Clipboard in MC 8.5
How do I get the "Clipboard Contents" action in the Source monitor back?The clipboard monitor is an interesting additional function, but it breaks the ability to copy from one place, extract something...
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MC 8.5 DNxHD matte key import/AMA link issues (here we go again)
Today I assisted a TV channel in Greece with an After effects <-> Media composer 8.5 workflow and came accross some behaviour which I fear are bugs or design flaws. I hope Job ter Burg, the...
View ArticleMC & Decklink extreme 4k card lock up
Hi,New install here on a PC (z840) when I have the latest BM desktoop ver software loaded and avid v8.5 it wont fully lounch avid. it locks up on the initiazing media streams manager. won't go past...
View Articlesaving color corrected video tracks before re-editing
Excuse the very amateur approach, but I have just shot a local village pantomime on three cameras none of which match very well. In addition each scene in the panto uses coloured light effects (!) so...
View Articlesave a part of timeline as future reuse
hello, i have made a little clip of presentationi want to save the first part, 2 clips with effect, that is the intro that i will use in other projecti was thinking to put the 2 clip in a bin..but...
View ArticleBlack line at top of inlay, images
I've animated an image in marquee (MC 4.08). A black line has appeared at the top of both inlays / monitors. I applied image resize but when I render, the line comes back. It does not apear on other...
View ArticleMatrox MXO2 mini and custom n. of chnls displayed in Audio Tool
I have checked the option "HDMI Audio Output: Output only two audio channels" in the Matrox MXO2 mini config panel (from MC "Tools/Video Output tool/Audio output") and yet I still get 8 output channels...
View ArticleAMPI SESSION CONNECT OUTPUT ERROR
We've recently updated to MC 8.5. Things have been much smoother in this version, such as trimming (much less sticky now). However, I been getting a re-occuring message when laying footage from a...
View Article"Exception: a serious error has occurred!" with latest TRIAL MC
Having searched for this topic I see that there have been 49 other posts. Mine seems to be quite different, so let's go for an even #50.Today I've downloaded the latest FREE TRIAL Media Composer (8.5)...
View ArticleCanon MXF workflow
I am bring footage (1920X1080, 50 Mbps) from a Canon XF105 to MC 6.5. I don't want it to be AMA linked I want the files on local storage. So, to import the footage to MC is there any differance or...
View ArticleJ key not working on 8.4.4
Anyone else having this problem? I can stop and play fast fww on the keyboard but reverse (J key) doesn't work. Actually the L key won't speed up either
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How many of the NVIDIA drivers do we really need?
Been having a nightmare with audio on V8.5 and my new K2000 GFX card and the AUDIO driver the GFX card installs (symptom: no RTAS adjustment control panel, sometimes no audio fader - Avid baffled too)...
View ArticleAvid Pan and Zoom Shimmering - Avid 8.4.2
Hi allIs anyone aware of the shimmering with pan and zoom?It looks terrible and can't seem to find a way around it.I'm not sure why Avid has downgraded this tool.Any ideas? Graham...
View ArticleMAKING MEDIA COMPOSER 5 COMMUNICATE WITH JVC SR-VS30 MINI DV PLAYER
I recently tried to relocate my machines and upon doing this my jvc sr-vs30 will not communicate thru firewire with media composer 5 and i need guidance ASAP in making these two things work together,...
View ArticleRe importing AMA linked transcoded clips
I've deleted some media by mistake in a houskeep! These were AVCHD files liked to by AMA and then transcoded into DNX. How do I re-generate the media on the transcoded 'offline' clips in my bin? Its...
View ArticleAvid perpetual licence / support contract expiry
Simple question on a perpetual licence:My support will soon run out. Are we in the same position as in 2014 where if support expires we will be locked to the version we have and unable to upgrade in...
View ArticleConsolidating Sony FS-5 Media
On both our MC 8.4.5 and MC 8.5 NitrisDX Windows systems, using the PDZK-MA2_v3_42 AMA plugin, we can successfully AMA link and transcode media from the Sony FS-5 camera.If we try to consolidate, the...
View ArticleTitle Transitions
Okay, so I have a long project with wall to wall titles on my uppermost track. When the title changes, I want it to fade out the old one, then fade in the new one. However, it will A) not let me center...
View ArticleSwap one color for another
Is there an effect in Media Composer that allows you to simply swap one color for another? I've got a clip that's an exported mov file of a virtual MIDI keyboard. It's all black and white, and when the...
View ArticleMatte Key Effect Voodoo
Hi Everyone, thank you in advance,I am having to step into a project that another editor had finnished to make a few changes to graphics. I am working on a HP Z820 workstation in avid MC 8.4.4 with...
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