Difference between revisions of "Avid Media Composer Tips"

Revision as of 14:49, 1 November 2018

option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked. ^[1]
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 ^[2]
the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff ^[3]
to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings. ^[4]
link to Avid Download Center^[5]
Top and Tail buttons ^[6]
Resume Trim: Option-U ^[7]
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 ^[8]
Console command to link media over network
- "alldrives"^[9] ^[10]
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.

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 * Console command to link media over network
 ** "alldrives"<ref>[https://www.dgc.ca/en/ontario/memberView?m=27440 Louis Casado]</ref> <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/t/60999.aspx</ref>
+* 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.
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