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Download these two files Countdown and Universal Tail Leader


Move these two files to your Hard Drive from the downloads folder

Countdown - ProRes.mov

Universal Tail Leader.mov

Open your AVID Project and Link to the two quicktimes Quicktimes you just downloaded.


Open a Bin and right click and choose>Input>Source Browser


Navigate to the files and

Choose Link to the two files

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  • Load the COPY of the final sequence in the timeline
  • Delete anything that is before first picture such as slug or extraneous media.  First PICTURE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS THE FIRST IMAGE OR SOUND OF YOUR MOVIE!!!

    Double click on the Countdown - ProRes.mov to load it into your source window

    Press the "T" key or mark the entire clip so that the duration = 8 seconds
    Place the timeline indicator at the head of the timeline. Make sure no in or out marks are in the timeline. Make sure all tracks are enabled.

    Edit the countdown into the timeline using the Yellow - splice in tool.

    Then right click in the record side of the composer window.


    Choose Sequence Report.

    Change the Starting TC: to 59:52:00 Click Apply Changes> Then click on "Cancel" to close the window.

    Check the timeline and make sure that the popping sound "2 Pop is " happens at 59:58:00 timecode, as shown here.

    First Picture of your film should be start at the 1:00:00:00 timecode.

    Next go to the end of the timeline and put the "Tail Leader" at the end. Put the blue position indicator at the end of the timeline.


    Make sure there are not any In or Out marks in the timeline and all the tracks are selected.

    Load the Universal Tail Leader into the Source side window.

    Mark the entire clip by clicking the "T" key or mark an in and an out on the whole clip. Duration should be 8:00 seconds
    Edit the tail leader into the timeline using the RED Overwrite Tool. Save your project in AVID.


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First select your final timeline and choose

>RT click the timeline>Choose Output>Export to File

The next window that opens choose Options


(Mac)

(Wndows)

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Choose MOV






Uncheck use Marks and Selected tracks to make sure

the entire timeline gets exported.


But if you don't want certain tracks or only a portion of

the timeline you can put in and out points on the timeline and choose

Use Marks and Use Selected Tracks

Choose HD 1920 x 1080

Frame Rate 23.976p

Color Space choose Rec 709

"Keep at Legal Range"

Choose DNxHD as your codec

Compression DNxHD LB

Color Depth 8Bit

Scroll down the window and you will see the audio settings


Make sure Audio is checked and choose



Format - PCM

Choose Stereo

Sampling Rate 48 48000 Hz

Bits per Sample 24Choose Stereo




Review

1920 x 1080 file


Color Space Keep at Legal Range


Compression should be set to DNxHD LB



Click on Save

(Mac) Choose a place to save the file and Name it


Then Click Save

(Windows) Choose a place to save the file and Name it


Then Click Save

Here is the exported file example

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