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Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange

You can use the Avid Log Exchange (ALE) utility included with your system to quickly convert shot log files created by other sources.

You can then import the files directly into bins, as described in Importing Shot Log Files.

The ALE utility allows you to:

Modify the text in a log file.

Convert log files to the ALE file.

Convert an ALE file to either an ATN or an FLX file.

Any options you set in the ALE utility are saved each time you exit the ALE utility.

When you are converting an ATN file that contains multiple sections to an ALE file, multiple ALE files are created. The Avid Log Exchange window displays only the first ALE file created. The succeeding ALE files are given the same file name with incremental numbering. For example, the file Nations1.atn is converted to Nations1.ale, Nations1_2.ale, Nations1_3.ale, and so on. The converted output files are stored in the folder containing the original input file.

ALE and tab-delimited files include information for master clips and subclips only. Information for other objects, such as group clips, sequences, and precomputes, is not included.

See the following topics:

Converting a Log File to an ALE File (Windows)

Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion (Windows)

Converting a Log File to an ALE File (Macintosh)

Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion (Macintosh)

Creating Avid Logs

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Applications for Creating Avid Logs

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Required Information for Logging

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Creating an Avid Log

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