Andrew Mckee
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Not sure what is happening here. The green dot in the centre of a clip signifies a motion adapter. It means that the format of the clip differs from that of the sequence and Avid is changing it in some way to match.
Andrew McKee
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Is it doing a fast import when you bring it into Avid?
Andrew McKee
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Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
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What was the issue? Has the color space changed from 601/701 to RGB?
Andrew McKee
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I may be biased, but I always think that training is the best way. For someone who can edit, 1 day with someone who knows Avid inside out (try and find a certified school in your area) can be enough to get you going and would take much longer through books and or tutorials. It just depends how much your time is worth.
Andrew McKee
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I have tested forwards and backwards between 6 and 5.5 and its worked great. Like mentioned, some effects and features can lock you into the current version, but bins of footage and basic sequences have always been compatible with Avid.
Andy
Andrew McKee
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Just try linking via AMA to all the the QT files on your drive, then do a relink to selected in open bins on the sequence. Avid looks at the source file and timecode to relink, so it might work.
Andrew McKee
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Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
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The clips may have been renamed inside of FCP and not match the file names. Has the AAF brought in the clips? If not put the sequence in its own bin, right click in the bin and go to bin settings then select to “show reference clips”. That should bring up all the clips in the sequence and somewhere in the metadata should hopepefully be the file name.
One method for getting sequences to relink via AMA, is to creat a new link via AMA to all the QT files on the drive, and then (with the bin that contains all the clips and all the clips selected) perform a relink on the sequence and click on the option that says “relink to selected in open bind”.
Andrew McKee
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Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
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So long as your happy to bake your clips together so that the sound and video are no longer seperate, it will certainly be quicker to get them in to MC6, yes. You could just export a QT ref for every one and then fast import that into Avid. (Fast export tip – makes sure colour space is set to 601/709 in the import settings)
Andy
Andrew McKee
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I agree, hence why I am an Avid and FCP7 certified trainer, but I dont think we should rule Premiere (because i think it will be an up and comer) or FCPX (because although its not right for my film work, I can see it being perfect for corporate work) out of the sylabus. In a long course geared towards post, students should learn as many pieces of software as possible. That way they don’t get too attached, learn to pickup software quickly (which is really a necessary skill in this industry) and learn to focus on the techniques of editing rather than the software being used.
Andrew McKee
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Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
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Avid is not a particularly taxing programme. 4GB Ram and 2.2Ghz i7 will run the programme nicely. I would definitely go for the faster drive speed though.
Andrew McKee
Editor/Colourist
Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
Pixelwizard.net