Editing Avid Media Composer Tips

== Trim Mode ==

* Unwanted zoomed image in Trim Mode
** Command-click the image until size is restored <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/31399/918012.aspx</ref>

== Script Integration ==

* Adding takes with resets to your script bin:
** add the take to the script bin spanning the relevant lines of the script
*** add a script mark that starts on first action 
*** add a second script mark where action ends (before the first reset action begins)
** add the same take to the script bin in the same manner as you would add a second take
*** add a script mark that starts on second action 
*** add a second script mark where second action ends (before the third reset action begins)
** repeat until there are no more resets to add
** select the take lines in the script and select Script > ScriptSync
*** in the dialog box select "sync between first and last mark"
**** (this will contain the ScriptSync phonetic-indexing analysis to the portions of takes between the "action" and "cut" script marks you entered above, each time you added the same take)
** that is all -- you're done <ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxyme-tremblay-94165499/</ref>
* mouse scrolling with shift-command scrolls the script page left-right

== Time Warp ==

* Time Warp can be embedded in a clip by applying Auto-Sync <ref>http://community.avid.com/forums/p/197791/885952.aspx#885952</ref>

== Codecs == 

* to install the DNxHD codecs use MediaComposerLegacyComponents.

== Keyboard == 

* holding Command key while scrolling mouse wheel in script bin scrolls page to page rather than line to line

== 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.)"  <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/134210/764286.aspx#764286</ref>

== Import ==

* Batch re-importing doesn't delete the old media. <ref>https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/45/896673#906400 </ref>

== Export ==

* to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings. <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-nicholls-076a9411/ John Nicholls]</ref>
* 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 <ref>Redlab</ref>

== Download ==

* link to [http://esd.avid.com/ProductInformation.aspx?id=7 Avid Download Center]<ref>[https://community.avid.com/members/Edward-Retamal/default.aspx Eddie Retamal, Pivotal Post]</ref>

== 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 <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-webster-c-c-e-34513246/ Craig Webster]</ref>
* the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-webster-c-c-e-34513246/ Craig Webster]</ref>
* Top and Tail buttons <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXhBjFmSOM0 How to do a Quick Trim - Top & Tail in Avid Media Composer]</ref>
* Resume Trim: Option-U <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZIBxWnMRR/?taken-by=stpfeil Option+U. It resumes a previous complicated asymmetrical trim from where you left off.]</ref>
* to unlock all tracks in a sequence, select all tracks, then go to menu Clip / Unlock Tracks
* dragging a segment with SHIFT+ALT+COMMAND to another part of the timeline will duplicate that segment <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/97828/859615.aspx#859615</ref>
* Tracks appear in the wrong numeric order
** Solution: drag the tracks into the right order and then save that as a new timeline setting
* Remember track selection when re-loading clip into source monitor
** "uncheck the "auto_enable_source_tracks" under composer_settings/edit" <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/t/120111.aspx</ref>
*  "The only way NOT to select filler is if you hold OPT and click on the SELECT ALL FORWARD or SELECT ALL BEHIND commands." <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/132963/758275.aspx#758275</ref>

== Media ==

* option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked. <ref>[https://www.dgc.ca/en/ontario/memberView?m=27440 Louis Casado]</ref>
* 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>
* IOT0.tio files on your media drive -- they are left over by PathDiag application and are safe to delete later <ref> Lupe Avina, Pivotal Post</ref>
* Use Source Browser to relink AMA clips <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_yIZzM1JE</ref>

== Bug workarounds == 

* 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. <ref>http://c2.avid.com/blogs/training/archive/2008/01/28/time-shift-audio-plug-in.aspx</ref>
* Audio Hardware Calibration window is accessible within the Calibration window, within the Hardware tab of the Audio Project Settings. <ref> http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/user_guide/en272751</ref>
* Use Dny3 Compressor/Limiter<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mORT3YSmeA </ref> and EQ3 7-Band audio plugins to improve dialog intelligibility. <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-minns-36695262/ Christopher Minns]</ref>
* in order for external USB microphone (like Blue Snowball) to appear and be able to capture audio in Avid, do a hardware disable of I/O device (like BlackMagic Intensity Pro) using the button along the top of the timeline
* To bring up the Add Track dialog box, press option-command-U.  This will allow you to pick what number the track should be.
* delete all audio dissolves in sequence: "Park on a dissolve, go into effects editor, lasso all the dissolves, hit delete." <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/62367/381810.aspx#381810</ref>

== 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. <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/t/128021.aspx</ref>

== ISIS Storage ==

* Use Firefox for the ISIS Management Console as Chrome will never save the option to Always Allow Flash. <ref>[https://community.avid.com/forums/p/181829/855087.aspx#855087 ISIS management console broken in latest chrome update ]</ref>

== Crashes == 

* If Avid will not open and just crashes and startup:
** Go to Users / Shared / AvidMediaComposer then delete the Avid FatalErrorReports folder <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/205871/922479.aspx#922479</ref>

== References ==

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