Hi, folks. Another puzzling question (puzzling to me, at least)… Using Media Composer 8.7.2. Project is a guy talking to a group of people and presenting PowerPoints – so I will bring up the PPT as he’s discussing it… Had issues earlier with lots of media on the Timeline disappearing... (read more)

I'll bet this is simple. I have 4 sequences witin one project. Each is about 45-minutes long and will take a long time to render. I would like to render all 4 sequences so I don't have to sit and wait for one to finish and start on the next one. Is there a way to set all four to render, so I... (read more)

When working on effects heavy timelines, what slows me down more than anything is how long it takes to replace a clip which has effects associated with it. With many effects I can step in an change the shot (which slows the Avid down in the processes). But with things like Symphony CC effects, Motion... (read more)

USER SETTINGS: Created a new user profile = DIDN'T FIX NEW PROJECT, IMPORT BINS: I created a new project, imported the bins, created a new sequence, added clips = DIDN'T FIX **ALSO TRIED BOTH** USER SETTINGS - AND- NEW PROJECT, IMPORT BINS: I also tried both. I created a new project AND new user... (read more)

Help please, I seem to have a problem with patching audio. When I patch a source clip's A1 to the sequence's A2 and source clip's A2 to sequence's A1... the audio of the next clip down-stream switches. The down-stream's A1 audio plays on A2 and A2 on A1. The waveforms of A1 and A2... (read more)

I like to mark clips in a sequence of selects so I can quickly see my favourite takes or moments etc. With most rushes now having LUTS applied in the source settings, most of my clips appear with an effect icon denoting a colour effect. If I happen to mark a particular section of a take anywhere in the... (read more)

We are having an issue with several iMacs running Avid MC 8.7.2 Several computers do not display black for an empty part of the timeline in Avid. Many of them do display black (as they are supposed to) but several (about 5) display video distortion lines like old TV green and yellow and pink, or sometimes... (read more)

Please,are there plans to tightly integrate 3rd party R&A services within Avid MC the way Adobe and FCP have done with Wipster io and Frame io ? Or if not does Avid have something similar? I'm a long time user of Avid MC and prefer to stay with it, but it's these little jump aheads the competition... (read more)

I am new to AVID and so this may be a silly question but... I am not able to use any of the icons on the top menu bar of the timeline. Why is this? Could it have something to do with the link selection toggle being activated? If so how does this effect it?..and how do I turn it off? I am confused as... (read more)

Hi, I am new to media composer so I apologize if this is a silly question. I recently downloaded the trial version of media composer 8 onto my mac 10.11.3. I'm trying to add a music audio clip to my timeline. I created a new audio track for this purpose. when I try to either drag and drop from the... (read more)