Select a recent file from the list. Click [Browse] to select a file using the [Open] dialog box. When you select a project file, detailed information including the project names and updated date. The information is displayed in red when the frame size or the aspect ratio differs.

Check this item to merge the bin contents. To [Folder name], enter a folder name to manage the imported bin clips. The folder will be created under the [root] folder in the bin.

When imported with the folder name “album1”, the following be displayed.

Uncheck this item to import only the sequence.

Copy the files in the source project folder.

Copy the rendered files.

Enter a folder name to manage the copied files. The folder is created under the project folder.

Overwrite and save the current project.

Specify a folder to save the project.

Display the available disc space of the selected drive and the whole file size to be created (copied) by consolidating. They are displayed in red when the required space is larger than the available disc space.

Select the operation to be performed at execution of consolidation, and select [Trim margin] or options as required. Select execution options from the following.

Select this item to delete unnecessary files in the project.

Release clips that are registered to the bin but not used in the timeline and delete them from the hard disk.

Select this item to create a backup of the portion used in the project. You need to specify a trim margin.

Only the clip portion used in the timeline is saved as a separate file, and all the clips used in the project is copied to the project folder. However, if the clip used in the timeline is registered, the entire file is copied.

Select this item to back up the entire project.

Copy all the clips used in the project to the project folder.

Perform an operation of both [Cleanup] and [Backup] together. You need to specify a trim margin.

Perform an operation of both [Cleanup] and [Backup(no trimming)] together.

Configure the consolidation settings manually.

• [Remove unused clips in Timeline]

Release the clips not used in the timeline from the bin.

• [Leave only areas used in Timeline]

Save the areas used in the timeline as another file, and then switch the file in the timeline with the new file. You need to specify a trim margin.

The new files are saved in the created folder in the project folder.

• [Copy used files to Project Folder]

Copy all the clips used in the project to the project folder.

• [Delete unused files in Project]

Delete the unnecessary files from the project folder when consolidating. You can set this option only when any of the other optional items is selected.

If any proxy clip is used, select the data type to be consolidated from the list.

Check this item to export a log file containing the result of consolidation. Click [Browse] to specify a destination and a file name.

The information of the video and audio clips is written in an AAF file. The source that the video clip is referring to is exported as QuickTime (H.264) in the NTSC format. The source that the audio clip is referring to is exported as an AIFF file.

Select type 1 when you import the AAF file with audio editing software.

The video clip information is written in an AAF file, and the source that the video clip is referring to is not copied or exported.

The audio information of the audio corresponding to the range that is exported to an AAF file is exported as an AIFF file, and the information is written in an AAF file as a single clip.

Select type 2 when you import the AAF file with composition software.

The information of the video and audio clips is written in an AAF file by frame unit. The source that the clips are referring to is not copied or exported.

The information of the video and audio clips is written in an AAF file. The source that the clips are referring to is exported in the QuickTime (Grass Valley HQX) format.

The information of the video and audio clips is written in an AAF file. The source that the clips are referring to is exported in the MXF (DNxHD, 1080p/i, or 720p) format.

Check this item to export only between In and Out points of the timeline.

The [AAF Export Detail Settings] dialog box appears.

[AAF Export Detail Settings] Dialog Box

Check this item to export in a format that supports applications such as Pro Tools and After Effects. Uncheck this item to export in a format that supports applications such as DaVinci Resolve.

Check this item to export the video and audio parts of the source separately. Uncheck this item to export as a video source that includes audio.

Select [RFC1738], [RFC2396], or [Unicode] to specify the description method for the source file path to which the clip refers.

Specify how video clips will be handled.

Check this item to add video clip information to AAF files.

• [Copy clips]

Copy (or export) the source used for the clips so that the copied source will be referenced.

• [Compress and copy a clip]

Handle the video clips of the timeline as one clip. The clip and file names of the first clip with the smallest track number will be used as the clip and file names of the exported files.

• [Use original clips]

Reference the original source directly without copying.

Specify how audio clips will be handled.

Check this item to add video clip information to AAF files.

• [Copy clips]

Copy (or export) the source used for the clips so that the copied source will be referenced.

• [Compress and copy a clip]

Handle the audio clips of the timeline as one clip. The clip and file names of the first clip with the smallest track number will be used as the clip and file names of the exported files. If both the VA and A tracks have audio, the first clip and file names of the A track will be used.

• [Use original clips]

Reference the original source directly without copying.

