Any EVA1 users out there? We do a lot of work with the EVA1 and Avid. We film in 10bit 4:22 150 or 400 bit, 24p. To do this we have to film in LongGOP. Avid doesn't export LongGOP natively, or so that's what we've experienced, so we have to force the film output in QT Movie, Custom, Avid... (read more)

Hi, does anybody know where to set an prefered AMA plug in for the source browser? On every new path you navigate, source browser is processing the MXF files of SONY cameras with the AVID MSP_MXF plugin instead of the XAVC_XDCAM Nablet plugin. This is very uncomfortable, because you must always wait... (read more)

Hello community, I've been working as an animatic editor in France for 5 years now, but only on Toonboom Storyboard (witch is the standard right here to keep the Storyboard/Editing workflow fluid through versions, and allows direct drawing corrections). It's limited, but does the job. I'll... (read more)

I am bring footage (1920X1080, 50 Mbps) from a Canon XF105 to MC 6.5. I don't want it to be AMA linked I want the files on local storage. So, to import the footage to MC is there any differance or advantage to AMA link them and then transcode vs using a third party converter to convert from MXF to... (read more)

We are running into the same issue here with MC 8.3.1 (on a HP z420) and with MC 7.0.4 (on a HP z820). Our initial intention was to create and import an ALE with data taken from a Shotgun shot database, to include certain metadata and to batch-import the files into the edit, without having to search... (read more)

Hi, I'd like to use DNxHD 444 codec for mastering. But I encounter a problem : When i proceed to a DNxHD 444 video mixdown on a DNxHD or 1p1 10bit sequence, the result is OK —> Studio swing to studio swing When i proceed to a DNxHD 36 video mixdown on a DNxHD 444 sequence, the result is... (read more)

I've been searching this and other forums for information regarding the issue of exporting alpha from Avid. It seems like the answer is "you can't", but I wanted to see how people get around this issue when it comes to grading. I have a sequence with a video layer for normal video content... (read more)

Hi, I am wondering what your experiences are for the fastest workflow in exporting HD sequences for viewing. Normally i use MXF export and transcode it with Adobe Media Encoder but that isn't failsafe because i get all kind of red flashes when frames are "corrupt" (which they are obviously... (read more)

Dear colleagues, I would really appreciate your help on the following question: I have a documentary shooted mostly in 1080p25 4:2:0 with XDCam EX 35Mbit, some videos were shooted with XDCam EX 50Mbit raster 4:2:2 To safe the storage place (as i have ca 200 hours of video) we have decided to make all... (read more)

I apologize for bringing this up again, first of all. I have been doing searches on the boards here, and finding a billion different posts that talk about this process, but from various years and versions of MC. I haven't found a definitive workflow using Avid Media Composer 7.0.x which, to my understanding... (read more)