David Braswell
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Thanks for the info. I revisited the site and saw where they’re making it a standalone app. I really like the changes to V2 and haven’t experienced the issues you noted. Although I probably don’t lean on it as hard as you do. It’s mostly a post tool for me. I sweeten audio for video and lay it back in my Avid. I have noticed the unusual bug where it keeps requesting you save a session that already has a name. I look forwad to V3.
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Bring down the clip volume. Because of the nature of digital audio levels and what various softwares consider “0”, this is fairly normal. Other option, moderate the audio in ProTools.
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If you’re intent on doing serious Avid editing AND building/configuring your machine, I’d start by browsing Avid’s website and finding their computer specifications. I would consider selling this box to the highest bidder and buying a qualified system. Unless you’re willing to read a lot and learn a lot quickly, you may be happier overall.
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If you have QT Pro you can view file information for the reference movie. This should give you names of audio and video files. If you just want to collect the files necessary to play the movie, you’re probably better off Consolidating footage.
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I suspect users at the Xpress Pro (and especially Media Composer) level will generally have a separate workflow for Surround Sound. That’s just a guess. The more specialized multimedia software becomes, the narrower the focus of its features. Avid already has a somewhat awkward audio workflow; I sweeten in Audition. I would prefer they improved what they have before dabbling in Surround Sound.
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not possible
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What format video are you starting with? I can imagine you losing some color and gaining grain if you export as DV.
As Jon mentioned, try exporting a Quicktime reference movie from Avid. Unless you collect the necessary media files, the reference movie will only work on the computer it’s created on. The settings are somewhat self-explanatory. I’d try exporting at native dimension. When you import into After Effects, check to make sure the file is interpreted correctly (does AE show the correct pixel aspect ration and field ordering?). When you export you final file, choose the Animation codec with appropriate alpha channel settings. That will create a file you can take to any computer.
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Thanks Mike!
That deleted many of the entries. I have a few more I’m tracking; I may just rebuild database.
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Overeasy, this is one of those famous “flamestarter” questions that has been discussed ad nauseum in Avid’s on Xpress Pro forum. In fact, there is a recent thread addressing the issue. I’m not an engineer so take my words with a grain of salt. I generally work 1:1 at the office since I’ve an Adrenaline there. Following comments pertain to my Xpress Pro setup at home
I import DV25 at DV25 res, but I mixdown and do titles at 1:1 to maintain quality of graphics and composites. Most of my final output is DVD so that’s not a problem. However, not having a Mojo, I can’t see 1:1 playback in realtime on my timeline. If you have the opportunity, the best thing to do is try a few tests to see if you can tell a visual difference in importing DV25 at 1:1. AFAIK, DV is a lossy codec. It can be “decompressed” back into 4:2:2 color space via component import, (which may help color correction), but you can’t replace what you never had to start with. Transposing also creates huge uncompressed files. That’s pretty much my take on it. I’m sure you’ll here some varying opinions though ^_^
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Any movie you export to make an NTSC-DVD from should be interlaced, lower field first. Single fielding is probably your biggest problem.