Working with OMFs

OMF or OMFI, to be exact, stands for Open Media Framework Interchange.…This is a protocol designed to trade digital media between different platforms.…In order to use OMF with Pro Tools, you need to first purchase and…install DIGITranslator 2.…Once installed, importing OMF from another sequencer or from the picture…department is straight ahead.…Before you import any audio tracks, it's a good idea to select the track where…you want them to appear.…

So I have selected Dialog. That means the imported tracks will come in from…below the dialog track.…Let's go to the Import Session Data window and select an OMF file.…You'll notice that three audio tracks are highlighted and ready to be imported onto new tracks.…This is an OMF from the editors, which has Stereo Dialog, and some voice…over that's separate.…It's very handy to have the Picture Editor's Tracks to refer to, especially if…there is a lot of music references.…

I just finished a Rob Reiner film that has tons of songs.…Rob and the editor had spent weeks getting the mix and the placement of those…