Michael Hancock
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NTSC is lower field first.
Pal is upper field first, except for DV–which is lower field first (last I heard, anyway).
It’s all a mess, I know that!
Michael.
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You’re wanting to take Clip1 from Project1 into Project2, right? But, if you delete the media for Clip1 from Project1 you still want it online in Project2. You need to consolidate the clip from within Project2.
Open Project2. Go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner of your project window, to go Open Bin, navigate to the bin that holds Clip1 in Project1. Open it. Alt+Drag that clip to a bin in Project2. This will create a copy of the master clip in Project2. Now select that copy, go to Bin, Consolidate/Transcode. Choose to Consolidate that clip to one of your drives and uncheck “Skip existing files”. It will consolidate it, meaning it will make a new media clip for your Clip1.copy to reference. Plus, it will associate it with Project2. Now you can delete it from Project1 and you won’t lose anything.
Hope that wasn’t too confusing, but that’s how I’d do it. It really doesn’t take long at all, either, once you get the hang of it.
Michael.
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We upgraded to 5.7 as soon as it came out. Responds a lot faster and seems all around smoother than 5.6.3 was. Really nice upgrade, scrolling timeline is back. Overall, we’ve been happy and haven’t run into any bugs (we don’t multicam, though).
Michael.
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Oops! I didn’t realize you were using Proanimator. Well, I guess if you ever have to use Invigorator Classic or Pro you’ll know how to do it. 🙂 My apologies.
Michael.
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I did this exact same thing about a year ago. Here’s how I did it:
1. Make a new “dummy” object as a “pivot point placeholder”, like a small sphere or a plane.
2. Position it where you want your pivot point for your laptop lid to be. Probably where it touches the base, in center. Assign the dummy object to an empty set.
3. Now assign the lid of your laptop to the same set your dummy object is.Invigorator uses the first object assigned to a set as the pivot point. By making this dummy object the first object and putting it where you want it, the other ojects will now see that as the pivot point. Simply make the dummy object invisible and rotate away!
Michael.
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If iDVD is on the same system as your Avid just export a Quicktime Reference file. It’s in a quicktime wrapper but will point to your MXF or OMF file directly, meaning the export from Avid is almost instantaneous. You’ll have to a wait just a little bit for the audio to export (it will mixdown your audio and export an aiff or wave file–your choice), but this shouldn’t be more than a minute or two.
Michael.
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Do you mean the Timecode effect? If that’s what you’re trying to render, try breaking it up into small pieces. Add an edit at 10 minutes, then the next 10 minutes, etc… Then render the first 10 minutes. Then the next 10 minutes. Then the next 10….repeat until you’re done.
It might just be too much trying to render a full 50 minute effect.
Michael.
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Are you on a PC or Mac, what video card are you using, what driver for that video card, and what version of quicktime are you using? What version of Avid are you using (Xpress Pro, Media Composer, version of that flavor, etc…). More info and we’ll get going on fixing your problem.
In addition, do you have a Mojo, Mojo SDI, Adrenaline box, etc…? Is this just regular video that won’t play, or is it “realtime” effects? Check that you have Render-On-The-Fly turned on–I think it’s under the Clip menu across the top of your screen.
Let us know!
Michael.
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If you’re using OMF media only:
Step 1: Download MediaSift here. http://www.senkou.com It’s a free media manager program.
Step 2: Read the help file and learn how this great, free media moving program works, including the difference between Copying, Sifting, and Moving Projects.
Overview of what you’ll need to do after reading the manual:
This program can take all the media from each of your projects and put it into a folder named after each project.
For example, you have a project called BigProduction01. It will take every piece of media associated with BigProduction01 and put it in a folder called BigProduction01. Now you can copy the BigProduction01 Avid Project folder to the BigProduction01 folder and make a data DVD. If there’s too much media for the DVD, make a few DVDs. I have some projects that span 8 DVDs. Fun times.
When you need your project again, pop the DVD in, copy all the media from the BigProduction01 folder of the DVD to the OMFI MediaFiles folder of your hard drive. IMPORTANT: After you copy the media off the DVD you must select all of the copied media, right click, uncheck the Read Only box, hit Apply, OK. I’ve had problems with Avid trying to access the media when the media was still Read Only. It will give you an error. This is an important step, don’t forget to do it.
After you’ve copied the media delete the database files of your OMFI MediaFiles folder. Copy the BigProduction01 project folder to your Avid Projects folder on your hard drive, right click and uncheck the Read Only box, Apply, OK. Again, important step. Don’t forget to do it.
Start Avid. It will recognize your project, scan and index your media drive, relink your media and you’re back in business.
Have fun! If you’re working with MXF footage use MDV, found here: https://fiool.nm.ru/progz/ The site is Russian, the program is English. It’s another free media mover program that can do basically the same thing as MediaSift but on steroids. I use MDV for media deletion, MediaSift for backup. Your choice.
Another option, when you’re finished, is to duplicate then consolidate your final master sequence. This will make new clips of only the media you used in that sequence, plus handles. You can now back up just the consolidated media and your project files–it will take up a lot less space, but if you have to make changes you won’t have all the original media you captured–just the media you used in your sequence. I use consolidate when doing half hour shows because they span several DVDs. For promotions/commercials, I just copy the entire project.
Mike.
PS. If you really want to get involved and start managing your media before you even start, you can use virtual drives so that all of your media from a project is copied directly into a folder named for that project. Then, when you’re done, you can skip the MediaSift/MDV step and just back up that folder. Let me know if you want more info on virtual drives. They take some getting used to and discipline so you don’t capture to the wrong drive, but they’re pretty cool.
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Are you sure you’re exporting a quicktime reference and not a standalone quicktime? The export should be almost instantaneous.
Check your quicktime reference settings to be sure someone didn’t change them to a standalone quicktime setting (instead of making a seperate Quicktime setting). It happens here a lot. When you export a Quicktime Reference you should only be able to choose Square, 4:3 non-square, 16:9 non-square for your frame size (I think–not in front of the system). When you export a Quicktime you can customize the frame size–Qtime Ref, you can’t.
Michael.