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Tape
: This option transfers your project to tape.

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LESSON 20 Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences
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EDL
: Use this to create an edit decision list (EDL) to take your project to a 
production studio for further editing.
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OMF
: This option exports active audio tracks from an Adobe Premiere 
Pro sequence to an Open Media Format (OMF) file that programs such as 
DigiDesign Pro Tools can import if the DigiTranslator feature is licensed.
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AAF
: This option exports to an Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) file 
that allows you to exchange digital media and metadata between platforms, 
systems, and applications, such as the Avid Media Composer.
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Final Cut Pro XML
: This option exports an XML file that you can import 
into Apple Final Cut Pro for further editing.
Recording to tape
If you captured your original video from DV or HDV tape, you may want to write 
the finished project back to tape for safekeeping. If so, follow the steps listed here.
You can use an analog tape recorder without video control, but doing so takes some 
extra effort. That will be explained later in this lesson.
1
Connect your DV or HDV camcorder to your computer, just as you did when 
you captured the video.
2
Turn it on, and set it to VCR or VTR (not to Camera, as you might expect).
3
Cue the tape to where you want to start recording.
Bars and tone or black video
If you’re going to have a postproduction studio duplicate your tapes, add 30 sec-
onds of bars and tone to the beginning so the studio can set up its gear. Otherwise, 
give your project a little breathing room on your DV tape by adding black video 
to its beginning. To do either one, click the New Item button at the bottom of the 
Project panel, and select Bars and Tone or Black Video. The default duration is five 
seconds. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the clip in the Project 
panel, choose Speed/Duration, and change the time to suit your needs. Then 
drag that clip from the Project panel to the start of your project by holding down 
Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to insert it and by sliding all other clips to 
the right.