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Avid EDL Manager User’s Guide • Part 0130-05625-01 February 2003
EDL Manager is an application that allows you to create, modify, and
manage edit decision lists (EDLs). The EDL Manager application can
generate EDLs from sequences created with all Avid
Because EDL Manager can generate lists from any Open Media
Framework
applications. You can start EDL Manager from within your Avid videobased editing system, use it in conjunction with other Avid video-based
editing systems, or use it as a standalone application.
The EDL Manager application runs on the Windows
Windows 98, and Mac OS
®
composition, it is also compatible with a broad range of other
®
X operating systems.
®
editing systems.
®
2000, Windows® XP
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The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware
that are covered in the documentation.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for EDL Manager users from beginning to advanced
levels. Typically, these users are video editors who need to move a video
project between one editing environment and another, or otherwise use an
EDL to control aspects of the editing process.
About This Guide
This guide is designed to keep pace with current advances in the Avid
system’s effects capabilities by consolidating in one comprehensive
resource all the information you will need to take advantage of the many
Using This Guide
options available to you. This guide will lead you through even the most
complex procedures with task-oriented instructions, illustrated in full color
for a more realistic presentation of the actual icons and images you will
encounter. The information provided here builds on editing procedures
described in the tutorial and the user’s guide, while adding a complete
explanation of all the tools and techniques required to create, apply, and
adjust various effects and graphics, including useful tips, shortcuts, and
custom options.
This guide has the following structure:
•Chapter 1, “Working with EDLs,” describes EDLs and how to create,
read, and save them.
•Chapter 2, “Customizing EDLs,” explains how to customize an EDL,
and how to use templates to manage customized settings.
•Chapter 3, “Editing and Troubleshooting EDLs,” explains how to use a
text editor to edit EDLs, and helps you to troubleshoot problems with
EDLs.
•Appendix A, “Check List for Online Editing,” provides suggestions for
successfully transferring a project to an online editing environment.
•Appendix B, “Creating EDLs for Film Projects,” explains some special
considerations that affect the use of EDLs for film projects.
•Appendix C, “Using Serial Transmission to Transfer EDLs,” explains
procedures for using serial transmission to transfer EDLs.
•The Glossary provides a list of industry terms and definitions. Terms
defined in the glossary appear in italics within the text.
•Finally, a detailed Index helps you quickly locate specific topics.
Symbols and Conventions
Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98, and Mac OS X operating systems.
When text applies to a specific operating system, it is marked as follows:
•(Windows) or (Windows only) means the information applies to the
Windowsoperating system.
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(Windows) or the mouse button (Macintosh).
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(Windows only).
the mouse button (Macintosh) while you move the
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Press and hold the first key while you press the
second key.
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•Avid AudioVision User’s Guide
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Chapter 1
Working with EDLs
This chapter introduces edit decision lists (EDLs) and provides instructions
for basic EDL Manager procedures. It includes the following sections:
•EDLs and the EDL Manager
•Starting EDL Manager
•Using Help
•Creating or Reading an EDL
•Saving an EDL
•Formatting an RT-11 Disk
•Printing an EDL
•Copying an EDL between Storage Locations
•Using EDL Manager with Your Avid Editing System
•Viewing a List of Tapes in the Source Table
EDLs and the EDL Manager
An edit decision list (EDL) is a list of instructions for all the edits you
make for creating a program on videotape. This list might include cuts, wipes,dissolves, fades, and black edits. The EDL Manager application
organizes the instructions as a series of chronological edits called events.
Each event specifies a timecode for the source and master tapes.
Chapter 1 Working with EDLs
Online and Offline Editing
In most cases, you generate an EDL to take a project from the offline
editing environment, where rough editing and experimentation are less
expensive, into the online editing environment, where an editor using an
edit controller can produce a finished master in less time. The EDL
Manager saves EDLs in a format an editing system can use, such as GVC
or CMX. You might also need to import an EDL from the online
environment back into the offline suite to make further changes before
completing the master tape.
Traditionally, the offline environment consisted of a simplified videotape
suite with less expensive machines and fewer effects capabilities. More
recently, offline environments are likely to include nonlinear editing
systems such as Avid’s Media Composer
also include a high-end nonlinear editing system such as Avid’s
Symphony™, or an online model of Media Composer.
In all cases, the EDL, in the form of a file generated in a readable format, is
the link back and forth between the two environments.
®
. The online environment might
What the EDL Manager Does
You can use EDL Manager to generate an EDL from a sequence in a bin or
from an OMFI file. OMFI is a file format for importing and exporting
media; it allows you to share information with other platforms. You can
also read a previously saved EDL into EDL Manager. After creating an
EDL, you can save it as a text file that can be read by different edit
controllers, such as Sony
OMFI composition.
You can use EDL Manager to create an EDL that displays additional types
of information, such as comments or patches. You can specify the different
audio and video tracks in the sequence. You can also specify the assembly
modes that the online edit controller uses when creating your program.
Because EDL Manager is a standalone application, your other Avid
applications do not have to be running when you create EDLs from
sequences. When you run EDL Manager with your Avid editing system,
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, GVG, or CMX, or you can save the EDL as an
you can bring the sequence that is currently in the editing system into the
EDL Manager window. After working with the EDL in EDL Manager, you
can create a sequence in the Avid editing system from the EDL.
Starting EDL Manager
You can start EDL Manager as a standalone application, or you can start it
from within your Avid editing system application.
(Windows) To start EDL Manager as a standalone application:
1. Click the Start button.
2. Point to Programs.
3. Point to Avid.
4. Point to EDL Manager.
EDL Manager opens.
Starting EDL Manager
(Macintosh) To start EDL Manager as a standalone application:
tDouble-click the EDL Manager icon.
EDL Manager opens.
To start EDL Manager from within your Avid editing system
application:
tSelect Output > EDL.
EDL Manager opens as the active window, showing the Editing System
icon connected to the Update button by a Right Arrow button.
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Using Help
The Help provides all the information contained in the Avid EDL Manager
User’s Guide, and operates in a web browser. To open the Help, select
Help > EDL Manager Help in the Avid EDL Manager application. For
information about using the Help, click the Using Help button in the Help
system.
Creating or Reading an EDL
The EDL Manager window displays the EDL you create or the existing
EDL you open or read. You can view an EDL by doing any of the
following:
•Creating an EDL from a Sequence in a Bin, Existing EDL, or OMFI
File (Windows)
•Creating an EDL from a Sequence in a Bin, Existing EDL, or OMFI
File (Macintosh).
•Creating an EDL from the Active Sequence.
•Reading an Existing EDL from the RT-11 Disk.
Creating an EDL from a Sequence in a Bin, Existing EDL,
or OMFI File (Windows)
To create an EDL from a sequence in a bin, from an existing EDL, or
from an OMFI file:
1. Select File > Open.
The Select File to Open dialog box opens.
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2. Select Common Files (*.avb, *.edl, *.omf) from the Files of type popup menu.
3. Navigate to the disk or folder that contains the file you want.
n
4. Select a file — either a sequence in a bin (.avb), another EDL (.edl), or
an OMFI (.omf) file — and click Open.
When you open an OMF file or a file from a bin, EDL Manager
automatically determines whether the EDL you are generating should be
NTSC, PAL Video, or PAL Film 1 or 2. If you open an EDL other than from
an OMF file or a file from a bin, you must select a standard suboption.
If you select a bin or an OMFI file, one of the following happens:
tIf the file contains only one sequence, EDL Manager creates the
EDL for that sequence.
tIf the file contains more than one sequence, the Open dialog box
opens.
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5. Select a sequence and click OK.
The created EDL appears in the EDL Manager window.
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n
The Source and Output pop-up menus appear only for 24p or 25p bins and
for OMFI files.
For information on changing the settings in the EDL, see Chapter 2.
Creating or Reading an EDL
Creating an EDL from a Sequence in a Bin, Existing EDL, or OMFI
File (Macintosh)
To create an EDL from a sequence in a bin, from an existing EDL, or
from an OMFI file:
1. Select File > Open.
A dialog box opens.
2. Navigate to the disk or folder that contains the file you want.
3. Select a file — either a sequence in a bin (.avb), another EDL (.edl), or
an OMFI (.omf) file — and click Open.
n
When you open an OMF file or a file from a bin, EDL Manager
automatically determines whether the EDL you are generating should be
NTSC, PAL Video, or PAL Film 1 or 2. If you open an EDL other than from
an OMF file or a file from a bin, you must select a standard suboption.
If you select a bin or an OMFI file, one of the following happens:
tIf the file contains only one sequence, EDL Manager creates the
EDL for that sequence.
tIf the file contains more than one sequence, a dialog box opens.
Select a sequence and click OK. EDL Manager creates the EDL.
The created EDL appears in the EDL Manager window.
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n
The Source and Output pop-up menus appear only for 24p or 25p bins and
for OMFI files.
For information on changing the settings in the EDL, see “Customizing
EDLs” on page 35.
Reading an Existing EDL from the RT-11 Disk
(Windows) To read an EDL that is saved on an RT-11 disk in a CMX,
GVG, or high-density GVG (HDGVG) edit controller format:
1. Insert the RT-11 disk that contains the EDL you want to read into the
disk drive.
2. Select File > Read From RT11 Disk.
The Open dialog box opens.
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3. Select the EDL you want and click OK.
The EDL opens in the EDL Manager window.
When you open an OMF file or a file from a bin, EDL Manager
automatically determines whether the EDL you are generating should be
NTSC, PAL Video, or PAL Film 1 or 2. If you open an EDL other than from
an OMF file or a file from a bin, you must select a standard suboption.
Saving an EDL
(Macintosh) To read an EDL that is saved on an RT-11 disk in a CMX,
GVG, or high-density GVG (HDGVG) edit controller format:
1. Insert the RT-11 disk that contains the EDL you want to read into the
disk drive.
An alert box warns that the disk is not a Macintosh disk.
2. Click OK.
A Disk icon appears in the main window.
