Importing Movie Files

Nowadays, many clips are captured from digital files rather than from tape. There are specific workflows for capturing file-based media, which are discussed in the book, Media Composer 6: Professional Picture and Sound Editing. Often, these workflows use the Avid Media Access (AMA) method, which involves pointing your system to some kind of file folder and viewing the files before importing by consolidating or transcoding. But what if you just have a movie file on, say, a memory stick or that you’ve downloaded from the Internet and you just want to import it into your project? In that case, to import a movie file, you simply drag the file into your bin or right-click in the bin and choose Import from the menu that appears. (Note that the same rules apply to moving images as to still images, and the settings work in the same way. You have to get the aspect ratio correct for your current project format, and you need to know whether you are working in RGB or 601/7....