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Remember film?

posted by DIGITALFILMS.wordpress.com on Fri, Nov 20 2009

With all the buzz about various digital cameras like RED and the latest HDSLRs, it’s easy to forget that most national commercial campaigns, dramatic television shows, feature films and many local and regional spots are still filmed with ACTUAL 16mm and 35mm motion picture film. As an editor, you need to have a good understanding [...] Read More... (read more)

Avid at the FCP User Group

posted by SpliceHere.wordpress.com on Thu, Nov 19 2009

I spoke at a very interesting meeting of the LA Final Cut Pro User Group last night, along with Walter Murch and Shane Ross. Walter talked about moving back to MC after years with FCP and described in fascinating detail the relative merits of each application. Shane went over Avid Media Access, which makes it [...] Read More... (read more)

Most Recent Postings

Re: "Restore from Videotape" not working

When did it last work for you? (I have never used that function, but certainly would if it allowed for use of tapeless material.) You could back-rev MC (if the OS allows it) and go back to a version that worked to restore.

Posted to Avid Media Composer - Mac (Forum) by Kevin Klimek on Sat, Nov 21 2009

Re: AvidVideoMirror Error ongoing...

I have 3.1.2 and get the error sometimes. Seems like I get it most after I have exported out to my HDV camera.

Posted to Avid Media Composer - PC (Forum) by mattman on Sat, Nov 21 2009

Re: Importing quicktime to Avid looses color quality

[quote user="Salahadeen"]it was captured on 16 mm film, transfered to 29.97 DV tape, and from the tape I turned it into a quicktime file.[/quote] What did you use to capture the file and make the Quicktime? Had you done it in Avid, it should have been 601. [quote user="Salahadeen"]Or, do you think there is a way to conform it to...

Posted to Avid Media Composer - Mac (Forum) by Kevin Klimek on Sat, Nov 21 2009

Switching Project Formats for Color Correction

I have a question about how MC 4.0 handles things when you switch the project format settings. If I start a project at 720p/23.976 and then switch the 23.976NTSC to do my color correction and then switch back to 720p/23.976, my color corrections seem to go away. The icons still show on the clips on the timeline, but I have to go into color correction...

Posted to Avid Media Composer - PC (Forum) by cmus on Sat, Nov 21 2009

Re: Quicktime reference files and Avid AMA v.4.0

I've bumped this up to Engineering and they will look into it ASAP. I'll keep you posted if and when I hear anything.

Posted to Avid Media Composer - Mac (Forum) by BLKDOG on Sat, Nov 21 2009

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