Avid Media Composer can now read all my MAC Font Book fonts
For some time I’ve been frustrated that my Avid title tool cannot see all the fonts listed in my Mac Font Book. Quite often when working for clients a specific font has been required which I’ve been...
View ArticleIntegrate video/audio mixdowns as a parallel sequence
I spend a ton of time repetitively clicking mixdown options and dropdown menus and dragging video mixdowns onto my timeline to get realtime playback. I'd love to see a parellel sequence that exists and...
View ArticleGroup by waveform - new feature in 8.5 - test results
I think its fair to say this is a feature everyone has been waiting for. It puts Avid on basically the same level as Premiere Pro for this functionality.In fact the implementation for group by waveform...
View ArticleAdding new video track
I have a timeline with 2 Audio and 2 video tracks (V2 above V1). When I add a new video track it goes on top and is named V1. The timeline arrangement is now V1-V2-V1, the top V1 is black, that means...
View Articlegraffiti effect
helloi want to make a kind of graffiti effectfor a black or white screen..need to reproduce the movement of scratching on the canvas till having an image at the endresumingfrom black to imahe,,passing...
View Articlem2t files AMA link
Hello everyone. A client just brought over a series of .m2t files (HDV 720p from a JVC GY-HD100 camcorder). He captured by tape, using Tmpeg Enc Mastering Works and as far as I know this is a common...
View ArticleTimeline sync issue
Hi all,I'm running 8 edit suites over a shared project (1080p/25) on a fiber attached Unity with additional Axus RAID5 array.All hosts are Windows 7 based approved Z420 workstations running MC v7.0.4.4...
View ArticleOMF Error
Hi,I'm currently trying to export an OMF file to be taken into Adobe Audition. I'm using AVID 8.3.1 (I've had to change the format of my project from 1080p to a PAL 25p to be able to have the option...
View ArticleWhere has 'Duplicate Sequence' gone?
I have tried searching and checked the new menu guide but can't seem to find how I now duplicate or make a copy of a sequence, I used to right click and it was in the pop up menu it has now gone since...
View Articleavid media indexer stop
Hi i have a serious probleme whith the avid media indexer servicewhen i start it it stop 10 secondes later ! so i have media on linei tried to delete the "server.ummd" in the ds systhem folder and...
View ArticleXDCAM HD 35 OP-1A export, any way to get a stereo file without a mixdown?
Hi: simple question, a customer has 6 audio tracks on the editing (music, VO, NAT1, NAT2) and wants to export the sequence to an OP-1A stereo file using XDCAM HD35. Since he's using XDCAM HD 35, the...
View ArticleEvent | Editors Lounge - Post NAB | Burbank CA | 4.29.2016
EDITORS’ LOUNGE POST-NAB EVENT TO FEATURE AVID, BLACKMAGIC DESIGN, GLOOKAST & RE: LENS FOR 360 DEGREE VIDEO CREATIONFor those that missed NAB 2016 this year, The Editors’ Lounge will be hosting a...
View ArticleWatchfolder / DMF to ingest medias into Interplay
Hi,I would like to ingest medias (audio, graphics) into Interplay. The flow would be the files are dropped in a monitored folder, and then the assets are created in Interplay. How would it be done?so...
View ArticleInvert Key in Spectramatte
Please can we have an invert key option in Spectramatte. It is in Chroma Key but not in Spectramatte. Thanks.
View ArticleIssue transcoding Sony PXW-FS7 clips
Hi,First time posting here!I’m having some issues transcoding footage via AMA from the new sony PXW-FS7 in avid. (I have the latest plug-in by the way - PDZK-MA2_v3.40)Nearly every card I transcode has...
View Articleexception:: sys_error, SYS_ERROR:-120
This is a new one on me. It was non-repeatable and occured during a system save.Life seems reasonable stable, but I am curious.
View ArticleCan't group clips keeping multichannel audio
I'm trying to group (multigroup) subclips with one stereo audio track. Sublcips shows the track properly, but groups shows always two mono tracks. Is it possible to create one stereo track inside the...
View ArticleMedia Composer v8.5.2 -- NOW AVAILABLE!
Avid is pleased to announce the release of Media Composer | Software v8.5.2.HOW TO GET:The latest update to Media Composer is available worldwide as of April 7, 2016 from the Avid Download Center or...
View ArticleAvid MC 4.0.5 on Mac OS X mountain LION (10.8.4)
Hi GURUS, I have MC 4.0.5 w/ mojo DX on MACPRO Harpertown. Question is, Can MC 4.0.5 work with OS X 10.8.4? I'm planning to upgrade my OS to this version. Any known known issues? Thanks.
View Articleconfo framework
Hello I'm working on a project that has 3 different confo frame. I have a picture in anamorphic 2.39. I have to ask about the Image Resizer to get a good image. Is there manipulation of my images eager...
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