DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 15: Importing and Exporting Session Data 297
Import – Overlay New On Existing Playlists
Im-
ports the main playlist from the source track.
When you import the playlist into an existing
track, any existing playlist data that overlaps
data imported from the source track is trimmed
and replaced with the imported data. Any play-
list data in the destination track that does not
overlap remains in the destination track.
Do Not Import
Does not import the main playlist
from the source track. No audio is imported;
only the attributes selected in the
Track Data to
Import
list are imported to the selected tracks.
When selected, importing all of the source
track’s input, output, send, insert and plug-in at-
tributes is equivalent to importing a channel
strip.
Importing Sessions and Tracks by
Drag and Drop
Session files can be dragged into the current
session to import (and spot) audio, video, MIDI,
region group, REX and ACID files, tracks, and
session data.
• Dragging a session to the Region List imports
all the regions from that session (without im-
porting tracks).
• Dragging a session to a track in Pro Tools LE
lets you import tracks.
• Dragging a session to a track playlist in
Pro Tools HD, or Pro Tools LE with Complete
Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2, opens the
Import Session Data dialog, letting you select
tracks and attributes to import. The imported
session data will begin wherever you drop the
session in the Timeline.
To import tracks and other session data by drag
and drop:
1
Open a browser.
2
Drag a Pro Tools session file, or an AAF or OMF
sequence (requires DigiTranslator 2.0), into the
current session, as follows:
• Drag onto an existing track to overlay or
overwrite data on the target tracks. Hold
the Shift key while dragging if you intend
to replace the current track playlists with
those being imported (the Shift key pre-
configures the settings in the Import Ses-
sion Data dialog).
• Drag to empty space in the Edit window to
create new tracks for the imported session
data.
• Configure the Import Session Data options
(see “Import Session Data Dialog” on
page 291).
Copying During Import
If no conversion is necessary, and the files reside
on a suitable Performance volume, Pro Tools ref-
erences the original version of the media. You
can also choose to copy media while importing
by using key commands, or enabling the
Auto-
matically Copy Files on Import
preference. Copies
are created in the session’s Audio Files Folder.
To manually copy files on import:
„
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac) the
files. A copy is created in the session Audio Files
folder.
When importing sessions or tracks, the Import
Session Data dialog lets you specify whether to
reference the source media, or copy it.