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Then open Media Composer

click on "New Project"

then click on the folder icon to navigate to where you want to save your project then

Name the Project "OMID" - YOUR Name

Set the Format 720/29.97

Raster dimension 1280 x 720

Color Space YCbCr 709

Title the project with the Project Title and your last name 

Ex:  OMID-Kraft

Choose Create

All the way at the bottom of the screen

Now bring the files into AVID

In the open BIN right click in the bin and go to

>Input>Source Browser

Navigate to your HARD DRIVE where you saved the unizpped files

Choose Link NOT Import

Select your target Bin and choose LINK again

The clip will have a little "chain" link icon on it to show it's linked

Select all of the clips in the bin to transcode

With the file selected in the bin

>Go to >Clip >Consolidate/Transcode

Choose Transcode

Choose your Hard Drive as the Target Drive

Choose the Target Video Resolution as Apple ProRes (Proxy)

Choose to convert the audio to 48 KHz and 24 Bit

Then choose to Transcode to get the process going

Make a new sequence to edit the clips

Timeline > New > Sequence