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Avid Media Composer 5.5/Mac Pro
Avid Media Composer 5.5 Graphic Card/Mac
Hi,
i purchased the mc5 last week and when i opened the avid fx (ie boris red )i had a message that said “your video card is not supported by avid fx(ie my current graphic card is ati hd 5770 on mac). so therefore please tell me which graphic card would work the best on a mac for avid fx,My second issue is that when i rendered a video effect it rendered fine and played the effect fine as well but when i checked the same effect to see if it stayed rendered but when i parked the play head on the rendered clip and clicked the render button it shows “one effect to render” even though this effect has been rendered before.
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I have been having the same problem. It seems as if Avid FX (Boris) just plain out hates ATI Video cards and Macs. I have nothing but problems with AVID FX using my ATI 5870 or Nvidia gt120 – Qualified from Avid. It amazes me how After Effects works wonderful with any video card. Yet Boris FX is able to only work with certain video cards. This is so 1990. I guess that’s why Boris is giving away FX with Avid MC and selling the version on their site for $299.00. I also foresee Boris dropping FX from their line up considering Adobe After Effects rules the market here. The only benefit of using Avid FX is in Avid. I have a fully qualified system – MACPRO 2.26 8 Core with Nvidia GT120. Again, even with the latest version of Avid FX – crash crash crash! I”m assuming Boris is not keeping up with writing their codecs for future editing software releases, unless it’s making money like Continuum Complete. Sad thing I used Avid FX all the time in Avid Express Pro when it was solid. It was a great tool then. Now it’s useless for the MACPRO. I have tried everything to make this software work.
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