Richard Sanchez
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What issues have you been having Chris? I’ve been testing MC6, granted nothing in the way of heavy lifting, but knowing what issues to anticipate would be helpful.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Didn’t realize this. The promotion granting you a Script Sync license during the upgrade from Media Composer 4 to Media Composer 5 gives you a script sync serial only applicable to Script Sync in MC5. Starting with MC 5.5, Script Sync version incremented from Script Sync 5.0 to Script Sync 1.0 (I suppose, numerically it reverted, but I’m assuming it was a rewrite) had to be purchased regardless of the circumstance. I was under the impression that anybody who bought a new copy of Media Composer 5 and above would also have to buy their Script Sync license separately, but those who had previously had it included would be able to retain their old license. That’s a little upsetting, but I don’t use it a ton on my home system so I’ll purchase it when the need arises.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Job,
Any idea on this one? I’ve been upgrading my Avid software steadily since version 2.7 When version 5 came out, of course it was made clear that Script Sync would be a separate product, but those who had an old system could get a license of script sync with their system ID. I followed the instructions and got my Script Sync serial. The license control seems to be expecting an activation ID which is a string of four groups, each group of four numbers. The serial I was given is a string of five groups, each of five numbers and I can’t activate my copy of script sync. Any idea?
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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What’s funny is, I got my career started on Final Cut Studio, and prior to that I was the most hard nosed PC guy you ever met. I originally learned to edit on FCP version 2, but continued my editing education on Premiere. Nobody took me seriously as an editor on premiere so I learned Avid, and funny enough about that time I started getting Final Cut jobs so that shaped my career path. Then Final Cut X came out, and filled me with a massive sense of urgency to get my Avid chops up, and fast. That said, the best thing that Final Cut X has done for the world of post is it’s making people give a second look at Adobe Premiere. Back in the days of Premiere Pro 2, the only valid arguments against Premiere were lack of OMF support, and fairly limited hardware support. Now Premiere has OMF support and full support of AJA hardware. Premiere is really a pretty damn good NLE. That said, Avid really is the big dog in the world of broadcast and film, and their education versions would also probably help you in the way of price point.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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From the perspective of what to incorporate into your curriculum, it would probably be worth examining the goal in your editing course. If it’s about the lone gunman sense, which lend itself more towards corporate videos and such, then the CS5 Production is a good option to consider. If the aim is broadcast and film, Media Composer is absolutely worth learning, despite it being a considerably more focused product than the CS5 Production Package or Final Cut Studio.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Mpeg 4 video has always been problematic. Trying bringing it into MPEG Streamclip and converting it into a Quicktime MOV. Since it’s an M4V, it’s already very compressed, so you might want to use a mild compression or even uncompressed just to preserve your quality before it comes into the Avid.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Media Composer is offline editorial. Symphony is a finishing system, as is DS. The DS is a product that was acquired by Avid, and is less common than Symphony. Symphony being solid finishing solution, and DS being a more high end solution. Pro Tools is audio recording and mixing.
The Avid software package is quite different from Final Cut Studio. For one, Avid DVD only comes with the PC version of Avid, not the Mac. Also, Soundtrack Pro was a tool that editors would use as a quick solution for noise reduction and the SFX library, but it is not the audio mixing standard that Pro Tools is. There are entire schools devoted to Pro Tools. Avid Motion Graphics is a very new product, but it looks like it is more geared towards on-air graphics, where After Effects seems to mid-range graphics and composting tool. Avid comes packaged with Sorenson Squeeze for compression, however now that you can buy Compressor separately, it’s not a bad companion to use with Mac based Avids.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I’m guessing more likely it’s a confusions of Fields Per Second versus Frames Per Second. Most professional VTRs list 59.94 Fields Per Second. These two interlaced fields become one frame, which would create 29.97 frames per second.
I’m not saying this is definitely the issue, but it’s possible. I have a feeling the 5D only shoots progressive video and not interlaced, but have you tried importing the footage into a 1080i 59.94 project, or using AMA in a 1080i 59.94 project?
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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There’s a great DVD available from the Avid store called “Media Composer for FCP Users” I watched it to migrate over, and it’s been great.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I wouldn’t base your decision to learn Avid upon up whether it’s easy to learn or not. FCP is less widely used than Avid, and FCPX stuck a major blow to people’s confidence in it. FCP7 is still a valid product, but it is end of life, so it won’t continue to be updated to support modern workflows and camera formats.
If you’re serious about wanting to get into editing, I would highly recommend you learn Avid. There are still FCP7 available, so if you want to take advantage of your buddy training you, of course take advantage of that as well. Two years ago, I was of the opinion of learning both FCP and Avid since they are the major players, but with FCPX being not quite up to snuff, I’ve been focusing on getting my Avid chops as strong as possible. Maybe FCP will come back, but for now it’s not very useful.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks