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Camera Files Archive and AVID Project Setup

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See this wiki for camera setup Panasonic AG-CX350 Quick Setup

AVID Panasonic AG-CX350 Project setup

DVX200 Quick Setup Guide

AVID Canon C100 Project Setup

Panasonic GH5 - Cinema HD - Camera Quick Start

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2. IMPORT THE AUDIO!!!  DON'T LINK AND TRANSCODE AUDIO recorded on the 744T or 702T into AVID projects.  Use the >File>Import commands. 

See worksheet AVID - Importing Audio

3. Subclip each slated take of the video clips and audio clips. Subclip in point is on the slate before clap and out point is at the end of the take.
See Worksheet 

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4. "Autosync" (AVID) to create Synced dailies of audio and video
See worksheet 

Sync Audio in AVID

Or if you want to use waveforms to sync audio see this wiki (this is a similar workflow as Plural Eyes but it works within AVID)

How to sync audio automatically using Waveforms Must have Video Files With Camera Audio

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How to work with footage shot on your phone

https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/comm/AVID+-+How+to+Work+with+Phone+Footage+Shot+Vertically

Photo Pan and Scan how to do high quality Ken Burns effect, also known as "animatics"
https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/comm/AVID+-+Pan+and+Scan+Effect+Using+the+Pan+and+Zoom+Effect

Easier way to do Ken Burns effect, also known as "animatics"

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AVID Timewarp - How to Speed up and Slow down your footage
https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/comm/AVID+-+Slow+Motion+Timewarp+Effect+using+AVID+-+Motion+Effect+for+Slow+Motion

AVID Importing stills photos or sequential #'ed stills
https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/comm/AVID+-+Importing+a+Photo+or+Still+Image

AVID Playback Frame-rate Playback 59.94 at 23.98 slo motion effect

AVID – Cinema Tools Playback Framerate Conversion. How to playback 59.94 or 60 Frame Per Second Files at 23.98 or Slow Motion

Sound Mixing

Basic Audio Editing

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AVID - Keyframing Audio Volume in AVID

AVID - Audio Equalization, or EQ 

AVID - EQ Audio Using AVID Audio Suite EQ Plugins

Sound mixing how to add Izotope Plug-Ins to your audio tracks and apply noise reduction

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7. Export an .aaf AND Quicktime file for the mixer to open in ProTools.  
See worksheets How to Export .aaf and Quicktime to ProTools

8. Open the .aaf and QuickTime into a ProTools Project  

Check the sync of the ProTools audio tracks with imported Quicktime and begin sound editing

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AVID – How To Relink to your Original Camera Footage for Online

AVID - Slo Motion Footage How to Relink Footage with Different Playback Framerates

11. Color correct the video clips.  Don't move or do any tweaking on video clips in the online sequence because you could slip sync.

How to Use Color Correction Tools in AVID

12. How to port over your AVID project to Davinci Resolve - Resolve is a much more complicated workflow than color correction in AVID FYI!!

Round Trip AVID project to DaVinci Resolve for Color Correction

13. How to open and setup DaVinci Resolve Color Correction Project Exported From AVID

14. How to round trip the media out of Davinci Resolve to AVID Media Composer

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15. Import final LtRt into project sequence.  How to Import your Sound Mix into your AVID Project properly.

16. Export Final Quicktime for Screening

see AVID - Final Screening QuickTime Export

17. Backup Media to LTO tape (Optional) - Ask Tech Staff about this.  This is a great option for backing up your projects long term and freeing up hard drives to use for other projects.