Michael Hancock
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What version of Quicktime are you using? Also, did you create new user settings when you upgraded from Xpress Pro to Media Composer?
Michael
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Excellent! To change the gain on import, go to your import options and check the Audio tab. You can set it there to lower the gain by X number of decibels, and can even choose to apply it only to CDs.
If you have clips already imported, just select them all in your bin and right click. There will be an option to modify the clip gain. Click that, punch in the number (say -20) and hit OK. Done!
It’s a really, really nice feature to finally have. I played with the trial most of yesterday and am hoping to upgrade our system in the near future.
Michael
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Not done with 3D stroke (Cinema4D instead), but here’s an example of a camera following some growing vines:
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/growing_3d_vines/
Is this what you’re looking for?
Michael
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No problem. It’s what we’re here for!
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To see the video underneath when you crop, use the Picture-In-Picture effect or 3D Warp. Both composite your video over everything below it. Effects like Resize don’t–they composite over a solid background.
To stack multiple effects, add the first effect, hold Alt+Drag your next effect onto it. This will nest your first effect and apply your second effect on top of it. Look in the help files for “nesting” and you should find more info on it. Avid’s effect handling needs updating desperately.
Michael
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What version were you upgrading from?
I just installed the 14 day trial to play with the new features and it asked me if I wanted to register via the internet, the phone, activate the 14 day trial, or continue to use my dongle. Which one did you choose?
Michael
PS. I love the dongle and really wish they weren’t getting rid of it.
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Are these tracks from a music CD? If so, they’re typically compressed to within an inch of their life so they’ll always be screaming loud. Load them into your source monitor, open your audio mixer, and lower the gain.
OR…
Media Composer 3.5 was just released today and they’ve now added the ability to set the Gain before import, so you can adjust them there and save yourself a lot of time. I find I need to drop most music tracks 12 – 15 dBs. If you have an assurance contract you can upgrade for free, if you bought Media Composer between Feb 2009 and today you can upgrade for free, or buy the upgrade from the Avid store or your local reseller.
Michael
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[Chris Blair] “Rather than try to explain this or fight with them, we just charge a 1/4 hour extra editing per encode. We make the same amount of money and nobody complains.”
This is exactly what we did when we started delivering via FTP. We took our hourly rate, divided it by what we charged for a dub, and add that as edit time for every file we upload.
Plus, it solves the hassle of billing sales tax for a Beta dub because we’re no longer delivering a tangible product. Instead we’re providing an extra service, which isn’t taxable. Win-win for both parties.
Michael
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As you know, the only drive format both Mac and PC can read is FAT32. Well, that means there’s a 2GB file size limit (may be 4GB, but it’s not much). That means no single file can be bigger than that.
So, you get a program like Paragon so your Mac can read NTFS drives, or a program so your PC can read Mac drives. However, as you can see, sometimes you have problems with that.
Here’s my solution–capture to an external drive that’s formatted for that system. Now take that external drive and plug it into the other machine, which should have the software installed so it can read it (like Paragon). Copy the media off it onto your internal drive, or another external that’s formatted for that system. Edit!
Or, go to your capture settings and set it to partition your files at the 2GB limit, and capture to a FAT32 drive. Transfer it from one system to another without issue.
Michael
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If you can’t monitor while dumping to DigiBeta, how will you monitor dumping to BetaSP?
I’d say export a same as source Quicktime or uncompressed to a hard drive and take it to a finishing house. Have them check it to meets specs and make your dubs.
Michael