[Paul Del vecchio]

I’ve noticed that low light, underexposed footage produces softer images. It’s like that on every camera I’ve used. It also depends on your contrast ratio on set, and also yes, the type of lens. It’s different for every lens. Which lens is currently giving you issues?

As an example, Rokinon lenses are pretty good when it comes to resolving detail, but open any of them up all the way, especially the 24mm T1.5 and it becomes a soft mess with horrible contrast. The whites bleed all over the place, creating an even softer look. I wouldn’t use the Rokinons at anything below T2 and even then, I may add a tiny bit of sharpening.

Most lenses are sharpest between 4-5.6, but some can hold contrast and detail great at 2.0. It depends on the lens.

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[Paul Del vecchio]

Blackmagic hasn’t announced anything yet so no one knows. When they give a month, it usually is toward the end of that month unless it’s delayed.

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[Paul Del vecchio]

I’ve actually used a step down ring from 82 to 77 and it doesn’t vignette, even at 16mm. I used it with my Tiffen IRND filters and Xume adapters.

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[Paul Del vecchio]

Remember when the Panasonic HVX first came out and it was $5995. Love how times have changed!

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[Paul Del vecchio]

Are you trying to change the Name in the bin to match the source file name? Is that what you’re trying to do?

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[Paul Del vecchio]

Avid native codecs are the codecs that Avid supports in the .MXF format. You’ll see a list of them in your Media Creation settings. But what you are referring to might mean what codecs Avid can AMA import and edit directly without rewrapping to MXF files. Fast importing allows you to import files in the MXF formats Avid supports without having to re-transcode them. So if you have a DNxHD quicktime file (wrapped in the .mov wrapper), you can import that into Avid and it should say “fast importing.” This, as the name suggests, imports the files quicker than the typical transcoding.

Here’s more AMA info – https://www.avid.com/US/products/Avid-Media-Access

DNxHD as well as ProRes can be “Fast Imported” but you’ll have to make sure your import settings are set to 16-235 instead of 0-255 RGB.

[Pat Baril] “Hello Cows,
I am totally new to Avid ( I have been editing for 10 years with FCP but you know… ).
I am trying to decipher what is the meaning of “native” when it comes to Avid. I don’t really understand what they mean when I create a project and I have a bunch of “native” codec available. Are they related to AMA?

Also the fast-import stuff. So far I was able to fast-import some Prores converted to DNXHD by compressor in Avid, but I am wondering, where can I find a list of codec that can be fast-import? Is it only the DNX ones?? Or does it depend on some settings in my project??

Thanx in advance for clearing things out. So far it is a great journey to learn Avid ; )

Pat”

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[Paul Del vecchio]

My video on this should help:

https://vimeo.com/26818191

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[Paul Del vecchio]

You are able to change the timeline settings, but it’s kinda hidden. You can right click on the timeline in the bin and choose MODIFY, then fromt he dropdown menu choose SET FORMAT and you can choose from a whole bunch of settings.

The only problem is that when you try to open that new sequence, it gives you an error saying, “The sequence frame rate does not match the project frame rate. Do you want to load a copy of this sequence that has been modified to match the project’s play rate?”

Then you get to pick “yes” or “no.”

Maybe if you start a new project and open the bin containing the new sequence, you can actually open it up but I haven’t checked that. You should be able to because otherwise it would be a pointless feature.

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[Paul Del vecchio]

It’s actually a pretty good thing. Avid and FCP usually have to redraw the waveforms. If you let it just conform the audio, it won’t slow you down while editing because the audio waveforms pretty much dont need to be redrawn.

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[Paul Del vecchio]

Delete the audio attached to the video, group the DR100 audio and the video after syncing, then create a subclip from the new grouped file.

You could also use PluralEyes for Premiere which automatically creates clips with the new audio.

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