This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Link quicktime dsrl and traditional import

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Link quicktime dsrl and traditional import

Thanks all for your answers.

I used to give tape name to relink, now I'm trying custom columns

In this case, I give the ama linked a TC aux and then the relink was right.

My big question was why this change importing the same file, now it's clear to me that import TC is based on your General settings unless the file has embedded TC and AMA defaults to 0:00:00 if there is no TC.

I set original by start timecode and target by TC aux 01

Thanks all again!

Dario

Dario Caamaño
Editor (EDA) / Colorista
Movil: (011) 1560312207
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Andi Meek kwikpasta@hotmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Sorry I think i sent this last reply just to John by accident. We'll try that again...
It's very easy to relink basically anything to anything using the right metadata. The process for what you're trying to do is simply;

Show reference clips on your sequence and find the clips you want to relink.
Give them a disk label/tape ID/make a custom column ( I never use tape name any more, it takes more steps to apply, it wipes source path info when applied, and like John says, it sometimes doesn't take - I only ever use it for actual tapes).
Now AMA your clips and give them the same disk label/tape ID/custom column.
Check start timecode matches with your reference clips and your AMA clips and that, most importantly, the duration is the same (if it differs you cannot relink, you'll have to eye match the clips back in).
Select the AMA clips.
Right click the sequence and relink.
Use the relink settings:
relink to selected items in all open bins
relink by: start timecode and then choose disk label from the drop down menu (if you used tape ID, then choose tape ID, if you created a custom column then choose your custom column from the list)
hit ok

As long as you have the correct start timecode and duration, you can give Avid any other bit of metadata and you WILL relink your clips.

Andi
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 21:04:28 -0700
Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Link quicktime dsrl and traditional import

I agree with changing by modifying the ama clip start time code if it will let you. Sometimes that won't be allowed, but I don't recall exactly what gets in the way. Different frame rate can deny adding a tape name in my experience.

Once the time code is matched I'm not sure if it will directly relink as traditional import uses the source file name or some such under the hood thing. This is a Scott Freeman area of expertise. Our AE's routinely add tape names to facilitate relinking or has been suggested Disk Label or perhaps some other column would work. Remember you need to modify the sequence referenced clips and then match the new ama sourced clips to match for a relink.

It would be great if the ama link once the time code is matched would relink to a traditional imported clip of the same file but I'm pretty sure that usually doesn't happen. I'd love to be wrong on this.

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <kwikpasta@...> wrote :

Just change the AMA timecode to match the import timecode, as long as duration is the same and it has one other matching piece of metadata e.g. disk label, it will relink.

Andi

To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:57:04 -0300
Subject: [Avid-L2] Link quicktime dsrl and traditional import

Hi All. Maybe this is something that was discussed here, but I couldn`t find it.

I worked on a proyect a few years ago with dsrl material, so I imported then via tradicional import.

Now, I open the project and I Linked via ama all the files. When I try to relink the sequence, I realice that TC doesnt match.

So, testing, when I import a dsrl mov file, the TC start is 01:00:00:00, but when I ama link the same clip the TC start is 00:00:00:00

Someone Know why is this?
Thanks in advance.
Dario

Dario Caamaño
Editor (EDA) / Colorista
Movil: (011) 1560312207
http://vimeo.com/caamada