Avid Link User's Guide

Working with Avid Link

Avid? Link User's Guide

Working with Avid Link

The following topics describe the Avid Link application. ? Getting Started ? Activating and Deactivating Your Products ? Collaborating with Avid Link ? The Avid Marketplace

Getting Started

Avid Link is a free application that makes it easy to find, connect, message, and collaborate with audio and video creators. You can promote your work and skills to a network of media professionals. Avid Link also allows you to manage and keep your software up to date and to purchase additional tools. You can install Avid Link as a standalone application, or automatically get Avid Link as part of the installation process for Media Composer, Pro Tools, or Sibelius.

Installing Avid Link

You can install Avid Link without installing an Avid software application.

To install standalone Avid Link, do the following:

1. Go to the Avid Link product page to get started: . 2. Click the sign up for Avid Link button. 3. Scroll down to the Installers section. There are two installation files for Avid Link- for Mac OS

X and Windows. 4. Click the applicable download for your system. 5. Locate the downloaded file and unzip the installation package. 6. Run the Setup.exe file (Windows) or .pkg file (Mac) 7. Follow the instructions of the installation Wizard to finish installation.

After installation Avid Link will run automatically.

You can also get your copy of Avid Link when installing an Avid software application. For example, when you install Media Composer, Pro Tools, or Sibelius, Avid Link will automatically be installed. If you have an earlier version of Avid Link installed, it will be overwritten with the current one during installation of the Avid software application.

n Avid Link will uninstall Application Manager if it is on your system.

The installation process adds a taskbar icon (Windows) or Dock icon (Mac OS X), and a pointer to your Avid editing application in the Start menu (Windows).

The Avid Link tray icon is always available. So even if you close Avid Link with the X Close button, it is minimized to the tray, and can be open again by clicking the tray icon.

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Opening Avid Link You can open Avid Link from the taskbar icon (Windows) or Dock icon (Mac OS X), or from the Start menu (Windows).

To open Avid Link:

1. Do one of the following: t Click the Avid Link icon in the taskbar or Dock. t Choose Start > All Programs > Avid and select Avid Link.

The Avid Link application opens.

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Setting Up Your Profile In order to connect with other professionals, first set up your profile.

To set up your profile:

1. Click the Profile button in the Avid Link application. The Profile Window opens.

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2. Click the Settings icon (orange gear) and select Edit About Me. 3. The Edit Profile window opens.

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4. Use this page to enter your profile information. Scroll to continue entering your talent information.

5. Ensure Make My Profile Public is checked. This will allow you to collaborate with other artists and video and audio professionals.

6. Click Save near the top of your profile. 7. Click the Settings icon (orange gear) and select Edit Cover Photo.

8. Click the Edit Cover Photo link and locate the image you want to upload to your profile. 9. Click Open.

The image selected will be used as your Profile photo.

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Setting Up Your Preferences Use the preferences window to set certain user and administrator functions.

To setup your preferences:

1. Right click the Avid Link icon in your taskbar or Dock.

2. Select Preferences.

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3. Select the desired preferences using the following table as a guide.

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Option

Description

Admin Options Allows you to set specific Avid Link administrator options:

Admin Functions: Administrators can use this option to limit the features of Avid Link. You must be logged in as an administrator in order to set admin functions.

Hide Avid Link after Launch: Select if you want Avid Link to launch in the background. If you select this, you need to click the icon in the tray or dock to bring the Avid Link application to the forefront.

Anonymous Data Collection: Select this option to allow Avid Link to collect system and usage data. Analysis of the collected data will be used for improvement of Avid products and services. If multiple users work with Avid Link on the same machine, each of them can decide if they want to permit collecting data. The decision of each user on allowing collecting data is registered in the registry locations (for Mac OS X user - in the user home location) specific for each user.

Restart App Man Helper: Restarts the background process to troubleshoot connection issues.

Clear Cache Files: Clears the application Cache files and restarts AppManHelper to help troubleshoot connection and initializing issues.

Install Options Allows you to set specific installation options.

n You will be required to enter an administrator password to set install options.

Install Apps Silently: Allows you to silently install applications in the background.

Update Apps Automatically: Allows you to automatically update any installed applications that have an update available.

Download all Audio plug-ins now: Selecting this option downloads Pro Tools plug-ins that are not installed but are available for download.

Open Download folder: Opens your Avid downloads folder.

Notifications

Allows you to select when to receive notifications. Choose from the following:

Contact Status Change: Select if you want to be notified when the status of one of you contacts changes.

Updates for apps and plug-ins: Select if you want to be notified when there are updates for your installed apps and plug-ins.

New messages: Select if you want to be notified that you have a new message.

New invitations: Select if you want to be notified of a new invitation.

License Server If you are using a floating license server to license your Avid editing application, enter your

Options

license server address and backup address. Click Save. A green Saved appears as confirmation.

Help

Click View Activity History to display a window with all the activities performed since you

started a working session with Avid Link.

Click Copy License Info to open a notepad window with all your Product information including, Device ID, System ID, License status, activation status, etc.

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