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HD Map Animation in AVID – Largest file size possible?
Hi
I’ll be providing an editor with a kit of parts to animate a basic HD map in AVID, which will be a wide of the UK, then a zoom in, and a dot traveling from points A to B. The editor will be animating everything so I wondered how big I can provide the map so he can zoom as far as possible? What would be the limit in pixels?
Cheers,
P
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6 Replies
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Keep in mind that Avid – at max- can handle an HD frame size (1920 x 1080). Any imported image (or AMA linked, except for some funny business with RED material) will be scaled to an HD frame size (provided your project is HD) – and that’s it.
Thus, your image will get progressively more pixlelated as you zoom in to the image.
~Michael
.: michael kammes mpse
.: senior applications editor . post workflow consultant
.: audio specialist . act fcp . acsr
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If your editor uses the Pan and Zoom effect Avid won’t scale the picture down. I believe the maximum size is 4000 x 4000 pixels.
That said, this is better done in After Effect or Boris or a similar compositing program. If you need to scale multiple layers together (the animation from A – B while you zoom in on the map, for example) Avid really doesn’t do that well. And Pan and Zoom doesn’t recognize alpha channels, either.
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Michael Hancock
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I had no idea, Michael…how do you get around the resizing on import?
~Michael
.: michael kammes mpse
.: senior applications editor . post workflow consultant
.: audio specialist . act fcp . acsr
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Yes, better done in AE. You can’t get around the issue when importing, the Pan & Zoom effect accesses or points to the original file and allows moves to be performed and settings must be changed and rendered hi-rez before exporting or doing a digital cut.
Ricky
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What Ricky said.
And Pan and Zoom only works with stills, no alpha channel support, and if you get too many and don’t render/mix them down as you work you’ll fill up your RAM and get error message. It’s great for quick stuff or one or two stills, but if you’re doing more than that I recommend After Effects. Infinitely more control, faster, and easier than trying to do it in Avid.
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Michael Hancock
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[Michael Kammes] “I had no idea, Michael…how do you get around the resizing on import?
“You don’t. You use a different program to do this, if possible.
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