No, it's not a fast import, Pat, as it's straight AVCHD into MC. This is what I discovered (1080i/50 footage - MC5.5.3): 1. If I take a AVCHD file straight into MC, irrespective of whether I have 601/709 or RGB set on the import, it makes no difference. Luminance range is 0 to 255. 2. If I take... (read more)

Has anything been done about this issue? I'm trying to export some ProRes 422 HQ Quicktimes for a distribution company and I always end up with what seems like this same RGB behaviour upon export (my blacks are getting crushed). Does anyone know of a solid way to convert DNxHD quicktime to ProRes... (read more)

I have just begun using the Avid DNxHD CODEC upon the recommendation of a friend within After Effects and Premiere CS6. When exporting from After Effects, a 10bit 23.976fps 1080p file looks great. When loaded into premiere, it looks great, however, when rendered out of premiere into another file (using... (read more)

Hello all. We did a project a while back in Symphony 5.5 where we were given all our source media in ProRes 422 HQ. At the time, the best workflow we knew of was to AMA link to the ProRes files, and then transcode them to DNxHD (at the time we were having trouble with the reliability of AMA linking)... (read more)

We have been getting Alexa footage a lot recently, and we normally ask for ProRes 422 dailies or DNxHD dailies (already in a .mxf format). When we import ProRes, we set it up to "fast import" and re-wrap as .mxf. We try to keep the Avid project strictly one or the other (ProRes or DNxHD), but... (read more)

Hi everyone, I have a simple question (I think) I want to transcode footage to the DNxHD 120 format using Media Composer 6, however in the Target Video Resolution drop down DNxHD is not showing. I saw another post that this depends on project settings, but it didn't explain further than that. Does... (read more)

Hello, I am editing on a Media Composer 6.0.1.1 connected to ISIS 5000. Why don't I have the DNxHD 220/220x possibility in my Media Creation Settings? Do I have to download something? (read more)

Hi everyone, I am sure there are a lot of posts about DSLR workflow on Avid, but I couldn't find one that answers my simple questions. I am pretty new to Avid Media Composer, I've just switched to it after Premiere, and my question is the following. How shall I import DSLR H264 files to Avid... (read more)

I have a video file that was exported by Avid as a ProRes MOV. For no reason I can surmise it wouldn't work on my PC, on neither quicktime nor Avid, even thought other ProRes files work. I put it on my mac and it worked fine there but I don't have Avid on that computer so I transcoded it in Apple... (read more)

Thanks Pat, useful thing to know! In my current workflow I only use DNxHD for offline, I end up by reconnecting the media to the ProRes files and exporting as ProRes 4444 for the grade, so I'm not actually putting the online media through DNxHD. Do you have any suggestions for a workflow that avoids... (read more)