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wow
that totally works

now it only takes a little more than twice as long as it should.
bonus

thanks man

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I envy you, man. I still have never gotten HD into my system.
This thing has officially put me outta bidness.

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thank you, sir.
I have to change things up every few years or so. When I get bored, I start to wither. Chasing keeps me vibrant. Worth the ulcer to me.

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anything to add keystrokes to our day, I guess.

thanks man

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the more apps ya know the more marketable you will be. Surely can’t hurt to know AE. If you are an Avid editor on anything below DS, you have to know AE as Avid’s DVE is old, crusty and was in need of a revamp ten years ago.
Do you like motion grafix? Thats really the bottom line. If ya do, it’s the one to learn first, imo.

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it’s happened on every version I have been on.
Havn’t tried submasters but will.
I am freelancing on somone elses box today, v 2.1.8. I don’t have the problem on mine but about every five minutes or so, the mouse still working, I can click on nothing in Avid. No keyboard strokes either. I minimize then bring it back up and can work for another five minutes or so.
While I do miss my old symphony, I am now starting to miss my ole $10k Premiere box from 1999.

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yeah, thats what I’ve been having to do.
thanks man

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you will gat far superior results using After Effects for this. It will still defrigate the video, just not near as bad as Avid’s old DVE.

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unfortunatly, no.
Adrenaline’s DVE is not much different than the 3D DVE introduced with MC v5 more than 10 years ago. It’ll alias text and anything else it moves pretty bad. After Effects is what most use.

I gotta think someone at Avid has alot of stock in Apple.

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The best editors have always been rule breakers. In other words, if everyone did exaclty what they learned in their junior college edit class, adhearing to all the DOs and donts they were tought, everything we see would be the same flavor and thats not marketable at all.
You mentioned going by feel and thats all there isa to it, brother. I mean, one does have to knwo what the buttons do but after that, it’s just a matter of makin it look cool, matching the pieces personality and being able to follow that vibe, noe lead it sometimes. Painters utilize brush strokes and tools handed down by the wise ones then they do what you said… go by feeling.
The single best thing about non-linear editing is having undos. Second best is being able to duplicate your sequence and try something off the wall knowing you can’t mess anything up. You can always go back to the first one. There are no templates for editing any type of project. A dissolve here, a cut there, using the swish pan here, covering it with a cutawy there. Ya gotta chop some lettuce to make a salad. Chop away, man. Throw in all kinds of wacky ingredients then just remove the ones that dont taiste so good. Keep watching reels and the MTV. Mimic the things you dig then make em your own flavor.
If you have the same style in every piece, I’d say thats a bad thing.
Most of all, have fun. When your having fun your more open minded. So open minded you could see a mistake as cool and it may end up being the sweetest thing in the show. Don’t rush anything. Timing is key. It’s just answeroing the question “what would look best here?” over and over again.