Avid Media Composer Tips

Export

• to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings.
• 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

Download

• link to Avid Download Center

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
• the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff
• Top and Tail buttons
• Resume Trim: Option-U

Media

• option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked.
• Console command to link media over network
  • "alldrives"
• IOT0.tio files on your media drive -- they are left over by PathDiag application and are safe to delete later

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.

Audio

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

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.

Effects

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