Step One - AVID - Prep the sequence with a Countdown at beginning and End Of Picture tail pop at the end

Image Size Adjustment – choose Image sized for current format
Color Levels - Choose Do not modify, treat as legal range
Alpha Channel – choose Ignore

Ignore Filtering and Frame Import Duration

Click OK

Choose DNxHR SQ

Make sure you select your hard drive as the destination for the

saved file

Then choose Open

Download these two files Countdown and Universal Tail Leader Move these two files to your Hard Drive from the downloads folder	Countdown - ProRes.mov Universal Tail Leader.mov
Open your AVID Project and Import Link to the two quicktimes Quicktimes you just downloaded. Go to >File>Input>Import Media	Image Removed
Select the two files Click on Options	Image Removed
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Image Removed	Image Removed	Open a Bin and right click and choose>Input>Source Browser	Image Added
Navigate to the files Choose Link to the two files	Image Added

Select your picture locked timeline and duplicate it.

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Load the COPY of the final sequence in the timeline

Delete anything that is before first picture such as slug or extraneous media. First PICTURE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS THE FIRST IMAGE OR SOUND OF YOUR MOVIE!!!

Double click on the Countdown - ProRes.mov to load it into your source window
Press the "T" key or mark the entire clip so that the duration = 8 seconds
Place the timeline indicator at the head of the timeline. Make sure no in or out marks are in the timeline. Make sure all tracks are enabled.
Edit the countdown into the timeline using the Yellow - splice in tool.
Then right click in the record side of the composer window. Choose Sequence Report.
Change the Starting TC: to 59:52:00 Click Apply Changes> Then click on "Cancel" to close the window.
Check the timeline and make sure that the popping sound "2 Pop is " happens at 59:58:00 timecode, as shown here. First Picture of your film should be start at the 1:00:00:00 timecode.
Next go to the end of the timeline and put the "Tail Leader" at the end. Put the blue position indicator at the end of the timeline. Make sure there are not any In or Out marks in the timeline and all the tracks are selected.
Load the Universal Tail Leader into the Source side window.
Mark the entire clip by clicking the "T" key or mark an in and an out on the whole clip. Duration should be 8:00 seconds
Edit the tail leader into the timeline using the RED Overwrite Tool. Save your project in AVID.

Step Two – Export an .AAF of the audio to import into ProTools

Check the Audio Project settings and make sure they are set to 24 bit

>Go to AVID Media Composer > Preferences

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Click on the Project

>Choose the Audio Project Setting and double click to open

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>Choose the Main tab

>Choose the Sample Rate 48 KHz

>Bit Depth 24 Bit

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Open sequence in timeline and select the video and audio tracks to export. Mark an in point at the beginning of the portion of the timeline to export and an out point at the end of the portion of the timeline to export. If the whole timeline is to be exported mark an in point at the beginning and an out at the end.
Example of how timeline should look before exporting.

Then Click on Save

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Choose File>Output>Export to File	Image Modified
Click on Export Setting > Options	Image Modified
Choose the following: Export As: AAF Use marks and enabled tracks Make sure that include all Video / Data Tracks in Sequence is not checked Include All Audio Consolidate Media Handle Length 180 frames Convert Audio to Sample Rate to Project Convert Bit Depth to Project Convert Audio File to Project	Choose Embedded in AAF if you have only a few tracks like less than 20 tracks and your project is less than 10 or 15 minutes	Image Added
If you have a long project and alot of audio tracks then choose >Folder and choose to save the AAF in the same folder	Image Added
Then click on Save	Image Added
Navigate to a folder on your hard drive and Click New Folder	Image Modified
Make a Folder on the destination hard drive to hold both the .aaf and the consolidated Audio Files.	Image Modified
Navigate to the hard drive and folder to save the .aaf and the Consolidated Media Click On Save	Image RemovedImage Added

Step Three - Export the QuickTime .mxf "Chase" Movie to use in your ProTools Session

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First select your final timeline and choose >RT click the timeline>Choose Output>Export to File
The next window that opens choose Options (Mac)		(Wndows)	Image Removed
Choose MOV
Uncheck use Marks and Selected tracks to make sure the entire timeline gets exported. But if you don't want certain tracks or only a portion of the timeline you can put in and out points on the timeline and choose Use Marks and Use Selected Tracks
Choose HD 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate 23.	976p UNLESS YOUR PROJECT IS 24 THEN SET TO 24 Color Space choose Rec 709 "Keep at Legal Range"	Image Modified
Choose DNxHD as your codec Compression DNxHD LB Color Depth 8Bit
Scroll down the window and you will see the audio settings Make sure Audio is checked and choose Format - PCM Choose Stereo Sampling Rate 48 48000 Hz Bits per Sample 24Choose Stereo Review 1920 x 1080 file Color Space Keep at Legal Range Compression should be set to DNxHD LB Click on Save
(Mac) Choose a place to save the file and Name it Then Click Save	(Windows) Choose a place to save the file and Name it Then Click Save Image Removed
Here is the exported file example