Hi,
I'm working on a show that will have some fast-paced photo montages. For workflow reasons it seems like things will be kept within Avid - not going to After Effects, and not likely to be able to use plug-ins. I haven't had to deal with a lot of stills in Avid for awhile, so, just checking if there have been any improved workflows for working with high-resolution still images?
I found a couple of threads that gave some options but they date to 2013 and 2014:
- http://community.avid.com/forums/p/131055/748436.aspx#748436
- http://community.avid.com/forums/p/120727/695727.aspx#695727
- A thread from 2017 indicated Pan & Zoom was buggy.
Has Avid made any improvements to working with stills in the past 4-5 years? I'm sure this has been a requested feature going back 10-15 years but with the improvements to resoultion independence perhaps things have changed?
I thought Frame Flex would be an option but from the thread above there are limitations in what can be done.
Hopefully, the situation has improved or will do so soon (less than another 5 years?). When stills are needed to a large extent I've found it a lot faster and easier to work in Premiere or After Effects but going to another program isn't an option for this project. It'd be nice to be able to work in Avid natively, without the need for plug-ins that online facilities may not have access to.
Current plan is to use 3D Warp and a nested resize, if needed. There will be video under the stills, so it is annoying having to crop the edges of the images every time. Also, we've had an issue where new versions have been provided and the images have to be replaced and if they are different crops the keyframes have to be adjusted - which is cumbersome.
Thanks for any help that can be provided!
Adam
