Before You Begin Capturing
Depending on your immediate needs and chosen capturing method, use the following guidelines for working through this chapter:
  If you want to add clip names and comments on-the-fly while you capture, see Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly.
  If you have no logs and want to begin capturing right away, see Capturing Without Logging First.
  If you want to capture video to multiple media files across multiple drives, see Capturing to Multiple Media Files.
  If you have logs already entered in a bin and want to automate the capturing process with playback from an Avid-controlled deck, see Batch Capturing from Logged Clips.
  If you are recapturing deleted media or have imported a sequence that lacks the associated media files, see Recapturing Your Material.
  If you have not already prepared a structure of bins for your project, as described in Managing Folders and Bins, consider the following tips before capturing:
  You can create one bin for each source tape. This method avoids slowing the system with large bins, associates each bin with a source tape for better organization, and simplifies recapturing.
  You can name the bin after the tape so that when you autocapture or capture on-the-fly without noting a tape name, the system automatically names each clip after the bin (tape) and numbers them sequentially for easy reference.

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