Jon Zanone
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If you provide specific system details, that would help (type of PC, video card, amount of RAM, OS, Avid version…)
Jon
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Try trashing your MCState file (c:/program files/avid/setting), and see if that fixes it.
Jon
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What are your system specs? (OS, CPU, video card…)
Do you have the audio muted at the keyboard?
Jon
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Yes, with qualifiers.
As long as you bring the video into the Avid via RGB, your getting ‘uncompressed’ footage. If you use composite (which, by it’s very nature compresses the three components of the RGB color space into one spigot) you’ll still get uncompressed footage, but not as good as RGB.
It’s never easy, is it?
Jon
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The best way to work with QT in AE is to use a quicktime reference. Unfortunately, AE has to have access to the OMFI files, either on the same machine or through a network of some kind (and I’m not sure that would work). You still have to render a QT out of AE, but you’re using the original OMFI file to create the composite.
IMO, ‘generational loss’ of the workflow you describe is negligible. I use 2:1 exclusively for broadcast. I’ve never had a problem exporting, compositing and importing back to the Avid – As a matter of fact, I’ve exported 2:1 video into AE, rendered back out at 2:1 (Meridian codec) and imported the file into AXPro 1:1 for playback (kind of like a DDR for live-to-tape ops) and the files looked great.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Rant ON…
It’s not the tools you use that makes a professional product. It’s the care and dedication to getting it right. Is a claw hammer a better tool than a sledgehammer? They both do the same thing, right?
You can get a professional product out of just about any editor. Do you know PPRo, are you comfortable with the interface? Are you under the gun to get this product out (i.e., is someone paying you?), or is it a learning experience? Do you consider yourself an editor or a cameraman? Could you take the money you’d spend on Avid XPress Pro and put it toward a new camera? I ALWAYS recommend buying your system from a reseller, so you’re looking at some bucks to get started. It’s painful at first, but in the long run you’ll save money.
This buisness can be a money pit if your not careful. Companies are always coming out with the latest and greatest, gotta’ have it software and hardware, yet there are folks making a living editing on laughably out of date equipment. Avid is a great TOOL – it’s not the answer though.
There are training resources available through Avid, tutorials posted on the COW, and books through Amazon. Look at the top of this page for links to the last two…
I’m thouroughly convinced a good editor on subpar equipment can out-edit a bad editor on top-of-th-line gear. At the end of the day, it’s the story. Study your art, and learn your craft – there really is a difference.
Sorry for the rant – did I answer any part of your question?
Jon
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Wow. It’s too early for something that deep. That hurt. But welcome regardless.
Hamburger and fast refer (as least in the Avid) refer to the same thing.
When you go back to the fast menu, is your selection still checked?
Jon
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Change your project rate to 44.1 (settings>audio project>sample rate), then transcode your existing file to 44.1
Does that help?
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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9 vs. 4 views in multicam.
Animatte.Isn’t that enough?
There’s more, but the coffee hasn’t kicked in…
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Do you have your audio muted at the keyboard?
Jon