Opening and Editing an Existing Sequence in the Sequence Pane

MediaCentral UX lets you open and edit sequences that you created in MediaCentral UX, Avid Media Composer, Interplay Assist, Avid Instinct, and Interplay MAM Desktop.

You are limited in the types of sequences you can play and edit. Following are some rules for editing and playback:

• If the sequence contains only cuts (for example, a shotlist), it opens in the Media pane for playback and you can edit it in the Sequence pane. You can select the camera angle and audio mapping for group clips in a cuts-only sequence. For more information, see Working with Group Clips.

• If the sequence contains effects that the playback service supports (such as video and audio dissolves) but was created in an application other than MediaCentral UX, it opens in the Media pane for playback. The sequence also opens in the Sequence pane, but you cannot edit it. The video track is colored dark red to indicate that it is uneditable.

• If the sequence contains unrendered effects the player does not support, the player displays an error message. The sequence opens in the Sequence pane as uneditable.

• If all effects are rendered, the sequence opens in the Media pane for playback. The sequence opens in the Sequence pane as uneditable.

• You cannot create subclips from an uneditable sequence.

• You can add markers to an uneditable sequence, edit marker text, and save the markers with the sequence, with the proper permissions. See Understanding Markers and Restrictions.

• If you open a sequence from an Interplay Production database but you do not have a read/write role for the folder that holds the sequence, the sequence opens as read-only. You can play the sequence but you cannot edit or save it.

• If you open a sequence from an Interplay MAM database for which you do not have write permission or that represents an external sequence, the sequence opens as read-only. You can play the sequence but you cannot edit or save it.

• Interplay MAM sequences that are edited in Interplay MAM Desktop might contain comments for individual segments. These comments are also displayed in the Sequence pane timeline.

• For more information about playback of sequences, see Playback of Simple and Complex Sequences.

Double-click a sequence in the Assets pane, the Search pane, the Quick Search pane, or the Tasks pane.

The sequence is loaded into the Media pane and into the timeline in the Sequence pane. The Sequence pane automatically loads the sequence as basic or advanced.