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AVID trial version question
I need to edit a short rough cut on AVID for a client. I’m about to download the 30 day Media Composer 5.5 Free Trial.
Two questions:
– After 30 days will I be able to seamlessly purchase and use the student version (verses the professional version?)
– The client has given me MXF files to edit with. Will the AVID be able to seamlessly read them? I typically edit on a FCP and I work on a MAC and it’s not reading them. Perhaps I need to download some AVID codecs?
Many thanks in advance for any advice! -
4 Replies
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yes and yes
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Excellent & thanks! I was concerned that there was a difference between the student and professional trial / purchase. I was just talking to an editor and he thinks that it’s essentially the same, but just a different a different price.
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It’s exactly the same.
You can only read those MXF files if they are Avid mediafiles, and if you place them in the right folder structure:
X:/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1
‘X’ can be any drive (preferable not your system drive, though).
‘1’ can be any number (don’t put more than 5000 files in one folder).If you have place the media there, either find it by opening the Media Tool and dragging the clips from the Media Tool into bins; or, from the MXF/1 folder, take the file that says ‘msm.db’ and drag that into a bin.
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Student and pro versions are identical. But under the terms of the license you probably shouldn’t be editing client work on a student version.
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