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Media Management
Hey,
this might be a dumb question, but here goes. I need to know how to manage my media better. Within my bins/finding clips/ running searches, etc.like if I am looking for something by name, I have to scroll down and search them individually. I need to save time and be able to control clips and files between projects and such.
I have XPress pro 5.2.1
Do I need additional software or what?
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3 Replies
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start with custim sift for finding clips etc, if you want to get cleverer there’s always media manager.
One tip though, if you always prefix camera rolls when your loading,
x4 as opposed to 4 for instance, you’ll find you can distinguish between differant project material within you media folders at windows level… -
Hi there,
Hey, I was told that there is no such thing as a dumb question!
All AVID’s have certain media management tools built right into the bin. Besides being able to look at the clips in your bin by: brief, Text, Frame and Script,
you have the ability to sort (ctrl+E) and do a custom sift.To do a sort: While in Text view click the Name heading to highlight it then CTRL+E to sort that heading.
To custom sift: Choose which bin of clips you want to sift, while in Text view, go to the burger menu at the bottom left of the bin and choose custom sift.
The Custom Sift dialogue box appears and you plug in the information you want to do a search on, hit apply and the bin will update to show you the clips that it found that match your search criteria. Go back into the burger menu to choose show UNsifted and your original bin is restored. Avid will save the last sift that you made on that bin so you can toggle via the burger menu to see the sifted and unsifted views.Now, on a larger media management scale you have the media tool. I’d suggest reading the manual or a good Avid book on this…this can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Lets say that I’m working in Project A but, I remembered that I used this awesome animated background in another project X just the other day…but, I don’t have the original file to inport fresh into this project or I can’t remember the name etc. Go to the Tools menu and select Media Tool. Tell the Media Tool to search all drives for Project X and check Master Clips. This will go and find all the Master Clip media from Project X on whatever drives the media lived on. Spot the clip or clips that you want and literally drag them from the media tool into your bin to “borrow” the media. Of course, Project X’s media has to be “on-line” for this to work.
I hope this helps…I’m not real sure what you meant by “control clips and files between projects.”
Pamela Rutherford
Senior Avid Editor
MediaMix, Inc.
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