Dave Schweitzer
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Yes. Current versions of MC and AXP have that ability. I forgot when this feature started, it’s been there a couple years at least.
What you do is select the master clipand go to Special>Read Audio Timecode.
Here you can select Ch.1 for the TC and assign it to an Auxiliary TC track.
Group your clips based on this auxiliary TC and start your multicam edit. -
NTSC DV is lower field first, so try re-exporting with lower. If you’re on the same machine, save some time and drive space by exporting a QT reference, then encode from that in Sorenson.
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Avid’s got a built in effect for moving around within larger than source res photos.
Do a search for Pan & Zoom.
If you aren’t happy with it, try Stagetools Motion Picture, or After Effects. -
Well of course it’s not what the finished product will look like on a TV – it’s not a TV. To play video on a computer screen (or LCD/Plasma for that matter) the interlaced signal gets turned to a progressive signal. And of course the colors can be anywhere from close to way off.
I’m guessing you’re using Xpress or Xpress Pro. If you have a DV deck or camera to bring in the video, use it as your transcoder. In other words, hook a monitor to the output of the DV deck, switch the DV EE mode on and when you want to see what you’re working on, turn on the video display output in Avid. When I’m working this way I do all the editing with the display output turned off (for speed – no rendering involved) and when I need to see something (or when it’s time to output) then I turn it back on. -
The Fluidfilm 2:3 cadence effect gives great results, and unless it’s been fixed in recent versions here’s something to watch out for:
Make sure you don’t nest the effect in say a color correction or other effect. When it comes time to render in/out or render all and walk out for the night, you may find the video is still at 29.97 – very realistic. I found this out the hard way and have since begun the practice of each effect being on it’s own layer – but only where this effect is involved.
And again, it’s a very nice effect.Has anyone opened up the editor and tweaked the settings – and if so, what did you find?
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Last I read on the Avid boards December should bring us the Universal Binary versions, which is the holdup for using Avid products on the Intel Macs (core solo/duo/and core2 duo). Could be an indicator for the Windows users as well…
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Can you give any more information – maybe fill out your system specs and lcoation in the profile? The frame size of 720×576 suggests you’re working in PAL, and all PAL video is upper field first – except PAL DV (via Firewire).
The audio at 44.1 suggests maybe you have a mojo, or that the audio is only from CD or imported.
DV audio can be recorded to tape at 48k or 32k, (and audio for PAL-DVD either 48k or 96k) but what really would help is knowing if this video is from PAL DV to determine the native field order.
Usually I export a QT ref, open Quicktime Pro and export the MPEG2 video from there, keeping the AIF exported by AXP. In QT Pro one can properly set the source video field order and set CBR/VBR, motion quality, bitrate options and the like before encoding.
As far as the frame size for PAL DVD, there should be no cropping, as from what I’ve read the PAL D1, DV, and DVD frame sizes are all the same.
Lastly, I don’t believe there’s any way to change the field order upon export from Avid – it is what it is. If you tell the encoder what the field order IS, it should be able to deal with it properly. If not, I’ve read of a free PC (you on a PC or a Mac?…profile!) program called ReStream which will allow you to change the field order after encoding – but you don’t have to Re-Encode the MPEG. -
I think that’s now a limited feature. When browsing the brochure Avid sent to sell me MCSoft, I saw they laid out the features by software, and AXP featured 4 cams, while MCSoft featured more (9?).
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From what I’ve read, with the new DVI full screen option, you must set the output option in AXP. Also, after trying it for the first time, perhaps you need to Detect Displays again when hooking up the SVHS cable?
Oh, and to use the SVHS plug, make sure your second monitor is set to 800×600 before launching AXP to force it into full screen scan-converted Avid video output. -
Couldn’t tell by your profile, but if you’re on a mac and running an LCD monitor at non-native resolution, this has been known to affect sync.