In the Movie Settings Window, ensure that Video is checked Sound and Prepare for Internet Streaming should be unchecked.Then check Custom and click Format Options. In the Display Aspect Ratio section, check Native Dimensions ( 1920 x 1080 or 864 x 486). In the Color Levels section check Keep as Legal Range. In the Width x Height section set the aspect ratio by clicking the aspect ratio icon: Use 1920 x 1080 for shorter projects, but if your project is longer and you have a disk space issue, it may be beneficial to downres to 864 x 486 (16:9 square pixel). Ensure that Use Marks, Use Selected Tracks, and Include Inactive Audio Tracks are unchecked and Video Only is checked.If you are not using the User Profile, make sure the Options reflect the specific settings listed in this handout. The Export Settings presets listed in this handout are specific to the CalArts User Profile, which can be found at FVCentral > Support > Avid Media Composer Resources. Ensure that Export Setting 1 is checked and set to Send To QT Movie.Create a new folder for the AAF materials and set it as the destination.
All are necessary for Pro Tools to read the AAF file correctly.
This process is twofold: Media Composer will generate a reference video for use in Pro Tools and several files and folders for audio (an AAF file, an Avid MediaFiles Folder, and an OMFI MediaFiles folder). Select the appropriate sequence from the bin and go to File > Output > Send To... > Pro_Tools_11_and_Higher > Consolidate.In addition, make sure that none of your audio tracks are muted and that the track power buttons are on for all audio and video tracks. Select the audio and video tracks you wish to export in the timeline by clicking on the track buttons (i.e.Check for sync and move this duplicate sequence into the For Pro Tool bin. Duplicate your final sequence and place the Video Mixdown into it with your audio.To keep these files separate from your master files, create a new bin and label it Pro Tools. This process will generate consolidated files for use with Pro Tools.Go to Timeline > Mixdown > Video, choose ProRes HQ MXF as the resolution and click Ok. Perform a video mixdown to ProRes HQ MXF to ensure proper video export from Media Composer.They can be found at FVCentral > Support > Leader or on 2Pop here.
Technical Staff have created 1:30 leader files to match various project settings. Your leader also must include a 2 pop at 00:59:58:00. Avid will ask “Are you sure you want to change the starting timecode?” Click Ok. Click on the Start timecode for the sequence in the bin, type in 00583000, then click outside the bin. In order to maintain sync throughout this process, ensure that you are using 1:30-long head leader and that your timeline starts at 0:58:30:00.You may export all audio and editorial work as a single file. Unlike the OMF file format, an AAF does not have a maximum file size. An AAF, or Advanced Authoring Format, which is a multi media file format that allows for the interchange of media and editorial metadata between compliant applications such as Media Composer and Pro Toolsįor our purposes, we will be creating an AAF that contains your sound edit in addition to a copy of the source media.A Quicktime Movie optimized for working in Pro Tools.You will create two files out of Media Composer: You need to get sound and picture out of Media Composer. Now it’s time for intensive sound editing and design.