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Avid Media Composer 3.0.5 timeline issue?
Hey folks,
I freshly installed Avid Media Composer 3.0.5 on my system, but why in heaven does the timeline look that different? I’ve been working with Avid for half a year on an iMac, but have installed a version on my MacBook for working at home – does the timeline just “adapt” to my tiny 13.3 inches screen? Here’s a screenshot: https://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1ev8.png (to the right of the text box)
I haven’t found anything about it in the user manual nor in the online documentation … everywhere I could see, the timeline looked “as usual” – in comparison to mine, which looks kinda “messed up”.
Maybe anbody can help me out there.
Kind regards
Dennis -
6 Replies
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What’s wrong with it? Can you post a screenshot of your timeline on the other system?
Looks fine to me.
Michael
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Michael,
thanks for the quick response. Here’s what the systems look like I’m used to: https://www.oceansystems.com/dtective/images/timeline.jpg ; not an actual screenshot of my other workspace but that’s exactly how it should look like …
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You can remove the buttons across the top under your Timeline settings (deselect Show Toolbar).
If you want to make your tracks bigger, select them all and hit Ctrl+L (PC). On a Mac it may be Cmd+L or Option+L (I’m not up on my Mac shortcuts).
To get rid of the F track at the bottom go to your Timeline Fast Menu, Show Track, and unclick Film. That will get rid of that.
Not sure what the EC1 track is, but you can probably turn it off under the timeline Fast Menu–>Show Track as well.
All the extra buttons on the bottom are standard now. Did you upgrade your software, or were you using really old user settings before? I don’t know of a way to get rid of them–they’re there all the time. The Yellow dot is your timeline quality (Yellow is Draft, click it to cycle your preview quality), the Down and Up arrows are Step In and Step Out of your effects, and double circles is your Focus button, the miniature Source/Record monitors next to it toggles whether you’re viewing your source or record monitor in the timeline, Untitled is where you save your timeline settings, and the options to the right are your Source/Record, Trim, Effects, and Color Correction modes.
Have you tried bringing your settings from your old system over to see if they function right? That way you won’t have to rebuild them (and it may retain the look of your timeline).
Michael.
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EC1 is EdgeCode (Film).
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Ah. I’ve never worked in Film, so I had no idea what it meant. Learned something new today–thanks!
Michael.
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Thank you Michael and Job,
especially Michael for making really clear what’s happening. I’ve done a bit rough customizing by myself (never needed to do that before) and things have become much clearer now. Things look much more familiar 😉
Cheers
Dennis
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