• Avid Media Composer

  consolidating a project

  Posted by Wojtek Bogdanowicz on March 29, 2006 at 2:33 pm

  Im running avid express 4.5 and Ive been asked to send an audio only OMF.
  My question is when I consolidate the project will it delete all the unused files?
  Is the best way of consolidating to first save project as version 2 then consolidate it so that the original project still has all the files?

  Thanks

  Wojtek Bogdanowicz replied 20 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  David Braswell

  March 29, 2006 at 3:27 pm

  First, you don’t have to consolidate to export an OMF file. If you choose “Avid 3D audio” in the export settings, you can easily export OMF1, OMF2, or any number of file formats.

  Second, you refer to consolidating projects. Actually, you consolidate clips or sequences. Consolidating will merely copy all media used by the clip or sequence you choose. A typical way to consolidate is to hi-light a sequence and allow the consolidation command to duplicate it and relink the new media to it. You will have to use another tool (or two :->) to delete the unused media. Research using the “select unreferenced clips” command located in the bin’s hamburger menu. There are also third-party softwares that can be used to locate clips used in a project.
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  Wojtek Bogdanowicz

  March 30, 2006 at 11:14 am

  thanks for your help

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