Hey there, I'm very new to Maestro Design / News. I have been looking into some tutorials, but I can't seem to find an answer; I have created a Lower Third animation in AE. Exported it as a DNX with Alpha, Apple Pro Res with alpha and Lossless with Alpha. When I bring that clip into Maestro Design... (read more)

In your experience which is the best working codec when editing? I mean the codec to use when rendering or making a video mixdown? I used to work with DNxHR SQ for every step, but now I have access at a much powerful editing hardware and I rarely import media, I just link it, so when rendering I ask... (read more)

Hello! I'm not sure where the best place to post this but I'm currently trying to edit a video for a client in Vegas Pro 16. I'm not a video person by any means but I've been looking for a Codec that is lossless. I've read that the DNxHD codec can be lossless. I'm mainly a user... (read more)

Hello, I have been given some fottage, codec is XDCAM HD they changed the folder structure. I can link each .mxf from each clip but this doen't combine the longer clips. I am wondering if there is an easier way thank linking each clip seperately which will be very time comsuming. Thank you (read more)

Hi Job (et all), Which Avid Codec package is the "best" to work with DNxHD RGB 444 10-bit? • AvidCodecPE v2.7.4 date: 12/20/2016 • AvidCodecPE v2.7.5 date: 8/30/2018 • Other? Thanks to anyone who has the answer! (read more)

Hello All! I've found old articles about this but nothing current. I'm looking for a fast, and efficient way to export 86-90 minute movies in a quicktime wrapper for upload to sites like Frameio, PIX, and Media Silo. Currently I've been doing either a same as source quicktime export (with... (read more)

Dear Avid Community, It's my first post, first question... I need your help, thank in advance :) I'm trying to import .mov files (because they "can't be linked") but I finally get a green screen, only the audio is fine. With VLC, I got codec informations about these files : video... (read more)

I got a hard drive of footage from a director when I went to AMA Link it into MC 2018.5.0 for transcoding but the footage would not link. I tried opening it in Davinci Resolve as well as VLC and neither would correctly link. I then uninstalled and updated both Avid (2018.12.1) and Resolve to the current... (read more)

Hello Our first post! We are currently using the Animation Codec so that we can playout from our HDVGs with an Alpha Channel, but the file sizes are HUGE and placing unnecessary strain on the kit. What do other users of the system do to get around this? We tried the far smaller BIK files but the image... (read more)

Hello, Shooting video on a7sii the file format is xavc s hd and is recognised as mpeg 4. So I am unable to import the files. What are my options? I know this is a basic question but I am using Avid for the first time and I badly need some help. (read more)