Michael Hancock
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[Burt Hazard] “What other application makes an uninstaller? I know the makers of my capture card do, but Microsoft doesn’t, Avid doesn’t, Adobe doesn’t…why pick on Apple?”
I edit with Avid and just installed it on our Mac to test it out. I was surprised to find that there is an uninstaller for it–you just fire up the installer and choose Uninstall. I have no idea how good of a job it does, but it’s available.
DOes Final Cut Pro not offer an uninstall option when you put in the installer disc?
Michael.
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I believe you need to hold down L and O (not G and O) when starting Avid, which kicks it into Legacy Overlay.
This may help since you seem to be having problems with your video card. However, you may just have an underpowered machine that’s struggling to run Avid at all.
Let us know if you get it working. I’ve been running Avid on all kinds of unapproved systems lately and I’ve run into some weird problems, but overall it’s worked enough to do the job at hand.
Worst case scenario, roll back to an earlier version of Avid (and roll your OS back to 10.4.10 like Jon said, and watch what version of Quicktime you’re running). Try 4.8.5. It’s requirements weren’t as beefy as 5.7.7.
Michael.
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I believe it’s Apple+Delete.
EDIT: Nevermind, that just lets the delete key work at the finder level, but it still sends the file to the trash. You could Apple+Delete to send the file to the trash, then hit Apple+Option+Shift+Delete to empty the trash without a warning dialogue. It’s a lot of keystrokes, but at least it will kind of do what you want.
Michael.
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I’ve never worked on a Symphony so I don’t know how it handles color correction applied to source clips.
Let us know what you figure out and whether you lose your color corrections when you recapture following a decompose or consolidation (or however you end up doing it). I’m interested to know how it works.
Michael.
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To my knowledge, no. There are limits to how many titles you can have in a bin (99) or 999 clips (I think), but you can just make a new bin and keep adding to them.
Regarding sequences–the more complex your sequences are and the more of them you have in a bin the more memory Avid will hog. Keep only 1 or 2 sequences to a bin and you should be able to make as many as you want.
Michael.
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If you’re on a Symphony and you’ve applied the color correction to the source clips–I have no idea. I’ve never used a Symphony so I don’t know how it works.
However, if you’re just using the built in Color Correction in Xpress Pro and Media Composer then no, you won’t lose the correction. The COlor Correction is actually an effect that’s applied to the clip when you open the COlor Correction toolset and you start adjusting things. If you delete the media the effect will stay but the clip will display Media Offline. Recapture the clip and it replaces the media in your timeline, which has the Color Correction applied to it.
Unless you remove all the color correction effects in your timeline, they will still be there when you recapture. If you’re really unsure just make a new bin and save every effect to it. You could label them according to shot number in the timeline–00001, 00002, 00003, etc….0758. Then reapply when you redigitize.
Michael.
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You could duplicate your sequence, consolidate it, then sort your consolidated bin by resolution and recapture only the 15:1s clips. When uprezzed they should be reflected in your consolidated sequence, which will still be linked to your consolidated high rez material.
Michael.
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Bob, you bring up an interesting point. While I feel strongly about the software I use (including Avid), it’s because it lets me get my job done with the least amount of unnecessary work, not because I “love” it.
It is strange to see blind passion from a user toward any product. You see it a lot in the PC vs. Mac war, and it’s happening now between Avid and FCP. I think a large part of it come from people’s fear of being wrong–nobody wants to invest in the “wrong” software or “wrong” hardware, so when a FCP editor tells an Avid editor their software is better, they ruffle feathers. Just like an Avid editor telling a FCP editor they’re system of choice isn’t “pro”. In the end, it’s futile because they’re just tools.
Someone mentioned Oliver Peters referring to the Mojo as a dongle for uncompressed SD. I laughed when I read that because it’s pretty much true. Avid has a lot of catching up to do if they plan on competing in the hardware department, and I would rather see them open their system to third party vendors (AJA, etc…) for the little businesses/indie editors (like the agency I work for), and continue to provide closed systems for the million dollar clients (news departments, etc…) to offer complete reliability (or as close as they can get). That’s where they make their money, and it’s working for them. Unless that starts to take a beating, it’s a good path to follow. But in the small shop/independent market it appears they’re being destroyed.
If Avid backs out of the indie market entirely to focus on bigger ticket clients we’ll all feel the sting because it will be one less competitor to deal with. Who’s left?
If you use a Mac, it’s FCP or Premiere (which I believe is basically the same program), and FCP appears to have the market cornered between the two. Both offer a lot of features Avid doesn’t, but also lack features that Avid dominates (media management comes to mind).
On the PC it’s Premiere, Edius, Vegas…anyone else in popular use? Again, they offer some great things Avid doesn’t but they also lack certain elements that Avid has. My point?
Without Avid competing what will motivate these companies to keep pushing their products further and further like they have been? Avid has been resting on its laurels because it hasn’t had serious competitors–now it does and it has to react fast. Remove Avid from the equation and I imagine FCP will become the new standard–how long before it starts resting on its laurels? Will Premiere improve enough to keep pushing the competition? Will FCP’s development be hindered by Apple’s other interests/programs (Color, Motion, etc…)?
Apple has its hands in all kinds of cookie jars (FCP, harware, OS development, iPhone, iPod, etc…). Adobe has all their multiple Apps to think about improving and updating will still being able to seamlessly integrate them. Edius…well, I don’t care for Edius. Grass Valley is making improvements, but they don’t make it easy to like the program. It’s weird. Vegas–never used it, can’t comment. Avid Liquid–never used it, but is it supposed to fight against FCP and Premiere? If so, it needs some serious rebranding if it’s going to be taken seriously in the “pro” market (is it even up to the task?).
My point is, all this new competition has been great for not only pricing but features. I imagine Avid’s edit systems have been a benchmark for other companies to shoot towards in terms of workflow/toolsets/etc… It’s been a competition to see who can provide what Avid has provided, but better and cheaper? To lose any competitor entirely in the small business market would hurt. Even if Avid becomes a second or third or fourth choice, it’s better to have it competing and not abandon the little guy completely. If that means HD-SDI Mojo or support for a Kona card, awesome.
I don’t think it’s about who’s “better”, but who’s making their product better for your workflow, and the more quality products we have competing with each other the better for all of us.
Michael.
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You’re welcome, but just a little thing. You should hit Reply to this Post to keep a thread going and all self contained rather than starting new threads each time. It makes it very hard to figure out what you’re responding to or what’s being said when there are new threads being started everytime.
Michael.
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