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Why Can't Avid (Yet) "Screen" Effects like EVERY Adobe Product (Premiere, AE, etc.)???

November 16, 2016, 1:52 pm
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This is kind of a whiny rant, I realize, but every year I stick with Avid, I grow increasingly-frustrated seeing what the other guys are doing while Avid never innovates... they're always way behind.  Even doing a 4K project, Premiere had that 2-3 years before we did.  Or DCP output, we still can't do that.  My MAIN issue, though, is layering simple effects... vs. keying.  When you buy effect layer libraries (like Video Co-Pilot and Action VFX) you get non-keyed footage... but it works in everything "but" Avid. 

Why can't Avid do a simple "screen" instead of a key...?  If they could, it would open up all of these footage libraries where you simply select "screen" and it keys out black and it's a super clean key over footage.  Instead, with Avid, we have to kick it out to After Effects, lay in the flares or whatnot, then reimport it.  I try to key it in Avid, making a false key for the black but it still leaves a black 'hazy' layer and edges to, say, fire (as the alpha).

Is Avid ever going to get this simple feature that Adobe's had, literally for 10+ years (was in Photoshop, then AE, and now Premiere Pro)...?  I'm not being sarcastic, I really want to know. 

C'mon Avid, I've been with you for 18 years now but throw us a bone once in a while.  Everyone's jumping ship to Premiere in Hollywood, yet, I'm trying to hang in there... my current network wants to make the switch and it's getting harder and harder to justify us sticking with Avid when it can't do so much of what Premiere can do.

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how to clean/clear the metadata cache and ghost project

November 16, 2016, 9:19 am
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I have a stranded media file appearing in the Media Tool; there is no longer any corresponding master for it, and it refers to a PNG file; strangely the 'Video' column reports a strange format ('Unsupported i(PAL)') and the Project column is empty (but this file appears when I set Media Tool Display to a 'ghost' project entry - a project that has been deleted some time ago, and essentially invisible to MDV or any other way to look at projects - and while this PNG file has been used at some point in the past, it was certainly never used in that 'ghost' project). If I remove the PNG file from its location in the file system, the stranded media file disappears, but comes back as soon as I put this PNG file back in its original location (and I need it there for some other reason).

1) How do I get rid of this stranded entry ? It must be an incorrect entry in the metadata cache ('AMA Metadata Folders' ?)

2) Even when the 'stranded media file' is gone (i.e. I move the corresponding PNG file elsewhere), the Media Tool Display lists a 'ghost' project: since the project no longer exists and no entry appears for it in the Media Tool, I assume there is a broken referential integrity somewhere: how do I fix that ?

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Hours of Work Gone in MC 6.5.5 ????

November 16, 2016, 10:22 pm
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Hi Editors:

                  I just spent six hours grabbing clips and dropping them into various bins in a brand new project I just created when suddenly I got some kind of error assurtion message and my MC crashed to desktop ! When I reopened my brand new project I was setting up, there were all of the bins I had created for the project with all of the clips GONE !!!! What the ? Now what ? Those clips are all sitting on my media hard drive, so how do I get those clips to show up once again in the bins I was sorting and dropping them into ? Please advise, as I do not desire to go through this entire process once again just because MC decided to crash !

 

Mark Job

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UHD Project import only LB

November 17, 2016, 1:25 pm
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I have been working with 3840x2160 with version 8 and I was able to pick between Standard and HQ but with 8.6.4 I can only import LB. Is they so or am I missing something?

I have image sized for current project and plenty of room for HQ

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Source Browser drive order

November 18, 2016, 8:01 am
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Hi all,

So it looks like other than alt-drag, one is forced to used Source Browser to link footage. Okay, life goes on, even though it's slow as heck.

But is there a way to at least make it sort drives in the order of the drive letter, and not alphabetically by whatever the drive happens to be named? No other program does this that I've seen and I'm constantly having to scan the list to find the proper drive. I mean, the C:/ drive is listed last cause it's named "Windows."

Searched for a solution but can't find one...

Thanks.

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Media Composer UNC path support regression (Windows)

November 18, 2016, 7:09 am
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Hello,

 

Since the "Source Browser" was introduced in 8.6 it's apparently no longer possible to link files using UNC path.

If I try to copy/past a UNC path in the Source Browser's address bar I get an "unsupported path" error message.

 

Is there another way? (mounting the UNC path using a letter is not a desirable option as it breaks the Uniform part of UNC...)

