AVID - Create AVID OMID Project Using CMB 4.114 Lab Computers - Kocher


The files are stored on the 

"tempstorage" drive on the lab IMac

Folder is called OMID Media

Then open Media Composer

click on "New Project"

then click on the folder icon to navigate to where you want to save your project then


Name the Project "OMID" - YOUR Name

Set the Format 720/29.97

Raster dimension 1280 x 720

Color Space YCbCr 709

Title the project with the Project Title and your last name 


Ex:  OMID-Kraft

Choose Create


All the way at the bottom of the screen

Now bring the files into AVID

In the open BIN right click in the bin and go to

>Input>Source Browser

Navigate to tempstorage > OMID Media


Choose Link NOT Import


Select your target Bin and choose LINK again

Click on the Red X to close the source browser

The clip will have a little "chain" link icon on it to show it's linked


Select all of the clips in the bin to transcode



NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD SELECT YOUR HARD DRIVE AS THE DESTINATION DRIVE TO 

SAVE YOUR TRANSCODED FILE NOT TEMPSTORAGE AS SHOWN HERE

With the file selected in the bin

>Go to >Clip >Consolidate/Transcode

Choose Transcode


Choose your Hard Drive as the Target Drive


Choose the Target Video Resolution as Apple ProRes (Proxy)



Choose to convert the audio to 48 KHz and 24 Bit



Then choose to Transcode to get the process going

The files will take a while to transcode but after that you can start editing with the transcoded file (it will have.new.)

You can then delete the clip with the chainlink icon.

Select the clip and press the delete key on your keyboard and choose to delete master clip

Make a new sequence to edit the clips

Timeline > New > Sequence

The timeline will by "default" make a timeline with two mono audio tracks but we'll need a  stereo

Audio track to edit OMID into


So select the audio tracks DO NOT Select V1

by clicking on A1 and A2 and click "Delete" on the keyboard

See frame grab showing the A1 and A2 selected with V1 not selected 

Confirm you want to delete the tracks


Now the OMID transcoded audio will edit into the stereo timeline



 
 
That is it your media should open in the project and you can edit.