AVID - How to use ScriptSync
Modify your script to a .txt file
First need to make sure you have a .txt version of your script. Open your script (here we're using word) |
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| Choose View > Ruler |
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| Select All of your text (Command A) and make the margins wider and the text block skinnier. |
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| File > Save As... |  |
| Choose Plain Text |
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Click Save (Make sure your file name is less than 32 characters) |
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Make sure all these settings are: Other encoding: Western (ASCii) Insert line breaks Allow character substitution End lines with CR/LF Documentation direction: Left-to-right Click OK |
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| Click Yes here |
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| You can Quit MS Word now |
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| Open Avid |
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While it is loading, you should see this. Activated two options PhraseFind and ScriptSync |
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Note with version 2025.6 We need to make a NEW project because we need to make sure certain options are turned off Click on New Project |  |
Choose where to save the project Name Format Search data folder Default Most important make sure Transcription settings are set to >Uncheck include new bins in transcription >Choose English as the language |
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| Choose Create to make the project once settings are selected |
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Next we need to bring in the bins that have the files we want to use for this project. >File Open Bin Navigate to the bin with the media you want to use |
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| In our example we are syncing the interview bin from Portrait of an Artist AVID Classmedia project |
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| File > New > New Script... |
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Find the plain text file you saved as.. in word Click Open |
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Next we are going to associate video clips already loaded in your project bins with the text in the script Choose lines of dialog to associate with a video clip. Click on the first line of dialog. It will highlight. |
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Note you might want to "float" the bin that the script is loaded so you can drag video clips to it from another bin. To Float drag the bin to the bottom of the bin window Select all or Select the section of dialog for the clip you want to sync |
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With the text selected go to the bin that the video clips are loaded and select the video clip to associate with the selected dialog. Drag your clip to the selected area of the script. NOTE!! Drag from the BIN do not drag from the source window. |  |
| It is starting to look like a line script. |
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Click here...this picture shows it unclicked...if you don't click here, script sync won't work. |
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This pic shows it clicked. Notice how the vertical line is fatter and the box below is highlighted.
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Script > ScriptSync AI (you can also sync the script manually without ScriptSync, but it requires more work HERE IS THAT WIKI) |
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Choose these recommended settings Uncheck Use Transcribed Master Clip Check audio tracks available in our case A1 and A2 >Skip lines that only contain CAPITAL letters >Skip text in parentheses or brackets click ok |
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| The ScriptSync AI will start indexing and you'll see a progress bar |
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| Now your script will have marks. |
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After you have synced up the script to video clips click on this wiki for script sync uses |
