[Rosie Walunas]

Ah, I see. Thank you.

– Regarding more specifics about the frame size – I’m working on something in 1080i. We are importing low-res archive at 30i 16:9 10:1, then switching the project back to 1080i. The image is being resized to fill the frame. On some 4:3 clips, we’re Reformatting with pillars and switching the aspect ratio to 4:3. A lot of the archive vendors give you their low res screeners at weird frame sizes like 320. So, as you say, and if I’m understanding correctly, the reimports should be okay because they will be filling the frame regardless, and the effects should hold up, but can be tweaked if something is slightly askew?

– More the duration – I don’t have the system in front of me, but what I recall doing s having a bin where the stills were 30 seconds and I wanted to bring them down to 20 seconds upon import. I think either I was getting an error or Avid was crashing, but I can’t quite remember. You said to check out the console, so that was probably it. Good to know that I can’t get the stills to be shorter! (20 seconds versus 30 seconds – why can’t the editors just go with one duration?)

Thank you so much!

[Rosie Walunas]

Wow, thank you so much. This is perfect! And very clear.

– Definitely thanks for pointing out that the reimports need to be the same duration!
– What about frame size? If it is different and the new clip comes hi-res from an archival house, and the editor has slapped a bunch effects and resizes on it? Would I still be doing some fiddling with the effects on that clip? (In FCP sometimes this has to be done, and eye match.)
– I noticed if stills are imported at a certain duration, that has to be the same? Or can the duration be overridden? (Let’s say I’m starting out with a Bin from someone and I want to Import the stills, but their duration is too short or long for my liking.) I tried clicking the Over ride current settings button, but no luck.

Anyways – that tutorial was fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to do that!

(Also, got the Avid Agility book, and it’s been a great reference.)

Best.

[Rosie Walunas]

I see. THank you for the explanation.

People have made me concerned about the ‘third party apps.’

Can anyone direct me to a ste-by-step tutorial video or written out that will achieve what I need to do?

Thanks.

[Rosie Walunas]

Ok, so I gave the Duck’s Media Move a test.

The only thing I noticed was that if I updated the copied Bin, then brought that ‘updated’ Bin back into the original project, Avid got a bit confused.

This message came up when I tried to open the ‘original’ version of the Bin and the ‘updated’ version of the Bin: “Unable to open file ‘(original bin name here)’. Exception: A copy named “copied bin name here)” is already open.”

But – is this something that general happens with copied and updated Bins that don’t get ‘replaced’ with he exact same original Bin name in the projects folder?

(Consolidation method appends a .new to the clips thus, te media falls offline… not really sure how to work that method as people suggest..)

Thanks.

[Rosie Walunas]

Thank heaven! I’ll be testing this out today and hopefully everything will [copy]. Lol – Why didn’t anyone suggest this in the first place instead of just saying how ‘weak’ the Media Tool is…? Anyhow – Thank you!

[Rosie Walunas]

So it has the ability to (copy) the media – as in the (MXF) files associated with a Project/Bins ?!

[Rosie Walunas]

So that would only move clips, not copy them?

I think in one of Kevein McAluiffe’s tutorials he uses an external tool that allows projects to be copied, no? Is that not something to use?

Aren’t there people that keep all there media for every single project in the one MXF folder without hidding any of the numbered folders? What do they do?

[Rosie Walunas]

Is there any copying media management tool I could use in which I put the bins of the media I want to transfer in a temp separate project then use this potential tool to copy or archive the media on another drive?

Thanks.

[Rosie Walunas]

Wait can I simply just reformat the HFS to Mac Os extended?

[Rosie Walunas]

Ok – I just didn’t know if this mattered down the line for reimporting the media or the online when a colorist is working with the footage.

Is it “better” to resize using an Effect or a resize option in the Reformat column?

Thanks.