Hi editors,

I have a new project to work on and I feel like AMA has a lot of problems a lot of the times. So should I be linking my footage and then transcoding or should I import my footage and then transcode it? What are the benefits of which? And the downsides?

As far as I know the only downside of importing the footage is that it creates less space on your computer. But with linking it creates a bunch of problems. Let me know what you think. I don't mind if I create less space on my computer by importing. 

I'm sure I'm not the first, but I mis-read the Subscription Options and signed up for 12 rather than 1 month. Avid say I'm locked in for one year, but I don't plan to use the software, how can I be forced to pay for it? I've cancelled my recurring payment which will hopefully be enough. Anyone else had this issue?

Dear all,

I currently test with the Canon XF705 camera with 3840x2160p50 material shot in the XF-HEVC Codec. I installed the latest Canon XF Ama Plugin 3.7.1 and also the needed Canon XF-HEVC Decoder.

Clips link fine via source browser and video and audio is great, can be transcoded and everything.

BUT every clip starts at TC 00:00:00:00. I can verify that every clip has Start TC indeed, when I analyse the source MXF with MediaInfo or throw them into adobe or davinci resolve, I can see and get proper Start TC for every Clip. So it is only the avid who cannot extract the TC data.

I use Avid MC 2018.12.15 but had same experience with Avid MC 2018.12.11

Anybody any suggestions or has made similar experience with footage from that specific camera / codec?

Thank you and best regards,

Felix

I have blurry footage that needs to be refocused/sharpened. Is there a way to do this on First? 

Any help is appreciated, thanks. 

Hello

I installed avid 2020.10.

While trying to captured from dv port connected by firewire - I get an error massage

pmm_mismatch_unknown_attr

Over and over again - and I can't captured

I uninstalled and install avid 2020.6 - and it worked just fine

I installed avid 2020.9 - and it also worked

I installed 2020.10 - and the same error appeared and again - I can't capture

What is the problem and what can I do or what can be done?

Eyal Cb

eyalcb@gmail.com

Great news……. Today December 21^st, 2020 @12:00 pm EDT Avid launched the last release of Media Composer 2020.x for the year 2020.

 Location at Launch:  The new Avid Link 2020.12 is available in the your MyAvid Master Accounts, through the Avid Link application itself, and from the Download Center.  

Status of Support Plan:  The ability to launch this Media Composer 2020.12 software is dependent on the status of a your Upgrade and Support Plan on the date this software version is released. Media Composer 2020.12 will be released on December 21^st, 2020. 

Media Composer Notes: 
   

MCDEV-11537. If you intend to use full-frame stereoscopic with an Avid Artist DNxIQ, you may want to remain with Media Composer v2018.12.x until the issues with Stereoscopic support are resolved in a future version.

• Media Composer now includes a dnxmov2mxf executable in the \Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\SupportingFiles\Utilities folder. This executable allows you to manually convert MOV files with DNX essence with separately stored alpha to an MXF OP1a file with DNX essence and embedded alpha. The tool is available for Windows, osX, and Linux. To run on Windows, Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 or Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 is required. Run the command from a command prompt on Windows or from terminal on macOS.DNXMOV2MXF usage is:dnxmov2mxf path_to_mov [path_to_mxf]

Changed in Media Composer v2020.12

For details on new features, see the attached document and the final update will be uploaded to the knowledge base What’s New v2020.12 document. page at launch.

The following are new for Media Composer v2020.12

• Transcode of Alpha Mattes
• H.265 Support
• Export Media Difference Between Sequences
• Avid Titler+ Updates
• Dragging Bin Content to an Open Bin in Bin Container Sidebar
• Mapping Bin Fast Menu Commands to Buttons
• Floating Panel Windows
• Updated Interface Settings
• Bin Brightness Updates
  
• Finding a User Profile
• Additional Languages for PhraseFind and ScriptSync
• Custom Color Space for Exported MOV, MP4, and OpenEXR
• AAC Audio Format for Exported MOV and MP4
• Audio Mixer Update
• Additional ACES Support
  

What’s Fixed in 2020.12:  The following has been fixed.

