Why Can't Avid (Yet) "Screen" Effects like EVERY Adobe Product (Premiere, AE,...
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....
View Articlehow to clean/clear the metadata cache and ghost project
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...
View ArticleHours of Work Gone in MC 6.5.5 ????
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...
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UHD Project import only LB
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...
View ArticleSource Browser drive order
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...
View ArticleMedia Composer UNC path support regression (Windows)
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...
View ArticleInteresting discussion about Quicktime & Windows
Here's an interesting read about QT not supporting Windows and the huge problems it could cause. Leo...
View ArticleFx on filler AAF conform
Does conforming in higher end color grading software such as Resolve N Baselight supports FX that is applied on filler?
View ArticleAMA RELINK MC 8.5.4
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...
View ArticleAudio Mixdown in MC 6.5.5 Missing Tracks Why ?
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...
View ArticleMC8.6.4 - transcode
I need totranscodethe finalcutstoextHDD.There are severallinkedAMAclipsand appears:You can not transcode both linked and Non-linked Clips...
View ArticleNot smooth playback with MC 8.5.2 on Windows 10
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...
View ArticleDeckLink Studio 4K
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
View ArticleJpeg2000 vs DnX
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...
View ArticleMedia Composer 8.6.5 NOW AVAILABLE (21 Nov 2016)
Media Composer v8.6.5 - Launching Today 11/21/16 @ 12:00 Noon ESTWe are pleased to announce the release of Media Composer v8.6.5. Media Composer v8.6.5 will be released today, Monday, November 21st ,...
View ArticleDeal breaker: no PhraseFind or ScriptSync in v8.0??
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...
View ArticleAvid Store Responses
Trying to update the Support and update plan for MC 8.6 xxxAll 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...
View ArticleUpdated Avid Media Composer - Avid not recognizing MXFs
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...
View ArticleEffect editor window opening in expanded view
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...
View ArticleThe new Codec naming and problems
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...
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