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| | | | |  | AMA Plugin Woes (take 2)by Daniel Schultz 1 week agoOn a previous post about a month ago, I was having trouble installing the Canon AMA plugin. (the others were installing properly. Finally a kind soul on this board gave me a zip file to open which inc | Re: AMA Plugin Woes (take 2)
by James Beattie 6 days ago
Everything points to permissions. Can you create a new Mac user with admin permissions, then log out and login as that user. Then try installing it. Or enable the root user and install it. The root wo
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| | | | | Subclips and audio way out of sync!by Nick DuShevits 2 weeks agoHello, technically I'm a complete newbie here so I apologize if I do something incorrectly and let me know so I don't do it again! My friend and I are using MC6.5.2.1 and ProTools 10 Long story short: | Re: Subclips and audio way out of sync!
by James Beattie 2 weeks ago
The first step is to see what file is being referenced. Go into a new bin and drag your subclip or sequence into that bin. Then go under the fast menu (looks like a hamburger in the lower left corner)
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| | | |  | How to transcode AMA linked sequence?by Henry Barrial 2 weeks agoI am trying to export an AAF and am having all kinds of issues seemingly based on the fact that all my media is AMA linked. What would be the best workflow to get me to a sequence I can accurately exp | | | | |
| | | |  | Edit P2 from HVX 200by Amir Abed 2 weeks agoHi everyone, I'm doing my first project with P2 from an HVX using Avid Media Composer 5. I'm trying to figure out how to import or AMA the footage. Everything I read says I need to "install the correc | Re: Edit P2 from HVX 200
by James Beattie 2 weeks ago
Not sure if you are looking for Mac or PC. According to the Avid ReadMe (found with your installer, or here). Panasonic P2 driver (Windows XP and Vista) Driver version for P2 devices: v2.09 (Macintosh
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| | | | | Question for a simple effectby David Lewis 2 weeks agoI am trying to create a "highlight" circle around an image, where the rest of the photo would fade to a greyed blackened subdued background. I'm having trouble creating this! What I ended up doing was | Re: Question for a simple effect
by David Lewis 2 weeks ago
Hi James! Excellent help, thank you. Just watched the tutorial. I never used this FX before and I'm sure it has a LOT of applications. I'll work with it and no doubt it will resolve the issue. I appre
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| | | |  | Avid beginner tutorials?by David Hala 2 weeks agoI've been primarily a FCP and Premiere editor, and would like to learn Avid. Can anyone here recommend a tutorial site to speed the transition +2  | Re: Avid beginner tutorials?
by Nick Griffin 2 weeks ago
David- I was in your position four months ago and frankly found there to be a wealth of resources. A good place to begin is right here with the COW's Kevin P. McAuliffe series of video tutorials. They
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| | | |  | exposure and levels pluginby joshua schwarz 2 weeks agois there any way to adjust levels and exposure using a histogram within media composer i find myself exporting sequences to after effects just to use those tools. joshua schwarz, producer editor post | | | | |
| | | |  | AMA workflow, will this work?by Ken Geary 3 weeks agoWe are currently acquiring a PROmax 32TB server for our 1 AVID workstation and shared GFX workstations (and another future AVID). We still use tape to archive our final Masters. Here's my thoughts on  | Re: AMA workflow, will this work?
by Shane Ross 3 weeks ago
AMA is simply a way to access the original tapeless media, so that you can import it as Avid media, either full res, or offline res, and reconnect to the source later. Editing with footage accessed vi
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| | | | | Animaorphic footage + blow up to resolveby Ricky Milling 4 weeks agoHi guys, bit of a problem, usually when i edit a piece (via AMA) i can export it to a aaf file and then import it to Resolve and it all connects easily. However with this current project i am running | | | | |
| | | | | AMA Linked Final Version Now What?by Brian Bruhn 2 months agoHello Folks, Against all odds I have been editing via AMA linked volumes for the life of my current project. The project is a feature documentary and was all shot on Panasonic HVX-200 in 720PN 23.976  | Re: AMA Linked Final Version Now What?
by Pepijn Klijs 2 months ago
No, actually you can continue with your transcoded sequence, edit again with ama media. When you're finished you can transcode again and avid will only transcode the ama media. I do this all the time.