• Bug Number: MCCET-3834. After upgrading to Media Composer v2019.12.2, you might have received a “Fatal error” message when opening a sequence containing image (without alpha) clips.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3860. In some instances, when in a Production Management environment, the application unexpectedly deleted the original files of linked clips.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3869. You could not link or import DNxHD MXF OP-1A from an AJA Ki-Pro Ultra.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3892. Media Composer Floating License consumed 2 seats during activation.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3870. Line trail marks might have appeared in AniMatte effects when Windows Display Setting Scaling was set to 200%.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3906. Clip gain was being ignored when rendering Audiosuite effects.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3561. (Windows 10) Microsoft YaHei and JjengHei fonts did not appear in Subcap.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3863. You might have received an “Assertion failed” error when opening a project or bin.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3829. The Production Management Folder Setting did not follow the Site Settings.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3724. Site settings for General, and Media Creation were not always working for New projects.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2885. Imported TIFF with alpha had softer edges compared to .mov with alpha.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3748. The title bar did not change in contrast when you switched to a light interface setting.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3818. In some instances, a User folder was being placed in a project when accessing a bin from a different project.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3888. You might have received an “Unable to proceed” error when exporting as MP4 or MOV.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3184. Media from the Arri Alexa Mini were displayed upside down and flipped in Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3665. You could save the bin even when it had a yellow bin lock.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3716. A keyboard shortcut for audio punch-in and record did not always start recording.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3822. In some instances, even when Dynamic Relink was set to Highest Quality, video clips were relinked to the proxy resolution.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3605. (macOS) Event logs might have mislabeled a “DSM path not found” error as a critical error.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3825. Deleting a custom-saved Title Style from the settings resulted in a crash to a Breakpad window.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3742. Markers did not display in an EDL if placed on a group clip.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3551. Performing an XDCAM proxy import or batch reimport might have resulted in a crash to a Breakpad window.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3762. You continued to receive the warning, even after selecting the “Don’t warn again” message, when loading IMX50 SD clips with restrictions.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3792. If the primary Transfer Engine was down, the Send to Playback list would not appear.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3670.  You could not successfully Dynamic Relink to XDCAM HD 50 and MPEG 50 SD (IMX50) at the same time. The Dynamic Relink options would not allow you to relink XDCAM HD 50 and MPEG SD 50 at the same time, with the proxy offline.To fix this, an additional option has been added to the Dynamic Relink dialog.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3871. You could not successfully send a mixed resolution sequence to Send to Playback if Dynamic Relink was set to a specific resolution.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3831. The MultiRez button in the Timeline did not display colors properly as in previous releases, making it difficult to distinguish the status.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3750. (Japanese locale) In some instances, you could not open your Project by double-clicking the .avp file
• Bug Number: MCCET-3868. In some instances, you might have received an “Exception” error when accessing the Dynamic Relink settings dialog. This happened if the Dynamic Relink Override Target Video menu did not populate correctly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3830. Using the MultiRez Button in the Timeline did not change the Timeline segment colors for working/target mismatches.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-8972. (HiRes Dual Monitor) Bins did not reopen in the same location after closing and reopening 
  

• Photoshop PSD files are not supported for AMA linking if QuickTime is not installed.
• Some fonts, by their design, are available only in Bold. On the Mac system, it can happen that    selecting a font does not produce any visual changes. Try selecting “Bold.”
• If you launch a project and receive an “Enable 3rd Party Emulation” warning, even if you select Enable in the warning dialog, you should also perform the following: Select File > Settings and click the Project tab. Click General Settings and select “Enable Bin Sharing on 3rd party storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS.

• Bug Number: MCCET-3788. You might receive a “clip name is a clip in a multi-essence file that cannot be exported using the specified Embedded in AAF setting” when exporting embedded AAFs with OP1a audio clips.Workaround: Consolidate the OP1a clips to Avid OP-Atom prior to performing the export.

