Data Entries
The data entries come after the Custom column headings. The following table shows the format for entering data. Enter a line of data in this format for every clip. Be sure to start the data section for each clip with the word Data [Enter] (Windows) or Data [Return] (Macintosh).
DATA HEADINGS: The word Data marks the start of the data for each clip.
Data
[Enter]
or [Return]
Required
Enter the word Data to mark the start of the logged clip entries.
DATA FOR EACH CLIP: Enter a line of data for each clip. Enter the data so it aligns with its column heading. (The data that goes with the ninth column heading must be the ninth data entry.) Be sure to enter data for all the required values. To leave a data position unfilled, press the Tab key instead of typing data. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) at the end of each line. Your Avid system supports up to four audio tracks in imported and exported logs.
<clip name>
[Tab]
Required
Under Name heading. Enter a clip identifier (32ácharacters maximum).
<V>
<VA1>
<VA2>
<VA1A2>
<A1A2>
<A1>
<A2>
[Tab]
Required
Under Tracks heading. Enter the tracks you want cpapured for the clip. Enter V for MOS takes. Enter A1, A2, or A1A2 for wild sound.
<timecode>
[Tab]
Required
Under Start heading. Enter the video timecode for the sync point, the first frame of the clip. Use colons for non-drop-frame (for example, 01:00:12:20). Use one or more semicolons for drop-frame (for example, 01;18;00;02).
<timecode>
[Tab]
Required
Under End heading. Enter the video timecode for the last frame of the clip.
<22kHz>
<24kHz>
<44kHz>
<48kHz>
[Tab]

Under Audio heading. Enter the audio sampling rate for this clip only. If omitted, global entry applies.
<inknumber>
[Tab]

Under Auxiliary Ink Number heading. Identify a second ink number for the start of the clip.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under Auxiliary TC heading. Enter a Nagra timecode, Aaton code, Arri code, and so on, for the sync point. Syncs with the Start timecode.
<camera ID>
[Tab]

Under Camera heading. Identify the camera, using letters or numbers. For multicamera shoots.
<camera roll ID>
[Tab]

Under Camroll heading. Identify the camera roll, using letters and numbers.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under Duration heading. Enter the length of the video clip, Start to End.
<23.98>
<24>
<25>
<29.97>
[Tab]

Under FPS heading. Enter the video capture rate for this clip only. If omitted, the global entry applies. Use 23.98áfps (23.978áfps) for NTSC, 24áfps for NTSC or PAL, 25áfps for PAL, or 29.97 fps for NTSC.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under Film TC heading. Identify the timecode used for the film, usually at 24 fps.
<inknumber>
[Tab]

Under Ink Number heading. Identify the ink number for the start of the clip.
<keynumber>
[Tab]

Under KN Start heading. Identify the complete key number for the start of the clip, for example, KU 31 2636-8903&12.
<keynumber>
[Tab]

Under KN End heading. Identify the key number for the end of the clip. You need to identify only feet and frames, for example, 0342&07.
<keynumber>
[Tab]

Under KN Duration heading. Identify the length of the clip, in feet and frames.
<lab roll ID>
[Tab]

Under Labroll heading. Identify the lab roll, using letters and numbers.
<1>
<2>
<3>
[Tab]

Under Perf heading. Edit the perf for this clip only.
<A>
<B>
<X> (matchback only)
<C>
<D>
[Tab]

Under Pullin heading. Identify the telecine pulldown of the first frame of the clip (pulldown phase). NTSC only.
<A>
<B>
<X> (matchback only)
<C>
<D>
[Tab]

Under Pullout heading. Identify the telecine pulldown of the last frame of the clip. NTSC only.
<reel ID>
[Tab]

Under Reel # heading. Identify the reel, using numbers.
<scene ID>
[Tab]

Under Scene heading. Identify the scene, using letters and numbers.
<shoot date>
[Tab]

Under Shoot Date heading. Identify the date the footage was shot, in numbers or in letters and numbers.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under Sound TC heading. Identify the sound timecode at the sync point. Syncs with the Start timecode.
<sound roll ID>
[Tab]

Under Soundroll heading. Identify the sound roll, using letters and numbers.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under TC 24 heading. Identify the start of the clip for 24p timecode.
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under TC 25p heading. Identify the start of the clip for 25p timecode (PAL pulldown).
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under TC 25 heading. Identify the start of the clip for 25-fps timecode (PAL).
<timecode>
[Tab]

Under TC 30 heading. Identify the start of the clip for 30-fps timecode.
<take ID>
[Tab]

Under Take heading. Identify the take, using letters and numbers.
<source tape ID>
[Tab]

Under Tape heading. Enter the source videotape ID for this clip only.
<clip description>
[Tab]

Under DESCRIPT heading. Describe the clip.
<clip comments>
[Tab]

Under COMMENTS heading. Comment on the clip.
<information>
[Tab]

Under the headings you created yourself, type the appropriate information.

[Enter] or [Return]
Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) after the last entry for the clip.
Do not press Tab after the last entry for the clip.
Enter an additional line of data for each remaining clip.
See Also
Global Headings
Column Headings

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