Classroom in a book

1
Create your shot list as you would normally, and bring the computer with the 
Adobe OnLocation project to the shoot.
2
While capturing each shot with your camcorder, click the shot placeholder, and 
then click “Create timestamped placeholder” or press Ctrl+T (Windows) or 
Command+T (Mac OS). This adds a timestamp to the placeholder.
3
Either at the shoot or while importing the 
clips (preferably at the shoot), synchronize 
the time and date of your computer to that 
of your camera by choosing Edit > Camera 
Date Time in Adobe OnLocation and entering 
the camera’s date and time into OnLocation. 
This synchronizes the computer and camera 
so that when you create your timestamped 
placeholders in Adobe OnLocation, the times 
and dates should match the clips shot by the camera.
4
Copy the clips from the camera to your computer as normal.
5
In the Media Browser, navigate to the content, and choose the correct format in 
the “View as” drop-down list.

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6
If you’ve previously imported clips from this folder, select the Hide Media 
in Project check box to avoid importing the same clips twice.
7
Click to select the content files to import, and then click the “Import and 
auto-match to existing items” icon.
8
If you didn’t synchronize your camera and computer at the shoot, click the 
Change Time button and synchronize the camera and computer. Otherwise, 
click OK.
Adobe OnLocation will compare all the selected clips against all timestamped 
placeholders in the project. Before synchronizing the matching pairs, Adobe 
OnLocation will display a dialog summarizing the results. Adobe OnLocation 
will replace the placeholder icon with a thumbnail icon for all matched 
placeholders, and you can double-click the icon to load and play it in Adobe 
OnLocation.
9
If matching errors occur, either follow the suggestions in the error message 
that Adobe OnLocation displays, or watch this video for help in diagnosing 
and fixing any problems: 
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-story/matching-
metadata-to-shots-in-onlocation/
.
10
If all else fails (or if you didn’t timestamp any placeholders at the shoot), you can 
link the shots to the clips manually by dragging and dropping the clips onto the 
shot placeholders.

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