If after having imported an AAF some segments are still not linked to their media, use the Conform tab to relink both segments and media.
- Display the AAF to conform in the Conform tab. Do one of the following:
- If you imported the AAF using the MediaHub: switch to the Conform tab, right-click the AAF and select Open as a Sequence.
- If you have not already imported the AAF: switch to the Conform tab, right-click the Event list and select Load New FCP XML/AAF/EDL.
From the window that appears, locate and select the AAF to conform, and then click Load.
- Add potential sources to the Conform Media folder.
You now have two lists: the Events list, displaying all the events making up the sequence, and the Conform Media list, displaying the potential sources you selected.
Note: By default, the Conform Media list displays only the sources matching the currently selected event. Disable to view all the possible sources. - With selected, click a event from the event list. The sources matching that event are displayed in the Potential Matches list. Note: You can also select a segment directly in the timeline. Both the timeline and the event list update to reflect the current selection.
- What you do next depends on the Status column of each event.
Match - Select Link Matched Sources from the Linking combo box. Link Matched Sources links all events with the Match status to their unique sources. Match indicates that Smoke found only one source from the Sources list that fit the selected Match Criteria.
Multiple Matches - Do one of the following:
- Select the event, the source to relink, and then select Link Selected from the Linking combo box.
- Select the event from the event list, right-click the source to relink, and then select Link.
No Match Found - Either add more sources to the Media folder or modify the criteria selected in the Match Criteria drop-down box. Not Found indicates that either the criteria are too restrictive for Smoke to find a match, or that the source is simply not there.
Unlinked - Add sources to the Media folder. Unlinked indicates that the event is not linked to any source. It appears only when no sources are available in the Media folder, and the Conform section of the Media panel displays 0 clip total.
Linked - Nothing to do: the event is already linked to source. Linked events appear in the Events list only if is not enabled.
- Once there all the events are linked to sources, you are done with the conform. You can leave the Conform tab.
Smoke does not automatically cache the relinked source media. To cache the source media: right-click the target and select . You can target a segment on the timeline to cache only that segment, or the sequence itself to cache every segment in the sequence.
You can conform AAF referencing Canon C-Series spanned MXF (MPEG-2) clips by using both the Original Sources media options and the Filename as a Match Criteria. Because AAF files use the name of the first file of the clip as file name, automatic linking of media does not work when importing AAF files.
To link your sequence to the original camera spanned clips:
- Import the AAF file and set to Original Sources.
If Conform is able to find the media files, events referring to spanned clip will not be matched.
- Press Set Search Location.
- Navigate to the location of the media files and press the Set button.
- Conform matches the clips. You can now relink your sequence.
RGBA media files and AAF sequences:
- Based on the MediaHub Clip Options for RGBA media files, a conformed sequence shows either a regular segment (if the option is set to Ignore Alpha Channel) or a Matte Container (if the option is set to Create Matte Container).
- Use already imported source clips: the status of the clip (regular or matte container) is then used. This applies to any segment in an AAF, including segments with Matte Key effects.