 

(I'm using MC 8.6.4.44230 under Windows 7)

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Interesting discussion about Quicktime & Windows

October 11, 2016, 6:14 pm
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Here's an interesting read about QT not supporting Windows and the huge problems it could cause. Leo

 

http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/3818-the-end-of-apple-quicktime-on-windows-means-problems-for-prores

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Fx on filler AAF conform

November 18, 2016, 2:30 pm
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Does conforming in higher end color grading software such as Resolve N Baselight supports FX that is applied on filler?

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AMA RELINK MC 8.5.4

November 18, 2016, 9:34 am
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hello,

       I would like to Relink a  MASTER Sequence offline that i transcode in DNxHD in MC 6.5. Now i open the project in MC 8.5.4 and i would like to link via AMA to my XDCAM EX footage this Sequence but it not Working... I have already do this in 6.5 but now i seem to not working in 8.5.4.... Any tips or Workflow to do that? I try to relink all my footage in a bin and put my sequence in the bin to relink the media but not working...

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Audio Mixdown in MC 6.5.5 Missing Tracks Why ?

November 18, 2016, 6:22 pm
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Hi Editors:

               So what did I miss ? I have 8 mono channels of audio I am mixing down to a standard two channel stereo output. Some of the audio is PCM and some is MP3. Tracks 7 and 8 seem to go away and come back later. Why ? I don't understand why MC isn't flattening down the tracks into two channels left and right ? EDIT: I don't know what the heck is going on ?!! Suddenly my audio is gone and I have large sections of my timeline whicjh has turned RED !! What the ????? Where did my audio go ?????

 

Mark

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MC8.6.4 - transcode

November 18, 2016, 6:11 am
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I need totranscodethe finalcutstoextHDD.
There are severallinkedAMAclipsand appears:

You can not transcode both linked and Non-linked Clips together.


Why?
ItappearsbeforechoosingTranscode/consolidate.
1080i50project.

V.

 

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Not smooth playback with MC 8.5.2 on Windows 10

November 19, 2016, 8:09 am
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My media is DNxHD 45. It plays smoothly off the same disks on a quad core Intel Windows 7 laptop with MC 6.5. However, this is the 3rd Windows 10 laptop (all quad core, slightly faster) laptop with MC 8.5.2 I'm trying and the playback is either un-smooth throughout (first 2 laptops), or has random get-stuck-jump-forward behavior (3rd laptop). 

MC 8.5.2 seems to behave much better on a lower powered Mac book. Anyone else having playback issues on Windows/MC 8.5?

How I wish they did not break the project file compatibility from MC 6 to MC 8 - I have no need of the MC 8 features, but people I am collaborating with have moved up, so I too have to.

 

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DeckLink Studio 4K

October 26, 2014, 9:06 am
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Anybody running this card with any success and MC7.04.1? Thinking of switching out my aging MojoDX for one of these, need to know if it is reliable or not. Thanks
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Jpeg2000 vs DnX

August 4, 2014, 9:06 am
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I've been experimenting with exports and thought that Jpeg2000 offered the best quality - it's described as "lossless." It appears that DnX175X looks better. Is the Avid implementation of Jpeg2000 the same as the codec standard and can anyone shed light on the relative merits of these two codecs?
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Media Composer 8.6.5 NOW AVAILABLE (21 Nov 2016)

November 21, 2016, 9:09 am
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Media Composer v8.6.5 - Launching Today 11/21/16 @ 12:00 Noon EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Media Composer v8.6.5.  Media Composer v8.6.5 will be released today,  Monday, November 21st , 2016 at 12 PM EST.  This update will be made available from My Avid Master Accounts, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required).

 

This update includes the following features:

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  • Support for BlackMagic Design Desktop Video v10.8
  • Automatically generated folders no longer show up in the Bin list in the Project window
  • Create Bin Based on Folder: You can now create Bins based on the Folder where the source media is located.

Also in this update are a number of bug fixes, including:

  • You might have received an “AudioStreamReader” error when shuttling backward with the J key
  • You might have received Exception errors when transcoding OP1a files to another format.
  • After performing a Send to Playback with “always transcode” enabled, the original sequence was only linked to the .new transcoded clips.
  • Locators at the same timecode value were lost or hidden from view in some instances.
  • If you deleted a restriction in Media Central, any subsequent restrictions at the same location in the clip did not show up in Media Composer.
  • When working in a Japanese locale, a number of menus were grayed out.
  • If you had a bin with audio effects in a Media Composer v7.x system and you tried to open it in a Media Composer v8.6.2 system, you might have received Exception errors.
  • A batch import would fail with an “Exception: Cannot quick import a mixed resolution QuickTime movie” error if you were performing a batch import on previously imported decomposed master clips.
  • In some instances, you might have received an “SFPlay Timeout” error when playing back an XDCAM EX .mov file.
  • In some instances, Wav files were imported with incorrect timecode.
  • Sequences playback slowly if they contain clips which had been created through Avid AREMA AMT Service and Agent.
  • If you checked in a group clip where the audio was longer than the video, the timecode format for the duration was wrong.  

