Pan and Zoom - what's changed?
Hi all,Pre MC6 I Pan and Zoomed with gay abandon, easily and often. Since they rebuilt it for 6 I have been unable to make the simple, elegant moves I used to. Everything now looks drunk by comparison....
View ArticleMedia Tool: it highlights media objects project-wide for deletion ???
Trying to use the Media Tool as directed: that is, as directed by the excellent Avid Learning series of texts and Gaijin-Eyes tutorials (the very best and charming way to learn!), I seem to have missed...
View ArticleControl Characters in Display Names
I've been having problems caused by Interplay assets which have control characters (values < 32) in their display names.If I try to GetChildren for a folder containing such an asset, the request...
View ArticleReactivation of Media Composer 6.5.3 fails
Hi,I have a problem reactivating my Media Composer. I updatet from 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 and wanted to activate it again, the license control says "your software is already registered, please activate it" ,...
View ArticleMC7 and CineStyle LUTs - Apply changes to the timeline...
I see that MC7 support LUTs now. Unfortunately, I discovered it AFTER I'd cut my video.I just applied the CineStyle LUT to all my AMAed footage in my bins. It looks better than the guesstimated grade I...
View Article59.94 > 29.97 question from a UK member...
Hi guys,Not used to working with these frame rates very often so some advice please!When transcoding 1080 59.94 clips to 29.97 (NTSC30i project) I get a warning telling me that the frame rate will be...
View ArticleIs it possible to relink master clips to re-transcoded media?
Hi guys, So recently I had to clear off a hard drive of mine, so I deleted all my avid media files. Now you'd think this would be awful in practice, but after getting a new computer after my other had...
View ArticleBackground Transcoding...
Has anybody had any luck getting this to work on MAC OS X 10.8.4?It seems that the only thing that is guaranteed is 'PENDING'...Anyone had this problem and resolved it?
View ArticleWhy my media composer 7.0 can not use EDL export?
I upgraded my MC 6.5.2 to 7.0 a few days ago, today I suddenly found that I can not open EDL Manager to export my sequence to EDL, what's wrong? Hurry, help!!! My project is going to start soon!
View ArticleSync Problems - Sound devices Pix 240
Hello everyone, I have a problem synchronizing footage recorded by a Sound devices Pix 240 with external audio. I am working with AVID Media Composer 6 and I want to synchronize external audiowith the...
View Article4k Red footage workflow in Avid
Hi,I have a request to edit some red 4k rushes and re-export as 4k. Not something I've had to do before, and it will be a tight deadline so just asking if anyone has any tips to make it go smoothly. I...
View ArticleMC 7 - Unable to get AudioSetting
helloafter updating MC6.5 to MC7, I've a message error for the 2nd time.I use a Mbox2 to play the sound on my imac 27".when I start avid without the mbox I don't have any problem but when I'm using the...
View ArticleHELP!! MC7 - Lots of Random Errors!!! Wrong Format, Green Screens, License No...
Please help!!Here's what happened...So I was editing a sequence of AMAed files.... Canon 60D .mov files at 1080p/25Went to export as QT (which I had done several times previously), however, I get a...
View ArticleAVCHD via AMA in MC7
MC7 is not letting me AMA link to AVCHD MTF files. I thought the AVCHD AMA plugin was bundled with the software. Has there been a change since 6.5 that I need to know about
View ArticleMC7 Settings Unstable
Hi AllI'm finding MC 7 setings hugely unstable.I know it's going to be difficult to pin this one down but over the course of the last week I've had to remake a number of the settings, as after a...
View ArticleiPhone 4S pathway
Hello everybody, I am about to shoot a short film on the iPhone 4S. What would be the best import settings for the footage to get it into MC5? Or, would it be better to batch convert the files into...
View ArticleAudio waveform display
Hi EveryoneI am after a bit of clarity with regards to audio waveforms. I have 4 edit systems running MC5 and they seem to do slightly different things with apparently the same settings.Sometimes I get...
View ArticleIs a Patch needed for MC 5.5.3 to facilitate Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX?
Hi, I've just started using MC 5.5.3.I haven't had the need to install any Patches for it (in fact the Avid website says not to unless needed).I'm about to install the Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX using their...
View ArticleIs the Z420 ok with 4Tb Internal sata media drives and external usb3 8Tb...
Hey folksHas anyone had any issue's when adding 4Tb internal sata drives to a Z420 or do they work just fine?.Also I may have to connect 8Tb usb3 G-raid drives are these ok with the z420?...
View ArticleMedia Composer 6.0.3 & AJA Kona LHi Capture issue
Fairly new to Avid, (and to the forum so Hello one and all) and I've come up against a small problem:Yesterday I captured from an incoming SDI feed into Avid through my AJA Kona LHi without a problem,...
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