Adobe 65021048 User Guide - Page 74

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3 68 User Guide To manage capture errors when the Capture Settings Error dialog box appears, do one of the following: • To fix the capture settings for any clips in the list, select one or more files in the list and click Edit Settings. • To omit the clips with invalid capture settings and proceed with the rest of the batch capture, click Skip. Clips you skip are removed from the list and are not captured. • To stop batch capturing, click Cancel. No clips are captured. Import and export batch lists You can import batch lists in a variety of file formats: tab-delimited text (TXT), comma-separated value (CSV), TAB, and PBL. When imported, each entry in the text batch list appears as an offline file in the Project panel. You can also export offline files as a CSV batch list so that you can transfer a logged clip list between projects and workstations. To see the format of a batch list, export it and open the file in a text editor such as Notepad or in a spreadsheet application. A batch list text file may come from sources such as Adobe Premiere 6.5, logging utilities such as Pipeline Autolog, or custom video-production software that uses a database or spreadsheet program to generate a batch list. When you import a batch list, the order of fields in the list must be as follows: tape name, In point, Out point, clip name, and comment. When you export offline files as a batch list, Adobe Premiere Pro orders the fields as follows: tape name, In point, Out point, clip name, log note, description, scene, and shot/take. Exported field data is exported from the corresponding columns in the List view of the Project panel. • To import a batch-list timecode log, open a project and choose Project > Import Batch List. Locate and select the file, and click Open. • To export a batch-list timecode log, select the files that you want to log. Then choose Project > Export Batch List. Specify a file name and location, and click Save. Work with offline files An offline file is a placeholder for a source file that isn't currently available on disk. Offline files contain information about the missing source files they represent, and they give you flexibility when actual files are not available. If an offline file appears in the Timeline panel, "Media Offline" appears in the Program Monitor and in the track. When you use the Capture panel to log clips from a tape, Adobe Premiere Pro automatically creates offline files containing the exact information required to capture the clips later. You can also create offline files manually. Use offline files in situations such as the following: • Clips are logged but not yet captured. Because offline files behave like captured clips, you can organize the logged offline files in the Project panel and even lay out sequences with them in the Timeline panel before the offline clips are actually captured. When the offline files are captured (or located, if they were captured but missing), they replace the corresponding offline files. • You want to capture logged clips using device control or batch capturing. In Adobe Premiere Pro, a batch-capture list is a set of offline clips; selecting specific offline clips sets them up for batch capturing. • You want to recapture clips used in the project. This requires making the online clips offline by using the Unlink Media command. • A source file is unavailable when you open a project, so that Adobe Premiere Pro can't locate it automatically and you can't locate it manually. Adobe Premiere Pro provides Offline and Offline All buttons in this case. Note: Online and offline clips in Adobe Premiere Pro are not related to the concepts of online and offline editing. April 1, 2008