Chapter 1. Getting Assets into Your Media Composer Project

In this chapter we will cover:

• A strategy for project organization at the desktop level

• Understanding Media Creation settings

• Mixing frame rates

• Tape capture tip: Adding Markers while Capturing

• Tape capture tip: Making Subclips while Capturing

• Logging clips tip: Logging from the keyboard

• Logging clips tip: Keeping the Capture Tool active after logging a clip

• Quickly calculating total duration of clips (or any items in a bin)

• Combining available drive space and/or controlling where media is stored

• Making sure your Batch Capture continues without you

• Modifying clips before capture

• Modifying clips after capture: Adding tracks

• Modifying clips after capture: Deleting tracks

• Capturing and editing at the same time

• Preparing to use AMA (Avid Media Access): Getting the plug-ins

• AMA (Avid Media Access) linking

• Getting the AMA file's image to display as desired

• Consolidating (copying) AMA Master Clips

• Transcoding AMA linked clips before beginning to edit

• Transcoding AMA Master Clips after editing has begun

• Consolidating an AMA sequence or subclips

• Transcoding an AMA sequence

• Importing stills and video files such as QuickTime

• Importing audio

• Adjusting audio levels before editing

• Adjusting audio pan settings before editing

• Setting stereo-audio tracks