Help please: Important font not working in Title Tool
Greetings!I'm trying to re-create my title media on a project handed off to me, but the Font that I need to use is coming up as rectangles instead of the letters. No bueno. When I bring up Photoshop or...
View ArticleMC 6.0.1.1 and AJA KiPro
I'm doing a 3 camera production using Panasonic HMC 160 cameras, feeding into a Panasonic HWHS50 HD switcher, recording to KiPro and editing in AVID MC 6.0.1.1I'm told I will need to purchase and...
View ArticleAvid studio crashes when used with boris graffiti
Why dose my Avid studio crash when I put in a title with boris Graffiti. no buttons on Avid will work, I have to close it down using "Ctrl Alt Delet" keys. after that, when I restart avid, the title I...
View Article"Painter not active error" when i start up mc
Does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it. I have to click ignore all to get rid of it.thanks
View ArticleHow to Copy part of a sequence from a project to a similar back up project ?
Hi Today I ruined my sequence by trying to move some segments that at the end messed up everything almost from the begging of a 50 minutes sequence. But have the back up project that i already...
View ArticleMulticam stack group
Hi all,I've landed my first job as an assist after having been a post PA for about a year and a half. Over that time I learned how to ingest both HD and SD footage, basic Unity management, exports,...
View ArticleWhat is the fastest way to change the style of multiple text clips on the...
Hi, Guys. I know you can save a keyframe preset for title clips made with the title tool (by option dragging to a bin) which you can apply to other titles in your sequence very quickly. Just...
View ArticleLoosing Quality when working with Quicktime!
Hello there, I am a beginner to MC 6.5. I have been trying to work with some SD Quicktime Media Files which is already captured via a FCP system. My main problem is the quality when I import/ Link to...
View ArticleSymphony 6.03 hanging up on Initializing Avid media access volume manager
Hello, Symphony 6.03 is hanging up on the media access. If I wait the 15-20 mins the program will load. So I then went to the AMA settings and unchecked the media volume manager. Restarted the Symphony...
View ArticleAnyone running MC 6.5 on Dell Laptop 6600?
I am looking for a new laptop to run MC 6.5. (I was using Avid Xpress on a Dell precision M65 previously).Does anyone know about this model?Any help with be very much appreciated.Here are the...
View ArticleAvid-to-Premiere Difficulties
I'm currently trying to send a project sequence via Dropbox to a client who is using Adobe Premiere (and using a PC). I've tried multiple methods of both creating a compatible AAF and creating an MOV,...
View ArticlePossible to Preview Title Tool Credit Roll Before Render?
I have about a 3-minute end credit roll and need to tweak it to freeze on the a final music beat. It requires either expanding or contracting the clip to sync up the timing. It takes over 7 minutes...
View ArticleNTFS for Mac
I am editing a doc on MC 6.5 on a Mac mini OS 10.8 for delivery to a PC Avid house. Anybody using Paragon NTFS for Mac? I've read previous posts about not being able to consolidate to NTFS drive....
View ArticleCanon C300 footage shows "MEDIA OFFLINE" for 16:12 of a 23min clip
I'm new to C300 workflow and could use some input. I'm preparing footage for an edit and am able to successfully use AMA Volume link to get the clips into the bins. Most clips are showing up ok,...
View ArticleAdd backlight to character in interview footage
Greetings - is there an effect that I can add to interview footage where I can put an edge or glow around a person to look like a bit of backlighting? Thank you
View ArticleYamaha 01V96i
After searching this site and the web I'm still unsure how to hook up my Yamaha 01V96i to Media Composer to use as a control surface, which the manual and Help section insist I can.Right now I have the...
View ArticleSony PMW 500 AMA injesting.
I am very very new to using the AMA injesting system with AVId so please undestand where I am coming from. Usually when injesting clips I have Avid MC set up so that the files go to an external hard...
View ArticleConfused about aspect ratio?
I've exported a lot of HD commercials in the past few years, but have not had to export an SD spot as a file. Back when I was still doing SD, everything was simply laid off to tape. Now I'm trying...
View Article** Media Composer v7.0 ANNOUNCED **
Avid has announced the upcoming release of Media Composer v7.0 at NAB!New features announced with this product:- FrameFlex: the ability to use 2K-5K footage in your HD timeline with keyframing.- 1D/3D...
View Articlehow to change colour under credits, from black to an exact blue?
Hi there,My client has asked me to match the blue of his organization's logo underneath the credits.Credits will be white text. He's going to send me the exact blue, defined via cmyk colour...
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