Colour change after 8.5 install (LUT issue?)
Hi all,After our upgrade from the previous version to 8.5 we have noticed that our output colourspace has shifted unpleasantly. We are using Sony FS7 SLOG2 and SLOG3-CINE-L footage with standard LUTs...
View Article"Remove Colour Adapters" bug removes whole shots from timeline
To start with, this was recorded using 8.4.5, however, the exact same thing happens in 8.6.0Before begining a grade in Symphony, I always remove any colour adapters that are inherited from...
View ArticleSpline vs. Bezier
As a long-time Avid user, I'm embarrassed to admit there are still some fundamentals I don't know. Here's one I've never quite understood: the difference between spline and bezier--when keyframing,...
View ArticlePNG import error
The following error has started happening when I try to import a PNG image with an alpha, when it reaches the point of "Creating Uncompressed Alpha Media..."Assertion failed: saveHeight = = 486I can...
View Articletranscode background queue lost
hello i have sent in the background queue a long list of filesat around 80% it stop has the destination disk got full, and i have error in the queueso i copied the avide media file sfolder in a new...
View ArticleExporting ProRes from MC 8.6.1
Hello Avid Forums -I've been working on other edit platforms for the past couple years, and am just now returning to Media Composer, so I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere. I looked around,...
View ArticleDoes Squeeze Standard entry in "apps" list mean I own it?
I'm not clear whether or not I "own" the "standard" version of Sorenson Squeeze, or if I only own the "lite" version. It says that you get the standard version when you purchase a "production pack...
View Article2 Copies of Media Composer for Finicky Boris FX?
I own Boris Continuum Complete version 8.2 for Avid MC which is awesome for correcting problems like international light flicker, and I recently purchased the Transitions plug in Unit they sell online...
View ArticleImport Mxf from old project into media composer
hi,My old computer crashed and Windows died, I had to install a new operating system and all reinstall all my programs. I had running media composer 5, and its reinstalled fine. The problem I have is...
View ArticleAvidOPFrameGenerator error on link
We have a lot of systems doing XAVC-S linking now, but we have one OS-X system running 8.6 that is getting a 'AvidOPFrameGenerator' error when we try and link files from any Sony camera. I cannot find...
View ArticlePlease revert some of the interface tweaks
Some of the changes to the interface in MC 8 are okish, things change, but change for the sake of change is arguable, and moving the bin sift commands away from the bin's hamburger menu is nonsense,...
View ArticleFS7 Footage Exports Artifacts
Please help,Footage from my fs7shot in XAVCI is giving me horrible banding artifacts on export to apple pro res. please help.thank you. Daniel
View ArticleAudio Mixdown break up
Anybody had an issue with audio mixdowns sounding like they were choppy and incomplete not break up but more like super compressed on the in and out of a word and the middle missing ? Re checked play...
View ArticleMarquee image import - "cannot open file" workaround?
Hi there, when I reopen a title with an image in Marquee after that the image location has been changed (or the drive letter) marquee says "cannot open file". I then have to manually reimport the image...
View ArticleCheck out this article on MC and BCC
OK, it's a sponsored article on Red Shark News for BCC, but it stills gives a lot of kudos to MC and Symphony:Post Factory NY Finishes ESPN's "O.J.: Made in America" with Boris FX Plug-ins [Sponsored]
View ArticleAvid Media Composer and GoPro footage
Hello Everyone,I am using Avid Media Composer version 8.4.2I have made some beautiful motocross footage using GoPro 4 Silver. The format of the video is: MP4 files in 1080p/59.94 encoded in AVCThe...
View ArticleAAF issue relinking in Resolve
Hi all, when I export an AAF of my timeline to go to Resove for grading there is a problem linking to clips that I presume are spanned across two cards when shot on a Sony FS7, Intra 100. My workflow...
View ArticleAvid Application Manager Going Crazy
Here’s the weird stuff that happened to me: I’m using MC 8.5.1 (updated a few weeks ago). So I start Avid and oddly up comes the activation flag, okay do it, up comes the manager, which shows I’m...
View Article8.4 - Error when trying to play a spanned clip
I just upgraded to Avid 8.4. My media is "linked" - XAVC Intra 4KWhen I try to play a spanned clip, I get the following error message:Exception: A serious error has occurred!It is recommened that you...
View ArticleScript colors aren't working
Not sure if anyone else has noticed this problem, but in 8.6.2 I'm noticing that when I import a script and try to use the colors to notate bad takes or whatnot, I can only use red. Trying to change...
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