EdiLoad v6

Import an AAF, FCP7 XML, or any text-based EDL file. All edit lists can be appended by time, while EDL files can also be appended to add additional tracks. When a separate video EDL has been supplied for each vision layer, these can be flattened while importing them into the main window.

Use EdiLoad’s powerful cleaning controls to remove duplicate events, combine events split over several tracks, and ripple events to generate a list with the least number of events and tracks.

EdiLoad reads 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 29.97DF, 30, 30DF, 47.952, 48, 50, 59.94, 59.94DF, 60, 60DF FPS timecodes.

For a demonstration on how EdiLoad can import and modify edit lists, see this video.

The EdiLoad compare window finds the difference between two picture version edit lists, creating a change list that describes which sections of the old version have been retained and where they have been moved to. The compare algorithm used in EdiLoad is also used to power the Pyramix v6+ ‘Detect Picture Change & Reconform’ function.

Multiple AAF, FCP7 XML, or EDL files can be loaded at once and grouped by version or date for easy selection. During load, EdiLoad utilises its powerful VFX cleaning controls so that updated VFX shots are matched between picture versions. It also assigns a Roll Name to each list during load which is shown in the generated change list to identify which Pro Tools session an event relates to.

Several old version lists or groups of lists can be selected for compare, allowing EdiLoad to automatically fill holes in a trace with a previous picture version list.

All edit lists and settings for a project can be saved in a single EdiLoad project file.

EdiLoad can import audio clip edit data from one or more audio tracks of a Pro Tools session. Initially this was written for clients that wanted to edit their own version of an old guide track and apply these edits to mix automation via an EDL. This feature can also be used to customise re-conforms by manually changing a guide track re-conform, or it can be used to import the edit data of a session when music tracks from an AV shoot are edited in Pro Tools and the picture edit needs to follow.

A scene change track is similar to a picture cut track, however, with a scene change track each clip shows where a scene starts and ends. Clip groups are named with the scene number, and when available, the scene description too.

As well as helping to identify locations in a project, a scene change track can streamline the process of editing atmospheres, simplify selecting a range while applying mix automation for the duration of a scene, or automatically assign scene numbers and descriptions to ADR cues when using EdiCue.

EdiLoad can export a scene change track as a Pro Tools session file or it can create a marker track containing cycle markers directly in Nuendo. EdiLoad v6 also provides the option to export markers in PTX files at each change point.

The EdiLoad WAV File List window can be used to import location WAV files to inspect the metadata of each file and copy or split to mono all files to create a new set of WAV files. The new WAVs can be renamed, and stored within a new folder structure or copy of the source folder structure. The metadata can also be regenerated to make sure the data stored in the new iXML and Bext chunks match.

The window can also be used to load ADR recordings and export a Pro Tools PTX session file or an AAF containing all WAV files spotted to its timestamp. This is handy for ADR editors who have been given either a folder of WAV files or a Pro Tools session where all takes are stored on different playlists, as it creates a timeline with all recordings placed on separate tracks spotted to their timestamp.