Avid Attic Files

The attic in avid media composer is used to store backup files of each bin in a project.

Avid attic files. Check out our library of video tutorials designed to help you get the most out of our products. The bin folder will display the backup bin files and their creation dates. You should only need to access the attic in avid media composer under two circumstances. This makes a copy of the files leaving the original files in the avid attic folder.

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If the current bin file that you are working with becomes corrupted you will need to retrieve a fresh file from the attic. You can use avid storageas a parking location for the original media coming from the cameras. Select view as list if the avid attic folder is not already in list view. It may have something to do with the fact that avid s bin files avb are the meat and potatoes.

Shift click the files you want to restore and option drag the selected backup files to the desktop. Avid empowers media creators with innovative technology and collaborative tools to entertain inform educate and enlighten the world. So it doesn t really care if the project crashed or is corrupted because you can always open the bins in any project and pick up where you left off. What if your project data goes missing you ll be glad to know that if any of your project files whether it be master clips sequences or entire bins becomes corrupted or if you accidentally delete something crucial you don t have to panic.

A bin gets corrupted a sequence won t play or you ve made a mistake so long ago control z won t help. The highest numbered attic bin file is the newest but always one save behind the acual project bin any versions of the bin in that attic folder more than the max versions value will be deleted working backwards from the highest number so the lowest numbered one will be deleted if the number of files in the attic now excceds the max files in project value then the oldest files will be deleted until that value is reached. Btw the attic saves copies of the bin files not the projects.