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# Preparing Sequences Cut in Avid for AAF Import

Prepare sequences in your Avid application before exporting them as AAF files. If you are working from tapes, digitize to Avid in a manner that will allow the online editor to easily recapture media in Smoke. You should also be able to edit in Avid using file-based media.

TipYou can use both tape-based and file-based media in the same Avid project, and the media can be recaptured and relinked later in Smoke.

You can load AAF files using the Interchange commands and either capture the source material from tape or relink the media to files.

#### Topics in this section

- Logging and Capturing from Tape in Avid
- Exporting Sequences from Avid