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# About Capturing and Importing Media Using EDL Files

Use an EDL to reconstruct a work session created in an offline editing system or to import image sequences from a standard filesystem.

Typically, when recreating a project from an EDL (referred to as conforming to an EDL), you import the file, capture the material or import the referenced files, and then assemble the captured or imported material into a clip on a destination library reel.

Using DLEDLs in your post-production workflow allows you to automate the import of media files (video and audio) residing in different locations. Instead of performing media import for each file separately, you can create a DLEDL and import all media files in a single operation, which allows you to significantly save processing time. See Creating and Editing DLEDLs.

Both FCP XML and AAF file formats are more modern EDL formats that support multiple layers of video and audio, as well as an expanded set of transitions and effects.

You can use the telecine log to capture from tapes created during telecine sessions, and read the 2:3 pulldown removal information and keycode data contained in the files.