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Chapter 7

Overview of the Media Manager

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To open the Media Manager:

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Select items in the Browser or in a sequence, and then do one of the following:

 Choose File > Media Manager.
 Control-click a clip or sequence in the Browser or Timeline, then choose Media

Manager from the shortcut menu that appears.

Summary Area

The Summary area at the top describes what operation is about to be performed and
shows how much hard disk space the resulting media requires.

The Media Destination

area displays the location

on disk where new

media files will be

written.

The Summary area

provides a text and

graphical overview

of the selected options

and how they affect your

project and media files.

Click here to choose
a location to store
selected items.

The Media area is where

you choose what you

want to do to the items

that you’ve selected.

The Project area
determines whether or
not a duplicate project
will be created.

Green segments
represent media files;
blue segments represent
render files.

Move the pointer over
a bar to view the disk
space for the specified
items.