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EDL saving
Hi all,
My boss always tells me when editing to save as the videos as EDL.I have no idea on how to do it. Could someone assist me. -
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EDL stands for edit decision list. It was used extensively in the linear editing days of video editing, and AFAIK, is still used in the film industry, or when you are taking a project cross platform (Avid to FCP, or vice versa).
It is basically a list of your edits, describing (in text form) what the edit was (cut, dissolve, wipe), the reel or tape number, timecode information of the source and the master tape. Most EDL formats I’m familiar with only support cut / wipe / dissolve effects. If you’ve got a fancy, multilayer effect, you’ll have to take copius notes on how it was created.
You can save an EDL from your sequence, but you can’t save video AS an EDL.
Do you edit your work and send it to another facility for audio or color correction?
Jon
“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver
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