This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] + Question

Friday, October 3, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] + Question

Good news Dan,

I think your feature request has been filled in v8.1.

See the 6th one down here:

http://www.avidblogs.com/media-composer-software-updates-professional-features-for-creative-editorial/

Now if a Nexidia deal could be hashed out

(so that we can upgrade and not lose ScriptSync and PhraseFind)

so we can enjoy the engineers' hard work making the app better.

Have a good weekend,

On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:04 AM, "Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Sorry no hints Benjamin. It is one of those problems that when it occurs
you are faced with the choice, wrestle it to the ground (with an unknown
amount of time) or fix the bins you need and get back to editing. We got
as far as confirming the "number from the top" font concept which I got
from poking around on the web a bit but then moved on. (Sounds like we
made the right choice!) All for the feature request.

But while I have your attention Ben -

Here's the possible feature request that came up for me the other day
and I'm curious if I am just missing some trick.

Have you ever set up a complex trim with several tracks, only to have
the Avid beep at you because one of the tracks can't be trimmed that
direction (for example there is no more of the source?)

At that point, unless there is something I am missing, I have to go
through the tracks, one by one, trying to figure out which one is the
problem. Wouldn't it be better if along with beeping it added a
highlight to the problem trim?

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Benjamin Hershleder
Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] wrote:
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> Bcc:
> A couple of elves at the Burlington workshop ;)
>
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> I truly appreciate your suggestion Dan, but I should have related
> that I tried that some time ago (wasting a good deal of time)
> and could not get positive results. Sorry about that.
> For me, the number from the top kept changing!
> I tried a myriad of things… I'll spare you the details.
> Any hints on making it work?
>
> There has to be away to program a "substitute font" and size setting.
> http://i.imgur.com/xEgo0zG.jpg
> Thinking about it a bit more, it could be a User Setting that allows
> you to select three or four replacement fonts
> (of the Users choosing from the currently installed fonts),
> and if all of those are not available, then you could choose from a list
> of fonts
> that are typically installed on both PCs and Macs.
> Let's call that "Automatic Substitution."
> MC would populate the Auto list after scanning/determining
> what standard fonts were actually available/installed.
>
> Both User and Auto font choices would be in descending priority.
> If the first User selection is not available it goes to the second, then
> the third and so on.
> If no User fonts, then it's on to the Auto list.
>
> This type of setting would be available in two separate dialog windows,
> one for the Project Window, and another for Bins (including the Media
> Tool).
>
> And I'll put in another plea for this while I'm at it,
> just in case the squeaky wheel really does get the grease ;)
> http://i.imgur.com/3WQMscy.jpg
>
> Cheers,
>
> Benjamin "King Kvetch" Hershleder
> ----
> Book: http://tinyurl.com/AvidMC-Book
>
> On Sep 30, 2014, at 4:52 PM, "Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2]"
> <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> > FWIW On the font feature request - I looked into this on a recent
> > project. It seemed like at least on MC 7, there wasn't a particular font
> > associated with a bin but rather the font's position in the list of
> > fonts, counting down from the top, which determined the font that was
> > used. For example, if the font used by the first person was the third
> > from the top, when you open the project on your system, the AVID uses
> > the third from top. Rather than changing each bin, it might be easier to
> > modify your list of fonts. Just a thought.
> >
> > Still a good feature request tho.
> >
> >
>
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014, at 03:53 PM, Benjamin Hershleder
> > Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > (A) is for the lurking engineers and
> > > (B) is for anyone willing to weigh-in on a solution.
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > Cheers,
> > > Benjamin
> > >
> > > (A)
> > > **Feature Request**
> > > There _has_ to be a way to program things (e.g. set an "override"
> > > preference) so that
> > > when I open a bin from another project I've been given
> > > (not shared on a network) that I can have that bin's text display
> > > in the font and size that I prefer, without having to meticulously
> > > change each one. Even with "Change Font" mapped to a
> > > button, the process is several steps that also involves using the mouse.
> > > I tried using QuickKeys (for the first time) and it can't do it due to
> > > the
> > > font selection menu and/or an inability to "resize the window."
> > >
> > > (B)
> > > I thought I had solved this, but...
> > > Why do I continue to get dialog windows to accept incoming connections,
> > > even though I've set these apps to "Allow incoming connections"?
> > > Pic: http://i.imgur.com/fRFsqO3.jpg
> > > Anyone know a solution to this?
> > > My setup:
> > > MacBook Pro 2.5 GHz, i7
> > > Lion 10.8.5
> > > MC version 7.0.4
> > > AMD Radeon HD6770M graphics card
> > > 16 GB RAM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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