Batch Digitize

[John Cuevas]

There may be another better way, but this works for me.

Open up the digitize tool. Create Tape A & Tape B. Now log all the shots for tape A, but don’t digitize. Highlight all the clips and Cntl-d. Take these new clips into a new bin and close first bin.

Highlight all the clips in new bin. From the “clip” pulldown on top, hit “modify” and then pulldown “set source”. Change the source to tape B. Avid will give a few warnings, hit yes.

Now batch digitize.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
http://www.ckandco.net

[Bobby Calautti]

Sounds like that workflow works. I just do not know why you would log clips from Tape A, and capture media from those logged clips off of Tape B. Why not just log Tape B to begin with?

[John Cuevas]

Can’t answer for him, but for me it’s because I’m editing a multi-camera shoot and want to have the corresponding clips from both cameras.

Depending on the shoot, it can be time-consuming to have to log everything twice. Really gets takes a ton of time, say when you have to digitize 6 shows of footage—so only having to log once saves a bunch of time.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
http://www.ckandco.net

[Terence Curren]

After logging the “A” camera, just copy the slips to another bin and first unlink them (CTRL [PC] CMD [MAC] + Shift and the “relink” file menu will change to “unlink”), then select them all and choose “modify” and give them the “B” camera tape name. Batch capture away.

Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
Burbank,Ca

[Dylan Reeve]

And one more option – export and ALE and do a find and replace on the tape name, then reimport into a new bin.

So many solutions… 🙂