AVID - How to download and create AVID Mad Men on a personal computer - Kocher

Choose The Download icon shown here

When the file is finished downloading

Click on Show in Finder to see the file

in the downloads folder

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 "Mad Men" - YOUR Name

Set the Format 30i

Aspect Ratio 4:3

Color Space YCbCr 601

Choose Create

Now import the files into AVID

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

>Input>Import Media

On the Image Tab

Make sure you choose

Image Sized for current format

Do not modify Color Levels

Choose Lover Field First

Alpha Channel Ignore

Then click OK to set the import settings

Navigate to your downloads folder and select the file

Next Choose the Resolution as

Apple ProRes 422 Proxy

Choose your storage drive as the file destination for import and then

Select the 4 Beauty files to import

IF YOU GET AN ERROR CONTINUE READING THIS WIKI FOR ANOTHER OPTION

The file will take a while to import but after that you can start editing.

As the file completes importing it will load into the bin.

IF YOU GOT AN ERROR THEN TRY LINKING AND TRANSCODING

Now import the files into AVID

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

>Input>Source Browser

Navigate to your file where you downloaded it (probably in downloads folder)

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

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