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Back in AVID Project OPEN all the bins in AVID that have your linked files that you used to transcode the camera originals

to make the media in your avid project for offline

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE ANYMORE CONTINUE READING TO RE-LINK TO THE RAW FILES

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Skip this step if you already have your footage linked 

If you need to RE-Link you camera originals do the next steps

• 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.

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All the Linked files will load up in

the bin when you choose the default settings.

When all the cards are re-linked and loaded up in the bins

Go to each of the bins and select all the footage in each bin by using the keyboard shortcut "command a" on a mac

Do this in all the bins that contain your camera masters that are linked in AVID

Once all that is done then>

Open 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 Name

If that doesn't work choose





Choose to relink by Tape Name or Source file ID

Change 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 Clips

Offline 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

Back in AVID

Next change your project settings to 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

NOTE most of you shot in UHD or 1080 but check the raw footage files to make sure you know what format you

shot and make sure that the AVID project is set to that.

Choose to Consolidate/Transcode

48 frames of handles

choose to create a new sequence

Target Video Resolution is DNXHR HQ for UHD projects

For HD or 1080 projects choose DNXHD HQ

Convert the audio

Then choose to Transcode