Step One - AVID - Prep the sequence with a Countdown at beginning and End Of Picture tail pop at the end
Download these two files Countdown and Universal Tail Leader Move these two files to your Hard Drive from the downloads folder | |
Open your AVID Project and Link to the two Quicktimes you just downloaded. Open a Bin and right click and choose>Input>Source Browser |
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Navigate to the files Choose Link to the two files |
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Select your picture locked timeline and duplicate it.
Then make a new bin and copy the timeline into the new bin.
You can do this by holding down alt/option and dragging the timelne over to the new bin.
- Load the COPY of the final sequence in the timeline
Delete anything that is before first picture such as slug or extraneous media. First PICTURE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS THE FIRST IMAGE OR SOUND OF YOUR MOVIE!!!
Double click on the Countdown - ProRes.mov to load it into your source window 
Press the "T" key or mark the entire clip so that the duration = 8 seconds 
Place the timeline indicator at the head of the timeline. Make sure no in or out marks are in the timeline. Make sure all tracks are enabled. 
Edit the countdown into the timeline using the Yellow - splice in tool. 
Then right click in the record side of the composer window.
Choose Sequence Report.
Change the Starting TC: to 59:52:00 Click Apply Changes> Then click on "Cancel" to close the window. 
Check the timeline and make sure that the popping sound "2 Pop" happens at 59:58:00 timecode, as shown here.
First Picture of your film should start at the 1:00:00:00 timecode.
Next go to the end of the timeline and put the "Tail Leader" at the end. Put the blue position indicator at the end of the timeline.
Make sure there are not any In or Out marks in the timeline and all the tracks are selected.
Load the Universal Tail Leader into the Source side window. 
Mark the entire clip by clicking the "T" key or mark an in and an out on the whole clip. Duration should be 8:00 seconds 
Edit the tail leader into the timeline using the RED Overwrite Tool. Save your project in AVID. 
Step Two – Export an .AAF of the audio to import into ProTools
- Open sequence in timeline and select the video and audio tracks to export. Mark an in point at the beginning of the portion of the timeline to export and an out point at the end of the portion of the timeline to export. If the whole timeline is to be exported mark an in point at the beginning and an out at the end.
- Example of how timeline should look before exporting.
| Choose File>Output>Export to File |  |
| Click on Export Setting > Options |  |
Choose the following: Make sure that include all Video / Data Tracks in Sequence is not checked Then Click on Save |
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| Click New Folder |  |
Make a Folder on the destination hard drive to hold both the .aaf and the consolidated Audio Files. |
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Navigate to the hard drive and folder to save the .aaf and the Consolidated Media Click On Save |
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Step Three - Export the .mxf "Chase" Movie to use in your ProTools Session
!! If you are working in an Ultra High Definition resolution (ie 2K, UHD, or 4K) We will be making a 1920 x 1080 file
This is necessary because our mixing workstations do not support UHD resolutions very well.
First select your final timeline and choose >RT click the timeline>Choose Output>Export to File |
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| The next window that opens choose Options |
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Choose to Export As MXF OP1a then from the drop down choose Apple ProRes 422 quality Uncheck use Marks and Selected tracks to make sure the entire timeline gets exported. But if you don't want certain tracks or only a portion of the timeline you can put in and out points on the timeline and choose Use Marks and Use Selected Tracks Choose PCM, 48, 24bit and Stereo for the Audio options Then Choose Save |
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Choose a place to save the file and Name it Then Click Save |
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The resulting file will be a .mxf file that you can open and view in VLC NOTE:Apple QuickTime will not open it.
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First select your final timeline and choose >RT click the timeline>Choose Output>Export to File |
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The next window that opens choose Options (Mac) |
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Choose MOV |
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Uncheck use Marks and Selected tracks to make sure the entire timeline gets exported. But if you don't want certain tracks or only a portion of the timeline you can put in and out points on the timeline and choose Use Marks and Use Selected Tracks |
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Choose HD 1920 x 1080 |
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Frame Rate 23.976p Color Space choose Rec 709 "Keep at Legal Range" |
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Choose DNxHD as your codec Compression DNxHD LB Color Depth 8Bit |
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Scroll down the window and you will see the audio settings Make sure Audio is checked and choose Format - PCM Choose Stereo Sampling Rate 48000 Hz Bits per Sample 24 Review 1920 x 1080 file Color Space Keep at Legal Range Compression should be set to DNxHD LB Click on Save |
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(Mac) Choose a place to save the file and Name it Then Click Save |
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Here is the exported file example |
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