Kenton Vannatten
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“1. In the Settings tab, under Timeline settings, you will find the option to ignore the track selectors when skippping from cut to cut. I think that does what you want it to do. ”
You can also hold ALT (or Option on Mac) and use the FF/RW and it’ll ignore Track Selection.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
You can use Avid Pan & Zoom.
P&Z is an effect, you point to the image file and then you can make adjustments to the image with regard to position and scale. Because it merely points to the actual image, then you’re using the full image quality of the original image and not a compressed version (as you do when you import it)
One caveat is that the image can not be larger than about 3500×3500 pixels or so. If your image exceeds that size you will need to use an image editing software (ie, Photoshop) to resize it down.
The process of using Pan & Zoom is too involved to explain here, there are likely tutorials all over the web on using Avid Pan & Zoom that will be able to give more detail.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
Your client is right to give you a hard time.
a) photos should not be “imported” into Avid (especially if you’re going to do any kinds of zooms/pans on them. Avid Pan & Zoom is designed to maintain aspect and quality.
b) if these are graphic images (ie logos, etc) then use one of the “Maintain” options in the Import settings to keep the aspect correct.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
“any chance you could tell me what an optical is?”
Can you explain how it was used? They may have been referencing camera lenses?
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
I thought for sure all Avid’s could at least read ABVB (ie AVR) resolutions. You just can’t create it.
So, if you have Avid can’t you just import it?
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
Conforming (does this have different meanings?)
Possibly, but I’ve always known it to mean either Onlining or prepping for Film Out
Laybacks = Dubs
Playouts = similar to Dub, but probably to some on-air device
Transcoding = to convert video from one format to another
Cadence = Film to video/video to film term (see “Pulldown”)
Stringouts = rough assembly seq usually to establish a rough storyboard – popular with RealityTV to allow producers to see story
Drivers – computer termNow are you asking because you’re trying to get a job and the ad they have posted says “Must possess knowledge of Conforming, Laybacks, Playouts, Transcoding, …. ”
It just sounds like an odd mix of terminology to be unfamiliar with – some are related, others are from left field and I’m just trying to understand the context of your question.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
Also, if “space-saving” is your reason for wanting to use QT, you must be compressing them – which would be bad.
Exporting as Animation or None are the only two “lossless” codecs that you can use in QT and those would still create very large files.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
You can also set “Default Snap to Edit” (or something like that) I believe in the Timeline settings.
Doing so, holding CTRL will have the opposite effect as described above.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
Maybe you’re missing something.
Add an effect to a clip
Change it’s parameters the way you want.
Look at the Effect Palette
In the upper right corner you will see the Effect Icon
Drag that to a Bin
This saves your custom effect to your BinFind another clip you want to add the same effect to, and apply the custom effect to it by either selecting the clip in segment mode and double-clicking the saved effect icon or drag the saved effect icon from the bin to the clip in the timeline.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire) -
Very easy. You just do it.
Move the media files and bins and when you open the bin the media files link up. Of course there are certain caveats you have to be aware of, but they are dependent on the details of your situation.
Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire)