Project Resolutions
You must capture media to begin a project. See Main Topics: Setting Up Your Software-Only Avid Editing System or Main Topics: Using the Avid Mojo DNA. You can also use a Media Station XL system or an Avid Xdeck in an AvidáUnity MediaNetwork environment to capture media. For more information about these products, contact your Avid representative, or visit the Avid Web site.
Project formats are described as follows:
  An Avid video project captures and stores 30i-fps NTSC media as digital video that conforms to the ITU-R 601 standard (SDTV or standard-definition TV).
  Film projects or projects shot with a 24p-enabled camera with advanced pulldown capture and store 23.976p-fps NTSC media. You do your offline editing on an Avid editing system and finishing on a Symphony or Avid|DS system.
  You cannot create 24p or 25p media or multiple output formats from video footage shot at 30 fps (NTSC) or 25 fps (PAL). The source must be film oráHD (high-definition).
  Digital video (DV) is an international standard created by a consortium of 10 companies to serve as a consumer digital video format. AvidáXpressáPro and AvidáXpressáDV support the DV 25 resolution.
DV, originally known as DVC (Digital Video Cassette), uses a 1/4-inch tape to record very high quality digital video. The video is sampled at the same rate as D1, D5, or Digital Betacam video (720 pixels per scan line). The color information in DV 25 is sampled at the D1 rate of 4:1:1 in 525-line (NTSC) and 4:2:0 in 625-line (PAL) formats.
Avid editing systems allow you to capture, edit, and play back in the resolution listed in the following table, except where noted. You cannot capture DVá50 and MPEGá50.
  Your Avid editing system supports DV 50 and MPEG 50 media, but cannot capture it in its native format. To capture DV 50 and MPEG 50 footage in its native format, use a Meridien-based Avid editing system and share the media using an AvidáUnity MediaNetwork to access and edit the media.
All resolutions are selectable in the Media Creation dialog box (Capturing, Titles, Import, Mixdown, Motion Effects, and Render tabs).
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Supported Resolutions and Field Dimensionsá
Resolution
NTSC Per-Field Dimensions
PAL Per-Field Dimensions
DV 25 4:1:1
720 x 240
720 x 288
DV 50 4:2:2
(editing and playback only)
720 x 240
720 x 288
MPEG 50 4:2:2
(editing and playback only)
720 x 256
720 x 308
15:1s
352 x 248
352 x 296
1:1 (Uncompressed)
720 x 248
720 x 296
DV24p (23.976 projects)
720 x 240
720 x 288
28:1p (23.976 projects)
352 x 248
352 x 296
14:1 (23.976 projects, editing and playback only)
352 x 248
352 x 296
35:1 (23.976 projects, editing and playback only)
352 x 248
352 x 296
These resolutions appear, along with other Avid resolutions, wherever a list of resolutions appears (for example, in the Video Resolution pop-up menu of the Media Creation dialog box). The exact list depends on your Avid editing system model and whether you are working in an NTSC or PAL project.
For information about input and output, see the following sections:
  Configuring Decks
  Setting Up the Capture Tool
  Using the Digital Cut Tool

Some features described in Help are available only in Avid Xpress Pro or Avid Xpress DV. For more information about Avid Free DV go to
www.avid.com.