Avid Media Composer: Batch Importing
  | Michael Hancock
Evansville Indiana USA
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This tutorial for Avid Media Composer/Symphony covers the basics of batch importing in Avid, and includes replacing a file with another file so it will auto-update across sequences, renaming clips in your bin then finding the original imported file name, batch importing with an alpha channel, importing a file with audio then replacing only the video portion, caveats to batch importing (the importance of file duration), and batching importing groups of clips that have moved from their original location. |
If you have questions about the tutorial, or if I got something wrong, please leave a comment and let me know. Or if you'd like a tutorial about something else Avid related leave a comment and I'll see about making more.
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