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

Revision as of 20:48, 7 September 2019

Time Warp

  • Time Warp can be embedded in a clip by applying Auto-Sync [1]

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.)" [2]

Import

  • Batch re-importing doesn't delete the old media. [3]

Export

  • to overcome the 2GB AAF file size limit, check the "AAF Edit Protocol" box in the AAF Export Settings. [4]
  • 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 [5]

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 [7]
  • the "f" key toggles the Composer timecode entry between frames and hh:mm:ss:ff [8]
  • Top and Tail buttons [9]
  • Resume Trim: Option-U [10]
  • to unlock all tracks in a sequence, select all tracks, then go to menu Clip / Unlock Tracks

Media

  • option-dragging a clip from Finder/Explorer into a bin brings the media in as AMA linked. [11]
  • 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 [14]
  • Use Source Browser to relink AMA clips [15]

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. [16]
  • Audio Hardware Calibration window is accessible within the Calibration window, within the Hardware tab of the Audio Project Settings. [17]
  • Use Dny3 Compressor/Limiter[18] and EQ3 7-Band audio plugins to improve dialog intelligibility. [19]
  • 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

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. [20]

ISIS Storage

  • Use Firefox for the ISIS Management Console as Chrome will never save the option to Always Allow Flash. [21]

References