Video Editing with Avid: Media Composer, Symphony, Xpress

4	Working with Bins

The information about the clips in your bins can be displayed in several different ways, making it easy to quickly find the clips you need.

In Text view, you can make or modify your own views by clicking on column names and deleting them, or adding new columns (Bin menu/Headings – Figure 4.1). Save the bin view (click the box at the bottom of the bin) and the bin view can be used on any other bin in any project you edit (Figure 4.2). Early versions of Xpress lack this feature. When adding and removing columns in the headings window on NT systems prior to Media Composer v10, Symphony v3 or Xpress v4, hold down the Ctrl key as you click or all other columns are deselected.

Figure 4.1 Bin heading choices

Figure 4.2 Custom ...