On this ongoing collection, we’re going to check out many frequent points, questions and confusion that revolve round some (which is likely to be thought of to be) frequent workflows that editors encounter every day inside Media Composer, what you must contemplate and navigate by them. On this In Depth – the Avid Attic.
One of many large causes I like Media Composer, versus different NLE’s is the way in which it organizes the tasks. With Premiere and Resolve, the tasks and every part contained inside, are a single file. In case your mission file corrupt (or your database for Resolve editors), you’re in large bother. You additionally, extra so in Premiere, have the difficulty with bloating tasks the place, relying on what number of parts your mission comprises, the file measurement of the mission can begin bloating to huge sizes. Media Composer handles issues in a different way. The mission is only a shell. There are some settings that revolve across the mission itself, however all the data is contained within the bins (very similar to different NLE’s), which are simply accessible within the mission’s exterior folder. With that stated, for those who ever run into a difficulty with a bin, or for those who had been to delete one thing accidentally, that’s the place the Avid Attic comes into play. The Avid Attic is a fast and easy option to get in and discover the final auto save, to carry again your mission, from potential doom. On this “In Depth”, we’ll check out the Attic, the way it works, and the way you’ll entry it.
SETTINGS
Your Avid Attic’s backups are immediately impacted by the parameters you could have set for it in your Bin Settings. The Auto-Save Interval (what number of minutes between auto-saves), Max file in a mission’s Avid Attic (which I’ve by no means modified from 1000 however, relying on the mission you’re engaged on is likely to be extra), and the Max variations of a file within the attic. What’s necessary to remember is that the Avid Attic is just populated by open bins, as that’s what Media Composer is assuming you’re updating. So, trying on the under picture, my Auto-Save is ready to 2 min for a max of fifty information in my attic, for any specific bin.
Assuming that I’ve a bin referred to as “Sequences”, and I’ve it open all day, as I’m engaged on a present timeline, It can save each 2 min, and save a max of fifty information, which means that I’ll have a backup that spans 100 minutes, or one hour and 40 min. Now, some editors may need to have a backup that spans a complete day, as we all know that producers/administrators may come again the subsequent morning and say “Keep in mind that timeline I advised you I hated, and to delete it, nicely, I prefer it now, let’s edit with that one”. Since I can edit loads in 2 minutes, if I wished to regulate the Avid Attic’s backup to ensure that with my 2 minute save interval, that I’ve a complete eight hour timeframe lined, I’d ensure that my Max variations of a file within the attic is ready to 240, as 2×30 (Auto-Saves/hour) x 8 hours = 480. However let’s be sincere, what editor solely edits for 8 hour shifts. LOL.
THE AVID ATTIC IS SET…..NOW WHAT?
So, when you’ve bought your Bin settings set the way in which you want, what do you do if, God forbid, you each ACTUALLY wanted the Avid Attic. Properly, the very first thing it’s worthwhile to do is to truly monitor it down. Right here’s the placement(s) on Mac and Home windows:
C:UsersPublicPublic DocumentsAvid Media ComposerAvid Attic
Macintosh HD/Customers/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/Avid Attic
One factor you’ll discover is that each of the places, Mac and Home windows, are in a shared location, so irrespective of who’s logged into the pc, they are going to have the ability to entry the Avid Attic with little to no issues. When you’re within the archive you’ll see that it’s merely organized in folders by mission.
The sweetness half in regards to the Avid Attic is that for those who didn’t realize it was there, it is going to simply hold backing up your tasks for so long as you edit in Media Composer (probably many years, relying on how lengthy your pc lasts for).
Once you’re in want of a bin, what my regular course of is, is to enter the Avid Attic, and discover the mission you want. How the Attic is organized is fairly easy. The Avid Attic folder comprises all of the tasks with the corresponding bin backups. Every mission folder comprises a folder referred to as “Bins” and probably one other folder referred to as “Scripts”.
The Bins folder comprises folders which have the backups for every bin that’s ever been opened within the mission.
Every folder comprises all of the bin backups for his or her respective bins. You’ll discover they’re merely referred to as the identify of the bin and a .Quantity so as to simply determine which is essentially the most present bin backup (increased the quantity, the newer the backup).
With the bins contained within the Avid Attic, it’s usually not a good suggestion to open them from there, as then your “Attic” turns into extra of a “Present”, then it’s unique objective. I’ll usually copy out the bin that I both need to restore, or pull one thing from, and put it on my desktop so that after I’m carried out with it, I can delete it. What’s exceptionally necessary to remember is that you just can not open an Avid Attic bin right into a mission that comprises the grasp bin that the backup was made out of. It’s sort of just like the Timecop rule on not have similar matter in the identical place on the similar time. What I’ll usually do is create a brand new bin referred to as “RESTORE” or one thing alongside these traces. I’ll shut each different bin within the mission apart from the “RESTORE” bin. I’ll then easy use the CTL/CMD+O command to open an bin, navigate to the bin on the desktop, open it, pull out no matter I would like from the bin and put it within the “RESTORE” bin in my mission, then shut the Avid Attic bin, delete it from the mission, then delete it from my desktop. As soon as I’ve carried out that I’ll both CTL/CMD+S or shut the bin to reserve it, in order that I do know that what I’ve introduced again from the Avid Attic is protected. Remember, now, that after you’ve carried out that that there will likely be a brand new Avid Attic bin folder created referred to as “RESTORE” because it’s now part of your mission!
If you happen to missed my write up on Mission Creation, you’ll find it at this hyperlink, and right here’s an amazing white web page from Avid on the Avid Attic!
