Smoke supports only AAF files from Avid Media Composer, up to version 8.3.
Note: To simplify the conform process, create the AAF project on the workstation running Smoke. And when exporting the AAF, save the AAF to the root of the media used in that timeline: the media should either be with the AAF, or within a folder alongside the AAF.
To import a sequence using the MediaHub:
- Click the MediaHub tab.
- Review the AAF & XML Import Options. Pay attention to the following options:
- Preferred Media: If offline intermediates were used during the offline editing, decide now whether you wish to relink to the original media or to those offline intermediates.
- Search and Import Files: Enable if you want to import the linked media.
- Use Filename: For the best results, enable only this option. Disable Use Timecode, Use Tape, Use UMID, Use Resolution, and Use Frame rate.
- Using the file browser, navigate to the AAF sequence to import.
- Drag the file from the browser to the Media Library.
Smoke converts the AAF to its timeline format, and imports the linked media using the Search Options as match criteria. The media itself is imported using the option file format options defined in the Format Specific Options tab.
About Intermediates Formats
Transcoded intermediates from Avid Media Composer supported in Smoke:
- AVC-Intra 50
- AVC-Intra 100
- DNxHD
- XDCam EX
- XDCam HD
Transcoded intermediates from Avid Media Composer not supported in Smoke:
- -J2K MXF
- 1:1 MXF
- 1:1p 10b MXF
- Apple ProRes in MXF
- Avid DNxHR (also known as DNxRI)
When conforming unsupported intermediates, use the option from the Media Import window to link to the original media files. Or from Media Composer, transcode the sources to a supported format.
Sequences made using a unsupported frame rate, such as 48 fps, cannot be conformed in Flame.
Note: In MXF Op-Atom files generated by Avid Media Composer, audio tracks appear in the MediaHub as a single audio channel file (A1). But once imported, the tracks display the original channels.