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Conforming “Flat” Media Files Using Split and Add
The second method of conforming an EDL to a flattened file is to use the “Split and Add” command in the Media page to split one or more master media files into individual clips that match those of an EDL, then importing the EDL itself in the Edit page in a second step.
This method is useful if there are clips in different folders or volumes that you want to conform to a single EDL. For example, the majority of the first reel of a program may have been exported as a
single flattened file, but the corresponding EDL may require that an additional folder of effects clips be added to the Media Pool to be fully conformed.
1 Before you import any media, make sure that the “Timeline frame rate” pop-up menu in the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings is set to a frame rate that matches your project.
2 Open the Media page, use the Media Storage browser to navigate to the flattened master media file that contains the entire program.
3 Select the flattened media file, right-click it, and choose “Split and Add into Media Pool.”
4 In the “Select EDL files for splitting clips” dialog that appears, navigate to the EDL that matches the flattened master media file, select it, and click Open.
5 Select the frame rate of the project from the File Conform Frame Rate dialog that appears. This frame rate should be identical to the “Timeline frame rate” pop-up you set in step 1.
6 Choose the appropriate options in the “Enter handle size for splitting” dialog that appears:
— Handle size in number of frames: Enter a number of frames to be added as handles to the first and last frame of the clip. This is useful when you’re using the “Split and Add into Media Pool” command to import only the referenced sections of a directory of individual media files.
— Split Unreferred Clips: Useful when the referenced media files include segments that aren’t “referred to” by any events within the EDL used to split them. Turning this checkbox on adds all such unreferred clip segments to the Media Pool as separate clips, for possible later use.
7 Click Split & Add. The Media Pool fills up with individual segments of the flattened master media file, each of which matches an event in the EDL you used to split it.
8 To import the corresponding EDL to create a timeline with this media, do one of the following:
— From any page, choose File > Import AAF, EDL, XML (Shift-Command-I).
— Right-click anywhere in the background of the Media Pool, and choose Timelines > Import > AAF/EDL/XML.
9 In the “Choose a file to import” dialog that appears, navigate to the EDL that matches the flattened master media file, select it, and click Open.
10 Choose whatever options are necessary from the Load EDL dialog that appears (the default settings should work fine), and click OK.
The Master Timeline and the timeline you just imported appear in the Media Pool, the Conform EDL list updates with the events from the imported EDL, and the Timeline editor shows the edited clips, ready for grading. Clips that could not be linked to a corresponding file in the Media Pool appear with a red x to indicate that they’re unconformed.