Importing Media or Files

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Along with recording media from a tape source, Avid Xpress Pro can also import numerous types of files. Importing can be as easy as dragging and dropping a file into a bin. When you drag and drop a file into a bin, certain settings related to how it sees the files are applied. These settings have a direct impact on how the imported file will look. The following is a list of the most common files used for importing. To view all the files Avid Xpress Pro can import, visit Avid's website; the list changes over the years .

Alias A file format owned by Silicon Graphics. Used in animations.
Chryon This file format was created by the Chryon Corporation. A standard file used throughout the film industry.
JPEG Created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group, this file format compresses files to very small sizes.
OMFI This is file format developed by Avid for interchanging media. It can only be used for importing only.
Photoshop This file was developed by Adobe for its software Photoshop. The advantage of this file is that Avid can import its layers .
PICT This is the standard file used and developed by Apple Computer.
PNG This file stands for Portable Network Graphics.
TARGA Developed by Truevision, Inc.
TIFF This stands for Tag Image File Format. TIFFs don't experience any generation loss when opened again and again.

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