Consolidating Sequences

Please review items 1, 2, and 3 in the Introduction section to this chapter.

Two common reasons why you may want to Consolidate a sequence:

• Situation 1: Reduce media (copying and then deleting original media) – one example of this would be saving a copy of the low resolution version of a sequence and deleting the original media in order to clear space on the hard drives for the high resolution media you'll be creating during the finishing stages of the project (frequently referred to as the up-res). Doing this provides you with a sequence at the original, lower resolution that you can use to compare with the new, high resolution version to ensure that the correct material has been recaptured at high resolution. This is not a safeguard against anything regarding Avid Media Composer but rather against decks that don't cue up properly during the recapture/up-res (as I've had happen with DVCAM decks) or against human error (for example, a source has been incorrectly labeled...