Technical Specs
Preparing an OMF or AAF from Avid
Requirements!
•Please send an OMFI v2 export or AAF.
•Please remove all video from your sequence.
•Please provide audio handles of at least 30 frames.
•Audio should be EMBEDDED (unless we've discussed other options)
Gotchas!
•All audio files in your Non-Linear Editor should be of the same sample rate. If they are not, please convert them to the same sample rate prior to the AAF or OMFI v2 export process.
•Audio mixdown effects (audio suite) eliminate handles, so avoid when possible.
•If the audio media files you will be sending total more than 2GB in size, you will need to split the sequence into two or more AAFs or OMFs. You can either break the project up into smaller acts, or export a fewer number of channels at once. e.g, Channels 1-8 in the first AAF or OMF and 9-16 in the second.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Preparing an OMF from FinalCutPro 7
Make all the tracks to export "Audible" (select the little speaker icon to the lefty of the track). Go to File>Export>Audio to OMF. Set rate to 48KHz, Depth to 24, Handle Length to at least 2;00, include crossfade regions, include levels and include pans. Hit OK. It's that easy.
Preparing a Quicktime movie
Include one or more of these sync references:
•Timecode window.
•Visible 2-POP.
•Included sound is helpful.
•Export as QuickTime movie, not a referenced movie!
•Prefered Codecs
- ProResLT (no larger than 1080x740 please)
- H.264 of moderate quality will work and is small, but I'll end up converting it to ProResLT
•Video frame rate should be 29.97, 23.976 or 25 fps for PAL. Please note: 24fps is film speed. Unless you are going back to film you shouldn't be using 24fps.
