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# Capturing and Assembling Multiple EDLs into Acts

You can assemble more than one EDL onto the same video layer to create acts. For instance, if you have a show that you have edited in three separate blocks (with three different EDLs), you can assemble these EDLs back into one clip. If the EDLs have overlapping timecode, you have to manually adjust the timecode; otherwise, when you assemble the EDLs, there will be missing material in the assembled clip.

To capture and assemble multiple EDLs into acts:

1. From the Import EDL menu, click Load.

   The EDL Load menu appears.

2. From the EDL Load menu, enable Same Library Reel.
3. Select the EDLs that you want to load, and then click Load.

   The selected EDLs are loaded into the Import EDL module.

4. Switch between the opened EDLs to make sure that there is no overlapping timecode between the EDLs.

   If there is, adjust the timecode manually. See Editing an EDL.

5. Enter a name for the clip in the Name field.
6. Click Capture.

   The Auto-capture menu appears.

7. Enable Multiple EDLs.
8. Click Auto Capture.

   All the material is captured.

9. Click Exit Auto Capture to return to the Import EDL module.
10. From the Assemble box, select M-Assemble.

    The Multi-Assemble menu appears.

11. Click the Track column for the first EDL, then Ctrl-click the Layer column for each of the other EDLs that you want to add to the same track.

    Refer to the Track and Layer column to make sure that all EDLs will be assembled on the same tracks/layers. For example, if you want to add three EDLs to track V1, all three EDLs should all be assigned to track V1 and layer L1.

    If you want to add other EDLs as acts on another video track, click the Track column for the first EDL in the set. Next, Ctrl-click the Layer column for the other EDLs you want to add to the same track.

12. Click Assemble Selected EDLs.

    The selected EDLs are assembled onto the specified library reel.