You can import one or more image or video files in the background while you perform other tasks. When soft-importing one or more image or video files, you can generate the proxies in the background.
To perform any of these tasks on several files at once, you can select them and then process them as a batch. You can assign different clip options to each file that you add to the queue. You can also import and export files simultaneously. Background tasks continue to completion even after you exit the application.
rather than to the desktop. The Destination library needs to be unlocked (you must not be currently browsing in it) for the operation to complete. If this library is locked, the new clip cannot be written to it. In this case, it gets placed temporarily in a generated library until the Destination library becomes available.
When importing files as a background process, you import them to a Destination clip libraryTo import in the background:
This action will add the job to the Background Import/Export Queue.
Select: | To: |
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Add to Queue | Add the job to the queue. |
Add to Queue & Execute | Add the job to the queue and execute it automatically. If there are any jobs in progress, this job (and any others already added to the queue with the Add to Queue & Execute option) will be triggered upon the completion of its predecessor. |
The progress of the import or export job is indicated in the queue.
Status: | Indicates: |
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Pending | Job has been added to the queue but not executed. |
Queued | Job has been initialised. |
Running | Job is being performed. |
Done | Job has been executed. |
To generate proxies in the background:
The Proxy Generation button becomes active.
The soft-import process occurs in the foreground, while the proxy generation process occurs in the background.