Capturing to the Timeline
Splice-In button
Record button
Overwrite button


To capture to the Timeline:
1.  Prepare for capturing as explained in Main Topics: Preparing to Capture.
2.  Set options in the Capture Settings dialog box:
a.  Click the Settings tab in the Project Window.
b.  In the Settings scroll list, double-click Capture.
c.  Click the Edit tab.
d.  Select Enable Edit to Timeline.
e.  Set the handle length (the amount of footage you want to capture before and after the IN and OUT points of the clips).
f.  Click OK.
3.  Load a sequence into the Composer monitor.
4.  (Option) Patch tracks you are capturing (source tracks) to the tracks in your sequence (record tracks). See Patching When Capturing to the Timeline.
5.  Mark an IN point in the sequence or move the position indicator to where you want the edit to take place.
6.  Mark the source material that you want to capture using the Capture tool logging controls.
7.  (Option) Mark an OUT point based on the following:
  If you are capturing to the middle of a sequence in the Timeline, mark both IN and OUT points for frame accuracy.
  If you are capturing to the end of a sequence, you can mark just an IN point and then mark the OUT point later on-the-fly.
8.  Click the Splice-in button or the Overwrite button in the Capture tool to choose the type of edit.
9.  Click the Record button to begin capturing.
10.  If you did not mark the OUT point in advance, click the Record button again when the footage reaches the appropriate frame.
If you already marked an OUT point, capturing stops automatically.
When capturing ends, the clip appears in place in the sequence, and a master clip appears in the bin.

capturing capture


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
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