David Braswell
Forum Replies Created
-
If you have “Avid on board” you can use the Media Tool in frame mode to view and delete clips.
-
Try unlocking them through Explorer or the Finder if you’re on a Mac. In Windows, right-click on folder containing files, view properties, and uncheck the read-only attribute.
-
I second Grinner’s idea of starting with the manual. Just realize that to apply more than one AudioSuite plugin you’ll have to render and bounce down to another track. Unfortunately Premiere eats Avid’s lunch where audio is concerned.
-
Not a LANshare user here, but can you create a vrtual directory on it, drop the OMFs in there and use Media Tool to probe just that directory?
-
-
Steve Hullfish’s Complete Training for Avid Media Composer
-
Did I miss something? I thought the blended result looked nice. The curves along your lower third are clean.
Discarding half of the fields (in my experience) leaves your footage with a partially interlaced and dull look from throwing half the information away. That plainly shows in the bottom two screen grabs. You might try adding the FluidFilm Progressive filter in Avid (long, long render) and then exporting your ref mov.
-
Ignore above… Sorry, I accidentally posted wrong response in.
Snapping sounds like you haven’t cleared all the old keyframes. With the effects window open. The following assumes your animatte is static, that is you’re not animating the shape over time.
In effects mode, select your animatte in the record monitor. Hold the shift key and select the keyframes at the beginning and end of the clip. Now place your animatte where you want it to go. There should be no “jumping” as it plays through now. If there is, delete the effect and start from scratch.
-
Sounds like you’re describing Adobe Premiere behavior as well. Move a video clip up or down a track and the linked audio moves in the opposite direction a corresponding number of tracks. That always annoyed me. Avid doesn’t work that way.
You have to develop the habit of targeting where you want your audio/video clips to “land” in the Avid. If you need to move them later, you have to move audio and video clips separately. Understand that holding the Control key while you move the clip will constrain its motion to vertical. That way you don’t overwrite any portion of clips to the left or right of the one you’re moving.
If you discover you need to insert audio/video tracks after you’ve begun an edit, Control+U, Control+Y will add audio and video tracks respectively. Add Alt as a modifier key (Control+Alt+Y) and you can choose where to insert the track. This gives you flexibility in case you need to keep an edited sequence’s tracks in a certain “stacking” order.
It is just the Avid way. Other editors will soon be a distant memory… 😉
-
I think I understand your question. But Avid doesn’t work in the way I think you’re describing (or wishing ;-). I seem to recall Adobe Premiere does that; move a video clip up or down (vertically) and the linked audio moves in the opposite direction a corresponding number of tracks.
With Avid, you need to get in the habit of targeting the tracks you want your audio and video to “land” on. If you need to move them later, you’ll have to move them separately. There are some modifier keys to make life easier. For instance, if you hold the Control key while you drag a clip across tracks, it will constrain the movement vertically so you don’t inadvertently overwrite clips to the left or right of the one you’re moving.
Also you can add audio and video tracks (respectively) by pressing Control + U and Control + Y. Add the Alt as a modifier key (Control + Alt +Y) and you can choose where you want to insert the track. This gives you more control if you have an edited sequence that needs to remain in a certain “stacking” order.