Workflow #2: Importing Edit Decision Lists
 
 
 

Importing an Edit Decision List (EDL) allows you to work with a timeline that contains shots and soft transitions (such as dissolves). In this case, files are first imported into Smoke from the Stone FS and assembled into a timeline. Lustre gains access to the timeline as an EDL by way of Wiretap. This is a useful workflow for shot-to-shot grading.

NoteAn EDL clip is a modified CMX 3600 EDL with DLEDL flags. The EDL includes information for all the segments in a clip, including the head and tail information for dissolve and splice events. When you load an EDL clip, it auto-assembles, allowing you to bypass the conform step.

In Lustre, you create local proxies and grade them in EDL context. Lustre then renders the final clip to local storage using the One Sequence option in the Render Local menu. See Specifying the Destination for Local Render Files.