(or automatically add script marks)
Open 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. |