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Importing video

Importing video - Pro Tools Tutorial

From the course: Pro Tools 2021 Essential Training: 101 - The Basics

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Importing video

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To work with video and Pro Tools, you'll first need to enable the Avid video engine which you can do under the setup menu by going to the playback engine dialogue box here. by going to the playback engine dialogue box here. In this dialogue box you'll find a check box for enabling the video engine, so you'll need to select that to work with imported video files. If you import a video file without first enabling this option, Pro Tools will prompt you for permission to enable the video engine upon import. Now I should note, the video engine does consume considerable resources. Both in terms of RAM usage and system processing power and this puts unnecessary strain on your system when it's not being used. So for work that involves audio only, such as music projects, such as music projects, you'll want to disable the video engine here in the playback engine dialogue box. This is important because once it has been enabled for…

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