How to obtain the Media Composer 8.6.5:  The latest update to Media Composer will be made available today, Monday, November 21st,2016 at 12 PM EST.

 

-   Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer v8.6.4 will be notified of the availability of the upgrade via the Application Manager. The Apps tab will also provide a link to download and install the update when desired.

-  New customers who purchase Media Composer will receive this 8.6.5 update in their My Avid Master Account.

-  Customers on current Upgrade & Support plans can download the Media Composer v8.6.5 update either from their Master Avid Account or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.)

-  Customers NOT on a current Upgrade & Support contract must purchase either a new Media Composer Subscription or Perpetual license to receive this update.

 

Documentation: The ReadMe, Installation Guide, What’s new, and more can be found on the Media Composer Documentation page at launch.  

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Deal breaker: no PhraseFind or ScriptSync in v8.0??

May 16, 2014, 1:18 pm
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Yikes. Just saw this in the 8.0 Read Me:

Both PhraseFind and ScriptSync are dependent on underlying technology from a partner company that provides phonetic indexing and searching. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer these options for sale. If you own ScriptSync and/or PhraseFind, your license will continue to work with your current version of Media Composer (v5.5 - 7.0.x). Upgrading to Media Composer | Software v8 will cause ScriptSync and PhraseFind to no longer function.

This is seriously a deal breaker. Both of these tools are invaluable to my editing. Can someone please confirm that a solution to get these working in v8.x is forthcoming? I simply cannot upgrade without them.

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Avid Store Responses

November 22, 2016, 2:53 am
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Trying to update the Support and update plan for MC 8.6 xxx

All I am getting in response to a request to look into a Debit Card apparent issue 

is (quote) "We have created a case no " 

What is the use of that when all I want to do is pay for it when I know the card is 

ok elsewhere , 

thank you...

Just tried PayPal that didn't work either it works on any other account don't know what i'm 

doing wrong all I want to do is renew and happy days again for another year hopefully...

 

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Updated Avid Media Composer - Avid not recognizing MXFs

November 22, 2016, 5:16 am
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I upgraded a small recent update (no major jump) of Avid Media Composer and I'm working on a project shot with Red Weapon 6K with DNxHD SQ proxies. The material played fine before except the whole software was sluggish as hell, that's why I updated. Now I get a quarantine message when Avid is trying to build the database for the MXFs. 

I've been talking before about Avid screwing up the DNxHD codecs with their new naming of them but now they won't work at all. What is going on? I've been moving away from Avid more and more since Avid doesn't seem to be able to handle simple things like this. 

Fix it now!

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Effect editor window opening in expanded view

November 22, 2016, 10:06 am
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Trying to set the effect editor window so that it always opens up in expanded view. Right now everytime I start or open a project I need to expand the effects window to see all the settings I like to work with. Saving current view does not work. is there a way to do this?  Thanks 

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The new Codec naming and problems

November 22, 2016, 4:42 am
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So Avid is changing the codec naming from the usual DNxHD 36, 120, 185 and 185x (25p) to DNxHD LB, SQ, HQ and HQx. 
Now, I've been involved with pushing Red Digital Cinema to implement MXF recording on their cameras and it's now possible to shoot with Red Weapon 6K with both R3D RAW and Avid MXFs at the same time. However, they use the new naming and that would be ok, as long as the quality was on par with the old version of the codec.

DNxHD 36 is supposed to be the go to codec for editorial that looks good enough for reviewing edits and client approvals. The corresponding codec should be DNxHD LB but it's no where close to the quality of DNxHD 36. I'm very surprised that something that's supposed to look the same looks this awful. There's blocky compression all over the image and it's just bad in all ways possible. The only way is to step up to DNxHD SQ, but that codec is way heavier to work from on a laptop with a regular USB3.0 drive (which most client works are done from) while taking up unnecessary space on both the Red Minimag recording cards and drives for editiorial. 

Seriously, how can Avid mess this up this badly?

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