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Open AVID and select New Project in the 
Project Selection Window

Choose a 1080p/23.976 formatted project with
the Raster Dimensions of 1920 x 1080


Click OK

AVID will open a new project and

When the project opens the next step

will be to

link to the

XDCAM – EX raw files that were backed up in their native file structure.
Open the Source Browser

Go to >Tools>Source Browser

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Choose Link in the lower left corner

Navigate to the Card Data in the "Explore" tab and select

>DCIM>

Make sure the correct "Target Bin" is selected and click on Link

All the files will load in a bin in the AVID project.

The next step is to transcode all the files
into AVID DNXHD for more stability during the editing process.

Select all the files in the bin so they turn blue.

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Go to >Clip>Consolidate/Transcode

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Select Transcode 

Choose Video, audio and data on same drive


Select your hard drive.  Note the drive with the most available
space is in "Bold" type

Choose the Target Video Resolution as DNxHD 175 MXF



Select PCM (MXF) as the Target Audio Format



Then Click "Transcode"

The files will begin transcoding.  Remember you can click on
"Command and Period" to stop the transcoding

This is an example of a "native" AVID master clip and an

"AMA" Linked master clip

You want to use the "native" AVID master clip to edit with not

The AMA clip