Marker window doesn't activate when creating new marker
I worked on a project recently running MC 8.4. When creating a marker on a sequence the marker window would become active so you could immediately begin typing.I started a new project, and upgrading to...
View ArticleSideways scrolling Timeline?
Hi,I am on PC, is there sideways scrolling in the timeline possible on PC?Please Avid make this feature avalible.
View ArticleAvid MC Performance Related Issues
I have two performance related issues with my Avid MC 8.6.0 (Perpetual License) that I have been struggling with:1. Working with Linked Media is painfully slow, forcing me to import / transcode all...
View Articlehow install the 2018.12.14 patch?
get this error msghave triied to put the installer on c:, the Avid install path and so on...
View ArticleCan you recommend an Avid audio legaliser pls?
What works well with Avid to produce EBU128 compliant loudness delivery files please - any thoughts?Thanks
View ArticleDoes Frame Flex work on a subclip
Made a subclip and need to blow up for a close up. However not seeing framflex working -anything I am doing wrong? Just read that I had to also apply it to he original clip but would rather...
View ArticleTask bar behind timeline
Hey all, Ever since I did the update to 2020.12, my task bar for windows always comes up behind my timeline. Super Annoying. Any thoughts?Thanks
View ArticleKeeping Dongle Now Costs Extra?
I've been renewing happily for $240, I believe. I have had a dongle now for about 2 decades, and I have not paid extra to keep this feature.This year, it seems if I decide to renew, it will be $400...
View ArticleProblem rendering/exporting
Avid has been great except for today. It stops responding and for some reason doesn't continue playing the sequence on one part of audio.I have made a 4 minute video, but when I render/export it to mp4...
View ArticlePro Res into MC 2018_12_3
I'm about to start a new project where the material is likely to arrive as Pro Res. I believe my system does not recognise Pro Res files. Any advice please?
View ArticleColour Correction tool - where's it gone?
Having happily edited with Xpress Pro for nearly 20 years I thought it time to upgrade a bit (well 2 years ago) to MC2018, To be honest I carried on with Xpress Pro and only recently started using...
View ArticleProblems AMA linking Red R3d files
Hello, Has anyone experienced a problem when AMA linking Red R3d files ? I will start a project and as soon as I started editing a couple clips in source monitor everything is fine then source monitor...
View Articlehow can I relink clips after rendered on timeline ?
Due to the damage of the hard drive, the clips render files originally in the disc D are re-rendered, but the timeline clips cannot be connected. What should I do?thanks for any help in advance.
View ArticleBRAW with 2020.12
Very reluctantly made the jump from a very stable win 7 and MC 2019 to win 10 and MC 2020.12 and it has been a nightmare with BRAW files. Reason for leaving that stable enviroment was the new support...
View ArticleAvid Editor Db Engine service fails to run- I'm clueless, help !
I have noticed the problem lately while finishing an old project, using MC 18.12.10: background transcode would not start, but report an error.I dismissed that assuming it was some kind of corruption...
View ArticleMedia composer 2020.12 and Adobe Encoder 2020 (14.8)
Since we've updated one of our suites to 2020.12 its made adobe encoder stop working.We always export out of avid using MXF files, and normally just drop them into AME to encode to various formats that...
View ArticleBest CPU for Avid MC - i9, Ryzen 3950X or Threadripper?
Hi,Moving over from Macs and looking to build a hefty PC that in amongst other things will need to run Media Composer without issues. I am trying to decide between the Intel i9's and the AMD Ryzen...
View ArticleHanging when switching to Source Browser or Windows Explorer
Hi! I'm working on a W10 Pro 64 system with Avid MC 2020.12 and experiencing some annoying few seconds hanging either when switching to windows explorer (for exemple, when accidentally hitting the...
View ArticleImporting high-res stills with alpha channels
I'm wondering what the best workflow is for this.Let's say I've got a still image 3000x4000 pixels, it contains an alpha channel and I want to zoom into the image (not unreasonably, just to a level...
View ArticleAvid colour spaces... help
Hi all, I'm wondering if I could get some help with understanding colour spaces in avid a bit more. I usually deliver h.264 mp4 videos for online streaming and I always get tripped up with the colour...
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