Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 101)

Chapter 8: General Video Improvements 95
Destination Section
The Destination section of the Video Import
Options dialog lets you choose a general desti-
nation for imported video in Pro Tools.
Main Video Track Imports the video file directly
to the track that is currently online (known as
the main video track). If no track is currently on-
line, the video file will be imported to the last
existing video track that was online.
New Track Creates a new video track where the
video file will be imported.
Region List Imports the video file directly into
the Region List, where it will be available to drag
and drop into Pro Tools.
Location Pop-up Menu
The Location pop-up menu lets you choose pre-
cisely where Pro Tools places the imported
video in the Timeline.
Session Start Places the video file at the start of
the session.
Song Start Places the video file at the Song Start
position.
Selection Places the video file at the edit cursor
position or within the selection (if one was
made).
Spot Displays the Spot dialog, which lets you
spot video to precise locations based on any of
the Time Scales.
Original Time Stamp (Avid video only) Places
Avid video in the Timeline at a time code loca-
tion that corresponds to the timestamps from
the original source tape. With multiple video
files, this places all video files in the Timeline at
their respective original timestamps.
Additional Video Import Options
Gaps Between Regions When you import more
than one QuickTime movie or Avid video file
into a track, they will be shuffled together by de-
fault. This option lets you indicate the number
of seconds by which each video clip will be sep-
arated when imported into the video track.
Import Audio from File (QuickTime Movies Only)
When selected, the audio from the QuickTime
movie you are importing will be extracted and
placed into new mono or stereo audio tracks in
the Timeline. (Mono or stereo with a sampling
rate of 48 kHz or lower are supported.)
When
unselected, only the video portion of the Quick-
Time movie will be imported into Pro Tools.
Remove Existing Video Tracks When selected,
all existing video tracks will be deleted before
Pro Tools imports video into the session.
Remove Existing Video Regions When selected,
all existing video regions will be removed from
the Timeline and the Region List before
Pro Tools imports video into the session (but
left on disk). This option is useful if you want to
import a video file into the session with a video
frame rate that does not match the current
video engine rate.
Clear Main Video Track Playlist When selected,
all existing video regions in the currently-se-
lected playlist on the main video track will be re-
moved from the track before Pro Tools imports
video into the session. No other playlists, video
tracks, or video regions will be affected. (This
option is only enabled if the main video track is
selected as the Destination option.)
3 Click OK.
See “Setting the Video Engine Rate” on
page 92 for more information.