[Carl Amoscato]

Boris Continuum Complete. It’s got tons of effects, and is well worth the price.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Ryan,

Call back and speak to a human being and explain the situation. As long as you paid for the system, you should be able to get this worked out with Avid.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Ryan,

Have you contacted Avid’s tech support? You should still be in the period when you get free help, and they’re usually the ones to talk to about dongle issues.

800 800 2843

Good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Robert,

While I can’t offer you any help, I can tell you I’ve seen both of the behaviors you describe on our MCA 1.6 systems. The capture tool on Adrenaline just seems very flaky to me.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi,

The 2gb limit applies to AVI files. Check your output settings and make sure you haven’t inadvertantly set the file type to AVI someplace.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Steve,

In the Select Files to Import window, have the editor click Options, and in the Import Settings dialog box, deselect Autodetect Sequential Files (or something close to that; I’m not in front of the machine right now), and Avid will bring them in as separate files.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Chris,

“So if im reading you correctly, if i export out of AE at 3:1, then import at 3:1, would then my file will really be 6:1? What would be my reason then, of using compression in AE export.”

I honestly don’t know if you add extra compression with each export/import, and we use QT movies rather than OMF, so I’m not an expert on the OMF import settings.

As far as why you’d do it, it saves time on the import into Avid. If your file is rendered out of AE using the Animation codec, Avid has to convert it to the Meridian codec when you import it. If you render out of AE with the Meridian codec and the same compression ratio as you import it into Avid, Avid doesn’t have to convert it, it only has to import it, which takes less time.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Chris,

“In AVIDs ingest settings, does the use files resolution or compression work?”

After selecting File>Import, you get the Select Files to Import dialog box. In the Video Resolution drop down, select the compression ratio you want to bring the file in as. For example, if you’ve created an animation at 3:1 in AE, and you want to bring it into Avid at 3:1, select 3:1 in the Video Resolution drop down box.

If the compression ratios and codecs all match (i.e. you rendered out of AE using the Meridian codec at 3:1, and you’re importing the file as 3:1) it will go faster than if you’d used a different compression ratio or codec.

“If i export out of AE a file using the Meridean compressed 3:1 interlaced setting, do i need to also tell tell the Avid ingest settings that the source is interlaced…. and vice versa if its progressive?”

Yes. In the Select Files to Import dialog box, click Options, and set the File Field Order to the correct setting for whatever your AE render is: upper, lower, or non-interlaced.

“Im in PAL land, so should the export Meridean Compressed settings be RGB 0-255?”

Sorry, I’m NTSC, so I don’t know the answer to this for certain, and I don’t want to guess and give you bad information.

“How do i make sure that the levels remain the same when exporting from the AVID timeline and working in AE… ?”

You have to pay attention to the all the paramaters you get when you select Options on export out of Avid, when you create your composition in AE, when you render out of AE, and when you select Options again on import back into Avid.

For example, if you screw up aspect ratio, color space, field order, or frame rate in any of those steps, then it will cause you a problem. The key is knowing what you’re working in, and making sure you stay in that for the entire process. Again, I’m NTSC, so I’m not certain what all the paramaters should be for PAL.

“Does the file size decrease if i was to use the Meridean uncompressed codec instead of the Animation codec?”

I believe it does. The way to test this without wasting a lot of time is to export a 5 second chunk of video and see what the difference in size is.

Hopefully this got you pointed in the right direction.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Hi Steve,

First, on behalf of editors everywhere, thank you for trying to make your editor’s life easier. 🙂

1. We use 32 bit TIF files where I work, but TGA works also. Straight alpha is the way to go (not premultiplied).

2. Don’t put the files in the OMFI Media Files folder (if there is one) on the FW drive. Just put them in whatever folder you want and your editor will navigate there and import them.

good luck,
Carl

[Carl Amoscato]

Yes it is. Lasso around the entire track you want to copy in the timeline, to select it in segment overwrite (red arrow) mode. Press CTRL+c to copy it. Turn off all tracks except the destination track, and press CTRL+v to paste.

There are other ways. I believe you can mark and in and out around the entire track and press CTRL+c to copy it to the clipboard, and then CTRL+v to paste it, but I don’t use that way very often, so I can’t guarantee it works.

good luck,
Carl