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Custom Bin Views Added for Codebook
These are custom bin views for the Codebook and VFX pulls. They are posted in both the Codebook module of FFAEI and the stand-alone Codebook classroom. You should find these helpful when working with the Codebook or going through the Codebook module.
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How to Create Title Case EDLs
For those who don't know, EDLs out of Avid default to being ALL CAPS. This goes back to spec compliance with CMX3600 and GVG EDLs. Nowadays, this is less important as most conform systems are computer based and not as strict. It also used to be that most camera manufacturers always created tape names that were all caps, so it was a none issue. E012C0021_250902_X01534 is an example of a tape naming convention that is fine. For those who don't know what this tape name is, I'll break it down. E012C0021 means, Cam Roll E012, Clip 21. 250902 is the shoot date: 09/02/2025 X01534 is unique identifier which is usually an abbreviation of the camera serial number. That said, there is a new camera naming convention that I've been seeing used lately and it in includes one lower case character. An example of this is A_0165C007_250911_095758_h1EGB You can see that the last h is lowercase. If you use the EDL Importer to create plates as ALEs, this will create problems because ALEs are case sensitive. Because Avid defaults to converting all EDLs to uppercase, it will display this name as: A_0165C007_250911_095758_H1EGB However, it is possible to change this. There are template files for each EDL that you can modify. You'll find these templates at this location on your computer: /Applications/Avid Media Composer/SupportingFiles/EDL_Manager_Templates/ I always modify both the File32 and File129 template. To do this, first close Avid if it is open and right click on those files one at a time and I open them with BB Edit. At Line 20, you should see toupper_conversion TRUE * Convert all comments and titles. Change TRUE to FALSE and save the file. Now when you export EDLs, your markers, reel names and all other text will be the normal case as it was entered. If you find the EDL Importer is giving you errors with using ALEs for subclips, this should be the first step in trouble shooting. Here is a link to Avid's help forum if you need additional help https://community.avid.com/forums/t/185759.aspx
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🎉 The Certification Quizzes Are Back 🎉
Quick heads up: The certification quizzes for Feature Film Assistant Editor Immersion are live again. If you’re enrolled in the full course and want your Certificate of Completion, you’ll find the link to all the quizzes in the Module 1 → “Before You Begin” section under "Resources" at the bottom of the page. There are 131 questions total, and you need an 80% overall score to pass. You can take them however you like. One at a time, all at once, in any order. You can also retake quizzes as many times as needed. NOTE: Passing is required for Editors Guild reimbursement, if that applies to you. Thanks for your patience while we got this together. Onward to the big edit bays! 🎬✂️
Importing Locators / Markers from a text file.
Hi everyone, I’m working on a TV series in Greece and need to apply the director’s notes to the final episode in Avid Media Composer. The notes are in a text file, and I’d like to import them as markers on the sequence so I can jump to each point and read the corresponding comment. What’s the correct way to format and import the file? Does Avid require a specific format or tool? Also, the notes use timecodes from an earlier version. If I cut or change the beginning of the sequence, how can I keep the markers aligned with the correct moments in the new version? I’m worried that importing by timecode alone could put them at the wrong positions. Thanks!
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AI is getting a Hollywood address
Three stories crossed my desk this week that every editor should know about. Two are about Hollywood making room for AI. The third is about a new model, and a reminder to read the fine print. 1. Culver City is turning into an AI studio town. The LA Times counts a cluster of AI filmmaking companies moving in: Promise, TrueShort, Native Foreign, PhantomX and Luma AI, which took a 7,000-square-foot space for its Dream Lab. Promise works hybrid: real actors on real soundstages, with AI handling backgrounds, visual effects and synthetic humans. Not "push a button, get a movie." Real crews, new tools. (The unions are watching closely, and they should be.) 2. AI studios now have a manager. Variety is reporting that former UTA agent Dante DeSario launched Collage, a management and investment company that walks AI-first studios through the guilds, the studios and the copyright questions. Backers include Black Bear, Roy Lee and Marty Bowen. Clients include Asteria, Native Foreign, Obsidian and Jason Zada's Secret Level. When Hollywood builds representation for something, it has decided that something is real. And his word for what separates the good ones? Taste. 3. A fast, free video model... with a catch. Hao AI Lab released FastH3 Omni, a sped-up version of MiniMax's H3 model. Feed it reference images, clips and a voice, and it gives you video with sound, up to about 12x faster than the original by their own numbers. It already works in ComfyUI. Everyone called it "open." Here's the thing: the license on the model doesn't cover the US, the UK, the EU or South Korea. If you're here, you have to ask MiniMax for permission first. Read the license before the benchmark.
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