• [Enable Pan setting]

Check this item to export the stereo tracks as monaural tracks of individual channels. If unchecked, the stereo tracks will be downmixed and exported as monaural clips. For the channel map, if the track number is an odd number, 1ch (L side) of the track will be used, and if the track number is an even number, 2ch (R side) of the track will be used. The clip names will be “clip name + .L” for odd number tracks and “clip name + .R” for even number tracks.

Specify how the source will be copied when you select [Copy clips] in [Video Clip] and/or [Audio clip].

Copy source files that are used by the clips on the timeline.

Export only the ranges that are used by the clips on the timeline. In this case, the setting of [Margin] is enabled to export the file adding the specified time margins at In/Out points.

If you select [Copy clips] in [Audio clip], the source will be downmixed and exported as a monaural clip.

Select a source file export destination.

If you select [Create a folder], a folder with the same name of the AAF file folder in the destination to which the AAF file is exported, and the source files will be exported to that folder.

If you select [Same folder], the source files will be exported to the destination of the AAF file.

• [Video]

Select the exporter to export video files.

• [Display timecode]

Check this item to display the timeline timecode in the exported video.

• [Audio]

Select the exporter to export audio files.

• [Export in 16bit]

Check this item to convert the source to the 16-bit format audio, regardless the project settings.

Register the current settings as a new preset.

Enter a preset name, and click [OK].

Delete the currently selected preset. [Type : 1], [Type : 2], and [Type : 3] cannot be deleted.

Click this button to change the settings for the selected AAF export preset temporarily. Click [Save preset] and save the changed settings to register the preset, as the changes are not saved by this operation.

Cancel the settings and return to the [Project Exporter (AAF)] dialog box.

BVE5000

BVE9100

CMX340

CMX3600

1 - 2A

1 - 4A

1 - 2A

1 - 4A

Select the EDL format to export.

Comment lines are not added.

Comment lines are added. Select this format when you cannot correctly import EDL files by third-party products.

Handle the empty spaces on timeline are as black clips. Check [Use longest clip as reference] to handle Out point at the end edge of the timeline as the end edge of the timeline; the empty spaces between them are handled as black clips.

Handle a series of multiple clips as one clip when their timecodes are sequential. However, they are not linked when transition is set between them.

Export the project file for each track. The following characters are added to the end of each file name.

• 1VA (1V) track video: “_V”

• A track: “_A”

• 2VA (2V) track video: “_INSERT”

• T track: “_T”

The audio of both 1VA, 2VA, and A tracks is output together to a “file name_A.edl” file.

When 2VA (2V) track has a transition, it will be replaced with a center cut.

Replace all places with transitions or audio cross fade configured with the center cuts.

Release the grouping of video and audio, and handle the video clips and audio clips separately. Check this item when you cannot correctly import EDL files by third-party products.

If you check this item, [Handle split clips separately] cannot be set.

Splitting Clips to Handle Separately


Divide the split part of the clip with split to eliminate the split. Note that when the speed of clips is changed, the split part is not fragmented. This item cannot be set if you check [No split information].

Splitting Clips to Handle Separately


Display the reverse playback in the direction from the Out point to In point. The reverse playback is normally displayed from the In point to Out point. This item is available when you set CMX type for EDL type.

Add a frame to the Player In point at reverse playback. Check this item when you cannot correctly import EDL files by third-party products. It prevents the original timecode from slipping off 1 frame forward. Normally, 1 frame is added to Out point of the Player at reverse playback.

Check this item to overwrite a VA1 (or V1) track with images of a VA2 (or V2) track and to export both tracks as a VA1 (or V1) track together.

Create the list of reel numbers.

This item can be changed only when [Mode2] (output format to add comment lines) is selected in [Export Format].

Check this item to add a reel name to the clip name output to the comment lines.

Set the master reel number used in BVE9100. The value range is between “0” and “9999”.

Set the block number used in BVE5000 or BVE9100. The value range is between “0” and “999”.

When A/A roll (transition among the clips with the same reel number) exists, this reel number is to use the location in the replaced file. When the original clips have the same reel number, decrease the number one by one to avoid the number duplication.

Set the block number used in BVE5000 or BVE9100. The value range is between “0” and “999”.

Specify the margin added to In/Out points of the clips.

Enter the start timecode (optional).

Set the start timecode to the In point of the first clip.

Set the In/Out points of the clip to the In/Out points of the timeline.