• Bug Number: APPSVCS-723.  The Collab App in MediaCentral CloudUX window does not currently work with Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-13604.  You might have issues playing clips containing Media Composer effects in the Baselight User Interface if the Fast Image Access option is enabled in the Baselight plug-in
• Bug Number: MCDEV-12926. (macOS) If you have upgraded to macOS 10.15.4, there is a known issue with local attached RAID storage. The system will hang when running Media Composer or copying large files. This does not happen with earlier versions of the OS. You can read details about this issue in this blog. This limitation no longer exists with macOS 10.15.5.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-12964. For a faster performance of export audio/video sequences to .mov in 2020.4, please render the sequence prior to export, or disable the GPU fx (in the Render Settings - Current menu)
• Bug Number: MCDEV-12735. Maestro graphics do not appear correctly in the Timeline if your system uses the Radeon video card.
• Bug Number: DEFI-1808. (Media Composer | Distributed Processing) Two clips or sequences will always be created when performing a consolidate or transcode with Media Composer | Distributed Processing.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-11481. Promoting a title from the Title Tool application to Avid Titler+ cannot be performed if it includes a motion adapter.
• Bug Number: MCCET-11796. Larger than 10 bit DPX files might fail to link correctly.Workaround: Go to File > Settings and click the User tab. In the Link Settings, click the Link Options tab and make sure Alpha Channel is set to Ignore.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-11430. Media Tool ignores the “Current project” filtering option and lists media files that are not associated with the current project.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-11197. In some instances, the Interleave option might not appear in the Export As dialog box. If you are performing an Export using the Avid Media Processor, the Interleave option should appear when you choose Stereo, 5:1, or 7.1 Audio.Workaround: If it does not appear, briefly toggle back to the Mono setting, then toggle to Stereo Mix once again. Doing so should reveal the Interleave option.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-8641. (AMD Graphics). Systems with AMD graphics cards might display tearing when performing Full Screen playback.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-9269. (Media Composer | Cloud) After performing a remote download operation on a sequence containing AVC-I 100 remote media, the downloaded media appears as XAVC-I 100.Workaround: Download the entire master clips.
• Bug Number: (macOS).  You may occasionally see the menu bar flash followed by a brief beach ball. To fix this, deactivate “Displays have separate spaces” under System Preferences > Mission Control settings.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-9011. Intermittently, when working with the XDCAM Nablet Plug-in, you might see “Failed to get the sample position from the AMA Plug-in” errors if you have waveforms enabled in the Timeline.
• Bug Number: COGS-2560. While working in the Script Window, text operations (cut/copy/paste/delete/editing) can only be done in edit mode. See “Editing a Script” in the Help.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-5650.  When working with Panasonic LongG media, you might receive an “SFPlayConsumer Timeout” error if audio waveforms are enabled.Workaround: Turn off audio waveforms.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-5385. MultiCam editing with Panasonic LongG media is not supported with this release.   

ReadMe: The new ReadMe has been uploaded to the Knowledge Base Media Composer 2020 Documentation page at launch.

I know it's possible to make the second tape of the l as in jkl button go 45 frames instaed of 60.  I think you have to enable digital scrub parameters on the composer settings but them what?  Anyone remember?  crucial for doing docs

Hi

I can not access Media Composer via the avid link.

Write to me that the servers are unavailable. And so the avid link does not receive my user ..

I deleted and installed the avid link

Would appreciate help.

Thanks.

Hello everyone, I would need to kindly know for sure if Pro Tools 2020.11 or the latest version of PRO TOOLS opens projects and files saved with SDII FILE (SOUND DESIGNER II FILES).

I OWN PRO TOOLS 2020.3 ON MOJAVE.

THANKS

MT

I have been dealing with a very frustrating issue lately with relinking clips. I link my footage by using the source browser and then transcode to a proxy codec for easier editing and to save file space.  Everything goes well untill I finish editing and need to bring the sequence back to full res.  For whatever reason it always gives me a hard time relinking the clips back to the original camera negtives.  My work flow is as follows:

1. Link Footage through Source Browser
2. Transcode to Proxy
3. Edit
4. Copy Sequence/Decompose Seqnence
5. Relink to camera negatives files
6. Export

Hello

I am about to start color correcting and am unsure of the workflow.  I have a scene where actors are filmed with a chroma background.  I want to make sure before I start, that I should do color grading and correcting of the scene before I bring key in the background.  Is that a correct assumption or no?

