(or automatically add script marks)
Open App Manager. | AVID Link in the top right of | ||
The two apps we can license are | |||
Click Licensing | |||
Choose Floating under Script Sync and PhraseFind | |||
Click Activate for each one. | |||
Now, it should look like this. | |||
Open your script (here we're using word) | |||
Choose View > Ruler | |||
Select All of your text (Command A) and make the margins wider and the text block skinnier. | |||
Choose Plain Text | |||
File > Save As... | |||
Click Save (Make sure your file name is less than 32 characters) | |||
Make sure all these settings are: Other encoding: Western (ASCii) Insert line breaks Allow character substitution End lines with CR/LF Documentation direction: Left-to-right Click OK | |||
Open Avid | |||
While it is loading, you should see this. | |||
File > New > New Script... | |||
Find the plain text file you saved as.. in word Click Open | |||
Click on the first line of dialog. It will highlight. | |||
Shift click on the last line of audio for the clip you want to associate with that part of the script. | |||
Drag your clip to the selected area of the script. | |||
It is starting to look like a line script. | |||
Here's what a traditional line script looks like. It's all about coverage. The squiggles mean off-camera dialogue. | |||
Click here...this picture shows it unclicked...if you don't click here, script sync won't work. | |||
This pic shows it clicked. Notice how the verticle line is fatter and the box below is highlighted. | |||
Script > ScriptSync... (you can also sync the script manually without ScriptSync, but it requires more work HERE IS THAT WIKI) | |||
Choose these things... click ok | |||
Now your script will have marks. | |||
If you're done and you won't need ScriptSync or PhraseFind, please deactivate them. Here's the wiki. | |||
If you want to know WHY to use script integration, click here. |
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