocol Click to include all Video/Data Tracks Export Method choose Consolidate Media Handle Length is 120 Frames Render Video Effects Choose to Transcode Video to DNxHR HQ Choose to save the Video Data to a Folder and check Use Same Folder as AAF File Click "Save" Choose where to save the .aaf and title it keeping the .aaf extension. Don't worry what the Export Settings Drop down states. We set the "Options" correctly
Click SaveThe export when finished will look like this
Avid MediaFiles folder and an .aaf