Thanks!

Hi there,

  Wondering if anyone can point me to perhaps a legacy elements package for adding the classic title tool back into the Media Composer 2021.3 version for mac?  I'm on OS 10.14 Mojave.  Had classic title tool on version 2020.5 but not seeing it on this latest version.

Hi,

Color correcting clips on a sequence and can't remember how to copy and paste attributes from one clip to another.  Any help?

Thanks!

Hello, experienced Avid editor here but inexperienced with VFX. I have Media Composer 2020.6 with no fx packages. Working on a commercial with still images of spices falling down or being sprinkled. Client wants the spices to move. Any advice on what software to get to create this illusion or to animate these photos? I am not a Photoshop/After Effects guy. I have worked with Boris but have never done anything like this using it, just dragging fx onto clips. If you recommend Boris, I would appreciate any specifics on what kind of package and what tools in particular. Or perhaps someone has done this with something else? Thank you in advance for any answers, I appreciate it. 

Avid is pleased to announce the release of Avid NEXIS 2021.3.0. 

Important: Avid NEXIS 2021.3 is a "required release" for all on-prem systems and introduces important functionality and stability enhancements: 

What’s New in Avid NEXIS 2021.3.0 is a release that introduces the following new features: 

- Avid NEXIS Administrators can now assign specific administrative privileges to user groups, allowing members of those groups to manage Workspaces, users, or both. This allows the administrator to delegate some operations to trusted people. See the Avid NEXIS Administration Guide for more information. 

- Avid NEXIS Administrators can now create new users with temporary passwords, and make the password for existing users temporary, for added security. This forces the user to change their password the next time they use the Client Manager to connect to an Avid NEXIS system (requires that both the Avid NEXIS system and the Client Manger are Avid NEXIS version 2021.3.0). Support for CentOS 7.8 as a client operating system, with some restrictions, and for Avid NEXIS | Linux File Gateway VMs. See “Client Issues” on page 20 for more information. 

- Avid NEXIS | Linux File Gateway can be deployed on CentOS 7.8 VMs; administrators can edit the Shared names, and Shared names no longer include the Avid NEXIS system name by default. You can also upgrade to Avid NEXIS | Linux File Gateway version 2021.3.0 on existing CentOS 7.5 VMs. See the updated Avid NEXIS | Linux File Gateway guide. 

- Support for Windows 10 build 20H2 and build 2004 as client operating systems. 

- The Avid NEXIS icon has changed, and the Client Manager has new icons 

Where can it be Downloaded: Avid NEXIS 2021.3.0 is now available in Avid Master (MyAvid) accounts of customers with a current support contract

MC report a non supported driver for my Quadro P2200 GPU. I have driver ver 452.56 and according to the documentation NVIDIA Driver Support v461.72. The driver available from NVIDIA are 461.92. I can not find the correct driver 461.72. Is it ok to install the latest from NVIDIA or where do I fint this driver?

I have searched in download center and only found an old driver.

Regards TOPA

Hey all,

I'm confused about why I'm having trouble with this, so I'm worried that there's something that escaped my notice the first time around. I'm trying to link to some MXF footage from the original C300 camera, and despite downloading and installing the drivers I can't get Avid to link to it. All I get is a pop up that says "The media is unsupported". I made proxies out of Davinci, but I'm looking ahead for when I need to relink to the RAW for uprez and getting worried. Any ideas?

Thanks so much,
M

Hi,

trying to change the clip color in bin. Cannot find the command using right click on the clip neither can't find it in the Edit menu. I can do it using the color column in Text view but cannot change it in Frame view. What am I missing here?

thanks,

Revenger

Hi

There seems to be an issue with updating photos with avid link, i added some but cant update them.

This has been going on for some time now, i must of tried at least 20 times in the last few weeks.

Is this a common problem and is tehre a solution?