DigiDesign Pro Tools User Manual

Chapter 36: Working with Video in Pro Tools 819
Chapter 36: Working with Video in
Pro Tools
This chapter covers video features in Pro Tools.
Differences between QuickTime and Avid video
support are noted throughout.
Introduction
Pro Tools lets you do the following with video:
• Create video tracks and import video to the
Timeline
• Lock video tracks
• Import video into Pro Tools using menu
commands or drag and drop
• Extract audio from QuickTime movies
• Scrub audio in tandem with video
• View video in the Video window or output
it through FireWire to an external monitor
• Bounce the video track to a QuickTime
movie
Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit 2 and
Pro Tools HD let you do the following with
video:
• Import multiple video files into the Time-
line
• Create multiple video tracks with Quick-
Time movies and Avid video in the Time-
line
• Select from multiple video playlists on each
video track
• Mix multiple codecs in video tracks
• Organize, group, and edit video regions in
the Timeline much like audio regions
• Organize, group, and edit video regions
with audio regions
• Manage video regions
• Undo multiple video operations
For detailed information on features that
apply specifically to working with Avid
video in Pro Tools, see the Avid Video Pe-
ripherals Guide.

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Brand	DigiDesign
Model	Pro Tools
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Language	English