Hi folks. Who: I am an Avid novice as I was only ever let loose on Avid at college where (4 years ago) we were not allowed to set projects up with knowledge of how and why just by following "do this, do that and that". This means that I can edit and use Avid pretty good once I open a project...

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...

Hi there, Does anyone have any experience with an output that has frames like the one i have attached? I can't seem to get rid of them. (I am on Avid MC5, Mac OSX 10.6.8, 2x2.66 Ghz Dual Core Intel Xenon, ATI Radeon HD 5770.) Thanks in advance for any advice! patrick.

What: Files were P2 footage shot on Panasonic HVX201 and "imported" as DVC-Pro HD 1080i/50 and now exist solely within the Avid project (meaning I don't have access to the original CONTENTS folders, more's the pity). Why: The end user cannot use Avid and would like them exported to...

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 get this error when I try to open a particular bin. (Needless to say, it's the one bin I really need) Assertion failed: keyFrame->nColors<= MAX_EFFECT_COLORS File: /Snapshots/relengintel5_1310181635/coresw/ame/Projects/Mac/../../src/Consumers/EffectMan/AEffectParams.c,Line: 344 Seems to have...

Tengo un proyecto en DV pal 411, 16:9 en un Avid Media Composer 5.5.3. cuando exporto y hago un Dvd con IDVD o DVD Studio Pro, me fliquean los campos, ya intente exportar en progresivo, en upper, lower pero sigue el problema, la unica solucion que encontre ha sido salir por cinta de mini DV (la salida...

I have Avid Media Composer 5 installed on both my iMac as well as my MacBook Pro and i was wondering if there was any way to be able to use Media Composer 5 on both computers without having to deactivate then reactivate the software everytime i switch computers!

Hello wonderful people, I am an amateur editor. I run MC5 on a new iMac with 8GB of RAM and an i7 processor off a soid state hard drive. I have captured some footage off DV tape. I have set MC to capture at HDV 1080i. I can scrub through the footage but when I press play, the visuals freeze but the audio...

Hey Marianna, The link you provided was informative but containted older information in relation to what I needed. However, your theory of the deck needing a firmware update was spot on. THANKS!! We attempted to download the newest firmware update (Version 1.99) but we read somwhere that if your firmware...