A little problem somehow turned into a long story. Yesterday I decided to upgrade one of our older systems (HP xw8400 Workstation Intel Xeon Quad Core 5150 @2.66GHz, 3GB Ram, running 32-bit Windows XP SP3, with NVIDIA QuadroFX3500) from MC5 to the latest version of MC5.5 in an effort to fix a problem...

My post team has gathered a considerable amount of music licensed for our multi-season show to one master bin. I have a .xls document from the music vendor with a column of descriptions matched to each clip in their library. I'd like to add a column to the music bin view that includes the text descriptions...

Hello Everyone, I have the opportunity to work on a feature documentary that has been shot in 3D. The director has asked me few questions and I really hope to find someone that can help me with some answers, as this is my first big project in 3D. The camera that he shot on is: Panasonic HDC Z1000 Now...

If you are re-editing for Localization and find Marquee won't support your language or font like Chinese, don't worry! This work-around will allow you to replace your language WITHOUT HAVING TO RE-KEYFRAME. 1. Make your titles in a third party program like Photoshop or illustrator. 2. Export...

I am trying to subtitle foreign language interview footage. The subtitler I am working with uses Belle Nuit but it seems no matter what file she sends me, I cannot import it into Avid's SubCap tool. I get an warning message stating that no captions from the source file overlap with the selected clip...

I have some files that were ripped from a DVD and are in VOB format.How can I import them into AVID media composer 5 and lose the least possible quality? I tried MPEG STREAMCLIP for Windows and either it's not working or I'm not doing it properly. :( Seems like MPEG Streamclip is designed mostly...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> I've just installed Avid 5.5 from the box (software version on a MacbookPro). I then downloaded the upgrade to 5.5.3, and installed it. Am I supposed to uninstall 5.5 before installing the new upgrade? I keep seeing things about...

Sorry, I meant 32 bit mode..... not moce. I'm running Lion, if that matters. Thanks.

Do I need to start my Macbook Pro up in 32 bit moce (holding down 32 and starting the computer) in order to install MC 5.5? Just wanted to check. Cheers, Douglas

Hi, I'm creating a promo video and want to insert some footage into the middle of the logo for it to then move around on the screen. The logo is several coloured rings with a space in the centre (where I want the video to appear). So far, I've converted the supplied logo into a Photoshop file...