optimal image size for stills for Avid Adrenaline

[Enzo Tedeschi]

The “optimal” size of your images really doesn’t differ from what you would use in FCP.

Avid, though, handles file imports differently to FCP. Avid does not reference the original media (stills, audio, even video if it is IMPORTED not DIGITISED), but creates it’s own media upon import. It converts all media to project settings, and ignores the original files.

There is a workaround with stills called “Avid Pan and Zoom”, it is a standard “effect” in your Avid toolset in the Adrenaline.

In your timeline, you create a filler clip, apply avid pan and zoom, and use the effect palette to import the image. Doing it this way makes the Avid reference the source file, maintaining it’s full resolution, and will only need to create new media upon rendering.

There’s a good book available called “FCP for Avid Editors”. I know it’s back to front for you, but I am not aware of one which is FCP to Avid. It goes into a lot of the differences and similarities.

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