Difference between revisions of "Avid Media Composer Tips"

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* 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>
 
* 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>
 
* 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>
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* Color Scaling settings for same as source DNxHD export:
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** "Keep as Legal Range" if going into Resolve
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** "Scale from Legal Range to Full Range" if viewing only in QuickTime Player
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*** blacks will appear milky in Resolve if "Scale from Legal Range" used <ref>Redlab</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 19:19, 30 October 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]

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