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New Avid (MC6) user Question
Hi all first post so ill try and explain the best i can. I have i set up a pal project, linked some 480 youtube clips and put them into the timeline. Then i tried creating text as per our university brief and when i hit v to cut them into the timeline they looked heavily compressed. So i fired up final cut and did the text in there exported/ linked in avid and still it looks strange. Its only the text all the other clips play fine.
any pointers would be appreciated. please let me know if you need further info
Lloyd
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7 Replies
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In your Media Creation settings, what is the resolution set to?
What is your project format set to?
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Sorry mate how do i get to them (1st year student)
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Also, look at the resolution setting. Its the little button below the timeline that is (by default) half green and half yellow. Click it and it becomes solid green and you get full res in your source/record monitor. This effects text more than anything else.
Andrew McKee
Editor/Colourist
Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
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In the project window…go to your Media Creation Setting.
In the project window, go to the Format Pane.
In the Help menu, go to Media Composer Help and read about this stuff.
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Hi all thanks it was the resolution at the bottom of the screen it was set to all yellow (what is the difference between colours?)
As always this forum is the best way to get info from pros.
Lloyd
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Here is a very important lesson for anyone, first year student or not.
Look first in the Help menu. If you can do a Google search, you can use the help menu.
Look second in AVID’s knowledge base. I have found 90-95% of my answers in one of these 2 places. Be creative with your search terms if you you don’t get the results you are looking for.
IF all else fails, then go to the forums.
That being said, the colors.
Full yellow is draft quality. Lowest resolution display for fastest editing.
Half and Half is a compromise between quality and performance.
Full green is high quality. Better picture, requires more hardware resources for performance.
Digital cut ALWAYS uses highest quality for output. Just a simple play in the record monitor uses the timeline quality as indicated by the colors.
Ben Wilson
Engineering Project Manager
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If I remember correctly from the ACSR exam Green is full rez, Yellow/Green is 1/4 rez and full yellow is 1/16 rez.
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