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* 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>
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== Trim Mode ==
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* 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>
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* 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>
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* Unwanted zoomed image in Trim Mode
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** Command-click the image until size is restored <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/31399/918012.aspx</ref>
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== Script Integration ==
 +
 
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* Adding takes with resets to your script bin:
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** add the take to the script bin spanning the relevant lines of the script
 +
*** add a script mark that starts on first action
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*** 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)
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** repeat until there are no more resets to add
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** select the take lines in the script and select Script > ScriptSync
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*** in the dialog box select "sync between first and last mark"
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**** (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)
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** that is all -- you're done <ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxyme-tremblay-94165499/</ref>
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* mouse scrolling with shift-command scrolls the script page left-right
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== Time Warp ==
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* Time Warp can be embedded in a clip by applying Auto-Sync <ref>http://community.avid.com/forums/p/197791/885952.aspx#885952</ref>
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== Codecs ==
 +
 
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* to install the DNxHD codecs use MediaComposerLegacyComponents.
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== Keyboard ==
 +
 
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* holding Command key while scrolling mouse wheel in script bin scrolls page to page rather than line to line
 +
 
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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.)"  <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/p/134210/764286.aspx#764286</ref>
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 +
== 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>
 
* 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>
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* 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>
 
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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>
 
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* 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>
 
 
* Color Scaling settings for same as source DNxHD export:
 
* Color Scaling settings for same as source DNxHD export:
 
** "Keep as Legal Range" if going into Resolve
 
** "Keep as Legal Range" if going into Resolve
 
** "Scale from Legal Range to Full Range" if viewing only in QuickTime Player
 
** "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>
 
*** blacks will appear milky in Resolve if "Scale from Legal Range" used <ref>Redlab</ref>
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== Download ==
 +
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* 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>
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== 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>
 +
 +
== 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
 
* 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>
 
** "alldrives"<ref>[https://www.dgc.ca/en/ontario/memberView?m=27440 Louis Casado]</ref> <ref>https://community.avid.com/forums/t/60999.aspx</ref>
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* 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>
 +
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== 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.
 
* 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>
 
* 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>
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* 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>
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* 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>
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 +
== 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.
 
* 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.
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* 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>
+
* 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.
−
* 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>
+
* bin filter text box filters based on column selected <ref>file:///Applications/Avid%20Media%20Composer/Help/MCHelp.html#page/Help%2FBins.20.59.html</ref>
 +
 
 +
== 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>
 +
 
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== 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 ==
 
== References ==
  
 
<references />
 
<references />
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[[Category:Avid Media Composer]]
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[[Category:Tips]]

Revision as of 19:39, 16 November 2023

Trim Mode

  • Unwanted zoomed image in Trim Mode
    • Command-click the image until size is restored [1]

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 [2]
  • 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 [3]

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.)" [4]

Import

  • Batch re-importing doesn't delete the old media. [5]

Export

  • to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings. [6]
  • 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 [7]

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 [9]
  • the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff [10]
  • Top and Tail buttons [11]
  • Resume Trim: Option-U [12]
  • 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 [13]
  • 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" [14]

Media

  • option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked. [15]
  • 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 [18]
  • Use Source Browser to relink AMA clips [19]

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. [20]
  • Audio Hardware Calibration window is accessible within the Calibration window, within the Hardware tab of the Audio Project Settings. [21]
  • Use Dny3 Compressor/Limiter[22] and EQ3 7-Band audio plugins to improve dialog intelligibility. [23]
  • 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." [24]

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.
  • bin filter text box filters based on column selected [25]

Effects

  • To change the direction of a Horizontal Wipe, set the first keyframe to to 100 and the last keyframe to 0. [26]

ISIS Storage

  • Use Firefox for the ISIS Management Console as Chrome will never save the option to Always Allow Flash. [27]

Crashes

  • If Avid will not open and just crashes and startup:
    • Go to Users / Shared / AvidMediaComposer then delete the Avid FatalErrorReports folder [28]

References

  1. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/p/31399/918012.aspx
  2. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxyme-tremblay-94165499/
  3. ↑ http://community.avid.com/forums/p/197791/885952.aspx#885952
  4. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/p/134210/764286.aspx#764286
  5. ↑ https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/45/896673#906400
  6. ↑ John Nicholls
  7. ↑ Redlab
  8. ↑ Eddie Retamal, Pivotal Post
  9. ↑ Craig Webster
  10. ↑ Craig Webster
  11. ↑ How to do a Quick Trim - Top & Tail in Avid Media Composer
  12. ↑ Option+U. It resumes a previous complicated asymmetrical trim from where you left off.
  13. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/p/97828/859615.aspx#859615
  14. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/t/120111.aspx
  15. ↑ Louis Casado
  16. ↑ Louis Casado
  17. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/t/60999.aspx
  18. ↑ Lupe Avina, Pivotal Post
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_yIZzM1JE
  20. ↑ http://c2.avid.com/blogs/training/archive/2008/01/28/time-shift-audio-plug-in.aspx
  21. ↑ http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/user_guide/en272751
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mORT3YSmeA
  23. ↑ Christopher Minns
  24. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/p/62367/381810.aspx#381810
  25. ↑ file:///Applications/Avid%20Media%20Composer/Help/MCHelp.html#page/Help%2FBins.20.59.html
  26. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/t/128021.aspx
  27. ↑ ISIS management console broken in latest chrome update
  28. ↑ https://community.avid.com/forums/p/205871/922479.aspx#922479


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