Disk icon
3. Select File > Read From RT11 Disk.
4. Select an EDL and click OK.
n
When you open an OMF file or a file from a bin, EDL Manager
automatically determines whether the EDL you are generating should be
NTSC, PAL Video, or PAL Film 1 or 2. If you open an EDL other than from
an OMF file or a file from a bin, you must select a standard suboption.
To eject the RT-11 disk:
tSelect File > Eject RT11 Disk.
Saving an EDL
You can save an EDL as a text file with the .EDL file name extension, or as
an OMFI composition. The location where you save the EDL can be a
DOS-formatted disk, a hard drive or other storage device, or an RT-11 disk
A list of EDL files appears.
The EDL opens in the EDL Manager main window.
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that can be read by CMX or GVG edit controllers. For information on
formatting an RT-11 disk, see “Formatting an RT-11 Disk” on page 29.
Saving an EDL as a Text File or an OMFI Composition
To save an EDL as a text file or an OMFI composition:
1. Select one of the following:
tFile > Save As, to save the EDL as a text file
tFile > Save As OMFI, to save the EDL as an OMFI composition
A dialog box opens.
2. Navigate to the disk or folder where you want to save the EDL.
3. Accept the default file name, or enter a new name.
If you are saving to a DOS-formatted disk for transfer to an edit
controller, use a file name that the edit controller can read. The name
must be eight alphanumeric characters or less in uppercase letters,
followed by the file name extension (either .EDL or .OMF). For
example:
ANNA23.EDL
4. Click Save.
EDL Manager saves the EDL to the location you specified.
Saving an EDL to an RT-11 Disk
(Windows) To save an EDL to an RT-11 disk:
1. Insert a CMX or GVG disk into the disk drive.
2. With an EDL open in the EDL Manager window, select File > Write
To RT11 Disk.
A dialog box opens, showing the name of the EDL.
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3. Accept the EDL file name, or type a new name.
The name must be six or fewer alphanumeric characters, in uppercase
letters, followed by the .EDL file name extension.
For example:
LEO3A.EDL
4. Click OK.
EDL Manager saves the EDL to the CMX or GVG disk.
n
Some edit systems cannot read high-density disks (marked with the HD
symbol), so you might have to use a double-density disk. If you are in
doubt, check with the online suite or have the suite provide you with a
formatted disk.
(Macintosh) To save an EDL to an RT-11 disk:
1. Insert a CMX or GVG disk into the disk drive.
An alert box opens.
2. Click OK.
3. With an EDL open, select File > Write To RT11 Disk.
A dialog box opens, showing the name of your EDL.
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4. Accept the EDL file name, or type a new name.
The name must be six or fewer alphanumeric characters, in uppercase
letters, followed by the .EDL file name extension.
For example:
LEO3A.EDL
5. Click OK.
EDL Manager saves the EDL to the CMX or GVG disk.
n
Some edit systems cannot read high-density disks (marked with the HD
symbol), so you might have to use a double-density disk. If you are in
doubt, check with the online suite or have the suite provide you with a
formatted disk.
Verifying an RT-11 Save
Because an RT-11 disk is not initialized for Macintosh, or Windows, you
cannot see its contents by using the standard operating system tools (for
example, My Computer on Windows). To verify that the EDL has been
saved successfully to the disk, you can follow the first few steps of
“Reading an Existing EDL from the RT-11 Disk” on page 24. If the EDL
appears in the Make Selection dialog box, then you know it was saved to
the disk.
To verify that the EDL was saved to the disk:
1. Select File > Read From RT11 Disk.
The list of files for the RT-11 disk appears, allowing you to verify that
your EDL was saved to the disk.
2. Click Cancel to return to the EDL Manager.
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Formatting an RT-11 Disk
An RT-11 disk in EDL Manager can be in any of the following formats:
•CMX
•GVG
•HDGVG (high-density GVG)
Formatting an RT-11 Disk
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When you take a DOS or Macintosh-formatted disk and format it as
an RT-11 disk, data on the disk is erased.
To format an RT-11 disk:
1. Select File > Format RT11 Disk.
A dialog box opens telling you to insert a diskette.
2. Insert a DOS-formatted disk (Windows) or a blank disk (Macintosh)
into the drive and click OK.
A message box opens warning that all data on the disk will be lost.
3. Click OK.
The Format Options dialog box opens.
4. Click one of the option buttons to select an EDL disk type format.
EDL Manager formats the disk.
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Chapter 1 Working with EDLs
Printing an EDL
To print an open EDL:
1. Select File > Print EDL (Windows) or File > Print (Macintosh).
A dialog box opens.
2. Select the print options you want.
3. Click OK (Windows) or Print (Macintosh).
Copying an EDL between Storage Locations
You can copy an EDL from any drive or disk storage location to another
without having to open the EDL in the EDL Manager window or switch to
operating system tools such as My Computer. The storage locations,
including RT-11 disks, must be accessible to your computer.
To copy an EDL from one location to another:
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1. To copy to or from an RT-11 disk, insert the RT-11 disk in the disk
drive.
(Macintosh only) A message appears stating that this is not a
Macintosh disk.
2. Click OK.
3. Select File > Copy To/From Disk.
The following dialog box opens:
4. To select the EDL to copy, do one of the following:
tTo copy from an RT-11 disk, click Yes.
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