John Pale
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Do you ever intend to take the media into a genuine Avid?
If so, the flavor of MXF used in Premier’s DNX workflow is Op1a not OpAtom. Avid v7 can import or AMA link Op1a MXF but Avid v6 cannot. Just realized this the other day.
That being said, exporting a sequence as Avid DNXHD MXF was twice as fast as the Quicktime version in my tests.
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It does that with certain codecs…like the H264 used in GoPro footage, or AVCHD
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Change your project settings to a non RGB setting. If you are in an RGB project, you will only see codec options for RGB work.
In the format tab, change to 709.
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It’s listed as a bug in the Read Me for MC 6 and is still unresolved.
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You probably did not have the correct track targeted on the record side. If you don’t, the Motion Effect Editor won’t show anything for the clip you are parked on. You may also have had the source side activated. Track targeting is more important in Avid than it was in FCP, though its more straightforward and consistent in behavior. (FCP 7 had a weird mix of targeting, auto select buttons and direct selection to do the same thing as Avid using only targeting/patching)
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Yes. Marquee is very good with still graphics. Its render engine is old and its pretty clear Avid isn’t really interested in improving anything about Marquee. It hasn’t changed at all in about 8 years..maybe more.
In FCP7, the built in titler is more awful than the basic Avid Title Tool, but Motion, which came with it, was awesome. FCPX native titles are too template based for my taste…and it does not have the same integration with Motion its predecessor had. Premiere Pro CS 6 and CC have very good built in title tools and great integration with AE for more complex stuff.
New Blue Title Pro 1.0 comes free with Avid 7. New Blue Title Pro 2.0 is $200. Its compatible as far back as Avid 5.0 and there is a free trial. It is GPU accelerated, so it will probably render faster than Marquee, if you have a recommended card. You might want to give the trial a go and see if it does the trick for you. Doesn’t look like there would be a big learning curve from Marquee.
https://www.newbluefx.com/product/titler-pro#compatibility
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[kevin rhoades] “Is this going to haunt me later?
“No. The “.new’ suffix is to help you tell the original clip from the transcoded copy. Avid does not link by file name…you are free to change it. If you make the Source File column visible in your bin, you will see that Avid keeps track of the original source file name you transcoded the new clip from. There are a few people out there spreading nonsense about the “.new” clips..but they are wrong. This is how its supposed to work. If you know how to use the Relink dialog, everything should link up later to the original file.
There is one big limitation. When you transcoded, did you change the frame rate? If you did, you will get a warning that you will not be able to reconnect. Heed this warning.
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Yes, you are losing quality,
When you export your timeline you will have to re-encode to MPEG-2. So are taking a second hit of MPEG compression.
Editing breaks the original GOP structure. No way around re-encoding, if that happens.
I suppose its possible, if you edit precisely on GOP boundaries, and stitch the files together..there are some high end authoring utilities that can pull that off..but that’s a different animal than editing in an NLE like Premiere.
The only way to avoid quality loss is to edit the original assets and not the DVD files.
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It’s just a flag. avid and premiere understand it . Many players don’t.
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Did you try auto configure ?
You’ll find it in a pulldown menu where your deck is identified