After you recapture media for an unlinked clip, you must link it to that clip to associate it with the clip metadata. You can relink recaptured image file imports, audio file imports and VTR-captured clips. Module-processed clips are tagged as un-reloadable, and cannot be recaptured or relinked.

You can link the captured media directly from the Recapture menu after recapturing it, or from the clip library using the Relink tool. In most instances, it is more convenient to relink directly after recapture from the Recapture menu. When you relink the media to the clip from the Recapture menu, an assembled clip is placed in the specified reel. This clip is given the same name as the original unlinked clip. The original unlinked media clip is kept in its original location. This clip can be used again for recapturing.

Use the Relink tool in the clip library to relink media to an unlinked clip when it is not convenient to do so from the Recapture menu. When relinking from the clip library, the media and metadata you are relinking can be located in the same reel, the same library or in a Gateway library.

To relink in the clip library:

1. Select the unlinked clip.
2. Click Tools to display the Tools menu, then click Unlink/Relink.

   The Relink options opens.

3. Select where to search for the media.

   
   

   Select:	To:
   From Reel	Relink to media contained within the reel that contains the clip to relink.
   From Library	Relink to media contained within the library that contains the clip to relink.
   Form Gateway	Relink to media located in a Gateway library. See To relink a clip to files located in a Gateway library:.

4. Optional: Enable or disable the Relink options, as required.

   Enable:	To:
   Use Clip Name	Use the file name sepcified in the sequence as a match criteria.
   Use Source Tape	Use the tape/source name specified in the sequence as a match criteria.
   Use Resolution	Use the resolution specified in the sequence as a match criteria. If this option is disabled, Backdraft Conform soft-resizes the media to the resolution specified in the imported sequence, if required.
   Use MUID	Use the starting SMPTE MUID in the timeline as a match criteria. This is only used with MXF files and is ignored in any other case.

5. Optional: Enable or disable Store Local Copy. See Gateway Library Global Import Options.
6. Click Relink.

   All the clips that are associated with the original clip are relinked to it.

To relink a clip to files located in a Gateway library:

1. Open the Clip Library menu.

   In the EditDesk menu, click the Clip Library box.

2. Set the Library Mode box to Dual View.

   The Library View Mode button is located in the top-left of the Clip Library menu.

   
   

3. Using the Network menu, connect to a Gateway library.

   Open the Network menu, and use the Gateway to select the directories which contain the sequence to import. See Accessing Gateway Libraries.

4. In one view, open the Gateway library which contains the sources to relink. Use the Clip Library box.
5. In the other view, open the local clip library which contains the clip to relink. Use the Clip Library box.
6. Open the Unlink/Relink menu from the Tools menu.
7. Select From Gateway from the Relink Options Source box.

   
   

8. Optional: Enable the Relink options as required.

   Enable:	To:
   Use Clip Name	Use the file name sepcified in the sequence as a match criteria.
   Use Source Tape	Use the tape/source name specified in the sequence as a match criteria.
   Use Resolution	Use the resolution specified in the sequence as a match criteria. If this option is disabled, Backdraft Conform soft-resizes the media to the resolution specified in the imported sequence, if required.
   Use MUID	Use the starting SMPTE MUID in the timeline as a match criteria. This is only used with MXF files and is ignored in any other case.

9. Optional: Enable or disable Store Local Copy. See Gateway Library Global Import Options.
10. In the Gateway library view, navigate to the directory which contains the sources you want to relink. Make sure sources to relink are visible in the Gateway library. The Relink tool tries to relink only to displayed media files.
11. Optional: If the sources are located in sub-directories, click Scan Sub-Directories. This flattens the directory structure and makes all the sources visible to the relink tool.

    
    

12. From the clip library, select the clip to relink.
13. Click Relink.

    The application scans all the visible media and asks you to confirm the relink operation.