Export from FORscene

Export Button

With FORscene you can export rough cuts or shot selections to an off-line or on-line editing suite. To export your work from FORscene, drop your file on to the export icon. Once this appears as 'Published' in the export folder, double click on the file and it will appear in a separate window (make sure you have pop-ups enabled). In the window will be a list of different files available to download dependent on the use required.

To download a file onto your computer follow these instructions:

• Right click on the specific link
• Select 'save link/target as'
• Select a location and click save

FORscene is able to export in AAF, EDL, XML & ALE formats. These are explained below:

AAF - Advanced Authoring Format

FORscene now allows export of AAF files so that logging and off-line edits within FORscene can be auto-conformed with an on-line Avid system. This will support all cuts of video and audio along with all metadata attached to the files.

EDL - Edit decision list

FORscene generates the standard EDL format: CMX3600. This file can be used to import a sequence into an offline or online editing system. The EDL contains the sequence of clips exactly as they were saved in the timeline from FORscene. There is also a version that accounts for potential issues, e.g. edit points being too close to timecode breaks, and adjusts accordingly.

ALE - Avid Log Exchange

This is a digitising list for batch capturing into Avid. The ALE comprises a list of clips in timecode order and includes 30s handles. Exporting a file generates one ALE per tape that your exported work refers to.

XML - eXtensible Markup Language - Interchange Format

XML files are used for importing to Final Cut Pro. The XML provides a combination of both sequence and digitising list in the sense that an XML will export your clips in the order that they were present on the timeline within FORscene but will also give you a list of the clips that are being used if you wish to use that instead.

HTML - paper edit

FORscene provides a printable html file of the timeline, complete with logging information and timecodes. This can be accessed by left clicking on the html file (at the top) on the 'clips - FORscene export' page.

Warnings

If the edit contains anything that may cause a problem when digitising into another system, then a list of warnings will appear below the files. This lets you know what to change in your edit to make it work in the next system.