Avid Media Composer Tips

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Graphics

  • Applying Matte Key effects settings to other Matte Key clips
    • "Option+drag the effect icon from the effect editor to a bin, and then option+drag that effect from the bin on to the existing matte key that you’d like to change. With matte keys, option+drag creates an effect without the key source, but copies over all parameter settings (like shadows.)" [1]

Export

  • to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings. [2]
  • Color Scaling settings for same as source DNxHD export:
    • "Keep as Legal Range" if going into Resolve
    • "Scale from Legal Range to Full Range" if viewing only in QuickTime Player
      • blacks will appear milky in Resolve if "Scale from Legal Range" used [3]

Download

Timeline

  • subsequent presses of the "enter" key after entering a +/- timecode in the Composer window will continue to advance/decrement the cursor by the entered numeric amount [5]
  • the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff [6]
  • Top and Tail buttons [7]
  • Resume Trim: Option-U [8]
  • to unlock all tracks in a sequence, select all tracks, then go to menu Clip / Unlock Tracks

Media

  • option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked. [9]
  • Console command to link media over network
  • IOT0.tio files on your media drive -- they are left over by PathDiag application and are safe to delete later [12]
  • Use Source Browser to relink AMA clips [13]

Bugs

  • If command-' is moving your Timeline window to the wrong monitor, quit Avid and delete the Settings.xml file in your project and restart Avid.
  • to rebuild Marker Frames if they change to wrong image just create a new video track

Audio

  • To fit audio within a specific length and keep the pitch the same use the TimeShift AudioSuite plugin. [14]
  • Audio Hardware Calibration window is accessible within the Calibration window, within the Hardware tab of the Audio Project Settings. [15]
  • Use Dny3 Compressor/Limiter[16] and EQ3 7-Band audio plugins to improve dialog intelligibility. [17]

Bins

  • The new Set Default Bin View option in the Bin Settings window allows you to set a default bin view when creating a new bin.
  • Right click and select Source Settings to apply a LUT to a clip. Right click the sequence and select Refresh to apply colour change to clips in sequence.

Effects

  • To change the direction of a Horizontal Wipe, set the first keyframe to to 100 and the last keyframe to 0. [18]

References