AAF, AFE, OMFI?

File formats for exchange between platforms.

These formats facilitate migration of projects between different editing platforms. They are commonly used for bringing a project over from an offline NLE to an online NLE.

AAF, AFE and OMFI contain additional information EDLs are not capable of storing such as multiple video layers, titles and effects.

AAF – Advanced Authoring Format

AFE – Avid File Exchange

OMFI – Open Media Framework Interchange Format