DNxHD36 vs H264
A shooter delivered a bunch of footage shot on a Canon 5DMKIII that he uses a Ninja Atomos with. The Ninja wasnt set properly and all the footage was recorded at DNx 36 intstead of 175. He also dual...
View ArticleBest Shared Storage Alternative to ISIS or Unity
Hey guys Right now I have 5 MAC PRO EDIT BAYS running on AVID MC 7 on 10.7.5, that are connected to a Unity 5 through Fibre cards and a ISIS 5500, although the ISIS is just one engine and the Unity is...
View ArticleBM Decklink 4k v10.5.4 + Win10
Hello Avid folks,So here is an issue I hope to get addressed. Running Symphony on Win10 using BlackMagic Decklink 4k extream card Avid ONLY qualifies v10.5.4 of their desktop driver software. They have...
View Article8.5.2 hangs at AVX loading, never loads
I have been told by ones smarter than I that there must be a corupt plug-in. My problem is I cant find one folder, in any of the profiles that contain my 3rd party plugs. I have searched the enitre...
View Article3rd party program like 'pluraleyes' for Avid?
Pluraleyes is a 3rd party plug in program for FCP that will sync up your visuals to the each of your audio sourses and place them in a timeline.This is especially good for situations like we have that...
View ArticleAudio TC import bug in MC 8.5
Hi everyone,I've been experiencing a weird issue while importing Audio in Media Composer 8.5.2.Something that didn't happen in 8.4.5. When we get audio mix from our sound studio, we import it and put...
View ArticleCopy/paste frame flex settings between clips in the timeline?
I'm using frame flex to punch in on a 4K interview to create a virtual CU. I can't seem to drag my closeup settings to a bin and apply them to other clips in the timeline. Am I missing something? Is...
View ArticleBlackmagic Intensity and Avid audio low?
I just hooked up my BM analog audio outputs direct to my PPM's and its just way too low. PPM's seem good as they work fine on a Matrox MX02 analog output and calibrated up just fine (+4dB on its...
View ArticleInfinitely Extend Stills
While working in Premiere recently, I really like the ability to extend any stills in the timeline by an infinite duration. It seems there's no reason for Avid to limit the length of these clips, and...
View Article"Apply effect on single track only" option button
I wish there was a button in the effect palette, that would allow you to decide, whether you want to use any effect on the selected track/layer only, or on all other tracks (under that effect, like...
View ArticleAlert issue with QuickTime for Windows..?
Does anybody knows what this is all about and should we as MC users with QT be worried..?Apple Ending Support for QuickTime For Windows, Users Should...
View ArticleMP4 Export on Mac
I want to be able to export directly as MP4 in Media Composer on a Mac. I know, there is Squeeze, Compressor, Streamclip, Episode, Media Encoder, Handbrake etc. that can do a better job. But sometimes...
View Articlesubcap subtitles to resolve
hello, i have subtitles made in avid's subcap effect,i now need to bring them to reslove to put them on top of the graded footege,for what i have figured reslove can import xml and translate it to a...
View ArticleQuicktime Live Link feature...
New option in the past few versions found in the Link Settings dialog, under the Link Options tab. Can someone explain why this setting may be used? Under what circumstances? The manual...
View Articleweird single/dual source-record monitor issue
Hello peoples!Maybe someone can help me. Whenever i open a project in my media composer it has by default only one big composer window. If i want the source/record monitor thing i have to chose the...
View ArticleFavorites don't stay in Browser Window?
Pet peeve never worth mentioning till today I guess :) The avid browser window never keeps the favorites that I add to the sidebar. So I have to manually navigate to folders everytime, anyone else...
View ArticleEditing an imported graphic with alpha channel
I'd like to do some precise, shape-based cropping to a Photoshop file with alpha channel within Avid and can't find an obvious solution. Adding an Animatte effect to the clip on V2 hides the background...
View Articletitles pro files
Hi, try to understand where the titler pro clip i create are in the project?can t find themi need for duplicating and reuse (after little modification in other bins(each bin contain a little project...
View Article101 Activation Failed
I bought Avid subscription exactly a month ago and today (first day of the next month of subscription) in ApplicationManager I see a message:Fail Activation: 101 Activation FailedWhen I tried to...
View ArticleEnabling Avid FX Filters
A project I began at work - on a PC - uses some OPen GL effects, like Lens Flare.These show up as 'disbaled' here at home, on my iMac.Late 2013 27"NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4096 MB video card16GB Ram OS...
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