Avid Unity Attic Settings

In this lesson kevin p mcauliffe talks about working with the avid attic.

Avid unity attic settings. I dont understand what the maximum files in a projects attic refers to. Zip the unity attic yyyy mm dd folder to save space. My settings are set to. When you place your bins and projects on avid unity workspaces drive.

Number of files that your avid editing applica tion stores in the unity attic folder using the bin settings dialog box. A bin gets corrupted a sequence won t play or you ve made a mistake so long ago control z won t help. The avid media composer attic explained. I dont get how it works.

Maximum versions of a file in the attic 5. Rename the unity attic folder by adding a date suffix. But everytime i see a tutorial on the avid attic i cringe. Such finder level dances shouldn t even be required.

You can now delete the unity attic yyyy mm dd folder and keep the zip file on the jellyfish share or move it to a different destination if you prefer. It s time to explore the. It s happened to all of us. In avid media composer the attic may not be what you think it is the attic in avid media composer is used to store backup files of each bin in a project.

Shared bin and project limitations. Maximum files in a projects attic 5. Avid empowers media creators with innovative technology and collaborative tools to entertain inform educate and enlighten the world. Avid attic reply contact.

Forums avid pro video storage forums avid unity workgroups local storage avid unity attic latest post tue jul 13 2010 10 34 pm by larry rubin. And sometimes the lack of such basic program level scripting makes me cringe. The second option seems to work fine as there are only ever five copies of a bin svaed. Even me with little knowledge of programming can program a little automator script to hide and reveal avid mediafiles for ama reconnection.

You should only need to access the attic in avid media composer under two circumstances.