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| | | | | Canon AMA Plugin problemsby Daniel Schultz 2 months agoAnybody! Somebody! Please help! I'm still having problems with installing my Canon AMA plugin! Arghh!! System: Mountain Lion 10.8.3 MC: 6.5.0 All other plugins loaded and worked properly (Panasonic P2 | Re: Canon AMA Plugin problems
by Daniel Schultz 2 months ago
OMIGOD! IT WORKS! After what feels like weeks of trying to make it work. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! (And the little screen video was appreciated too!!!!) Really...thanks James!!! Dan S.
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| | | | | Service: Comprehensive Technical Groupby James Beattie 2 months agoAtlanta Georgia, United States Sales and Rentals Comprehensive Technical Group NLE Video Equipment Freelance editor in the Atlanta Area from 1999 - 2003. Became a technician for an Avid and Media 100r | | | | |
| | | | | Considering Synology DS412+ NASby Mark Crenshaw 3 months agoAs we have transitioned to HD and a full digital workflow, we are in need of network attached solution for backup and archiving. After some research and budget considerations, I've landed on the Synol | Re: Considering Synology DS412+ NAS
by James Beattie 3 months ago
In that case, it is an excellent solution. May I recommend Raid 6, or 5+1 configuration on the Synology. Raid 5 will give you redundancy if you lose 1 drive, Raid 6 or 5+1 give you 2, but eats up your
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| | | | | Media Composer 6 prevent from Transcodingby Thomas Frank 1 year agoHello hello, we are still giving MC6 a test run, but there is a small little drag that we are having. When we add clips ProRes into the Bins it is creating or transcoding the clips which halts MC6. Is | | | | |
| | | |  | Matching clip names to file names in AVIDby Matt Greif 1 year agoI have a large number of captured clips in Avid 5.0.3. Ideally, I'd like to be able to export a tabbed text document that has a columns for the Clip Name, Tape Name and the AMA file names so I know ex | Re: Matching clip names to file names in AVID
by Ed Cilley 1 year ago
Matt Greif "columns for the Clip Name, Tape Name and the AMA file names" Matt, is this captured footage You mention AMA file names and these are handled differently. If you are doing AMA, the Clip Na
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| | | | | Can my imac run AVID?by Lloyd Paul Rivers 1 year agoi have out about 10 clips into the timeline from a 5dmk2. There are no effects on any of the clips but i still have a red bar in the timecode which when i googled says my system isn't good enough to r | Re: Can my imac run AVID?
by Shane Ross 1 year ago
Transcode the footage to DNxHD. Avid doesn't edit H.264 well natively. Even if you had a beefy machine. Shane Little Frog Post Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
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| | | | | Compressor Issuesby Luca Fiore 1 year agoHello all, While exporting something in compressor, my mac crashed and I'm trying to re-do the process but for some reason compressor now refuses to begin the export on this new batch. It's as if it's | | | | |
| | | | | Black Magic Decklink Studioby Ross Spears 2 years agoI need to be able to import old footage from a BetaSP deck into my new AVID using MacPro computer and Media Composer 4.0. It was suggested to me that I buy a Black Magic Decklink Studio deck to use. D | Re: Black Magic Decklink Studio
by John Pale 2 years ago
Ross Spears " It was suggested to me that I buy a Black Magic Decklink Studio deck to use." Not a great suggestion. Ross Spears "Will it work with AVID " No. Avid does not support any capture cards f
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| | | | | Final Cut Pro won't openby Michelle LaRock 2 years agoLast nigh while digitizing I accidently unplugged an external hard drive. I saved the project and powered the computer down. Now FCP won't open. It goes so far and quits. I've tried...repairing permis | Re: Final Cut Pro won't open
by James Beattie 2 years ago
Is the firewire connection the only device on the firewire chain The G5 may have more than 1 firewire port, but they all connect to the same chip. Make sure there are no external devices connected oth
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| | | | | Sony XDCAM import crashes systemby James Beattie 5 years ago10.5.2 running FCP 6.0.3 on a new Mac Intel with 4GB of Ram. We are having intermittent issues when capturing XDCAM footage (file import process). When importing one clip, the process is great. When y | Re: Sony XDCAM import crashes system
by Wayne Carey 5 years ago
Are you using Sony's Transfer 2.5.1 Have you made sure that everything is up to date on the firmware of the Macs Have you made sure that your cards are in the right slots and the memory is placed in t
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