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Avid copying instead of Consolidating
Hi all,
I’m trying to send an AAF to our colorist with consolidated media at full resolution, but Avid will only copy the media instead of consolidating it.
The AAF contains under a minute’s worth of footage all taken from a single shot so I don’t want to send the full 12 minutes shot (5GB) if I don’t have to.
Some things of note, the original media is a Sony XDCAM MFX file. Not sure if AVID is misreading it as Avid Media, causing the issue. Also, the clip’s resolution matches the project settings, so maybe it’s worth doing a straight export instead?
Thanks,
All the best,
Nate
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5 Replies
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Did you try consolidating first to a target drive in the bin, then just export an AAF “link to”?
Michael
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Is this AMA linked footage? Avid can only consolidate if it’s Avid media. If it’s camera originals that are AMA linked to, even if MXF, Avid cannot CONSOLIDATE…only copy
Shane
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
If Avid cannot consolidate onlined (AMA) media, then what’s another way of getting media to a colorist without sending entire camera files?
It sounds like the final delivery to our post house will be a media managed AAF at DNxHD 175X, so maybe getting the original camera file to the colorist is overkill?
Thanks again for any insight.
Best,
Nate
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What is the colorist using to grade? What do they want? Don’t ask US what they want. I’m a colorist, and I really like it when I and editorial communicate as to my needs.
What would I want? Depends on the type of project. Is is a scripted show or high end commercial with RED or ALEXA or high end camera footage? Then I’d want all the camera masters so I could link to them and get the best quality possible. Documentary, heck…even for a scripted show on TV that delivers 1080, the codec you mentioned…then having someone conform the cut , and then transcode the sequence, with handles, to like DNxHD 220x or 175x (10 bit formats) might work for me.
But that’s me. ASK THEM.
Shane
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Thanks again, Shane. Good point. I’ll just start up a communication with them.
Just trying to brush up on what’s typical so I don’t go in blind.
All the best,
Nate
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