This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [BUG] in v8.4? + [FR] x 6

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] [BUG] in v8.4? + [FR] x 6

He was de DIrector!
https://twitter.com/leeunkrich/status/9117075963
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:48 AM, RRF Avid rrfavid@hotsprocketfilms.com
[Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> And the director isn't worried about a seat mate live tweeting spoilers as
> he works?
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> - Rich :-)
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> On Aug 16, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@ContactBen.com
> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi John,
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> When editing remotely on a laptop without a numeric keypad, the
> Control-key double-tap is the current solution Avid came up with to get the
> entry box and be able to use the number keys on the main keyboard.
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> Remote editing inspiration:
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> <lee_unkrich.jpg>
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> * Benjamin Hershleder*
> ContactBen.com <http://contactben.com/>
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> On Aug 15, 2015, at 11:58 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I've never used the control button to get the numeric box up. I just
> highlight the record or source window and start typing numbers and the box
> pops up. Is there a benefit to using the control key? I've never used it
> for this.
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>
> ---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <Ben@ContactBen.com> wrote :
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> *Bcc:*
> C.C.
> B.C.
> M.M.
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> Can anyone repeat what I think may be a bug in v8.4?
> Here're the details:
>
> *MY SYSTEM:*
> *MacBook Pro Laptop* – Late 2011 – I'm waiting to upgrade when Apple
> finally releases the new MBP with Skylake.
> MC v 8.4
> Mac OS v10.8.5 – I'm aware that this is not MC v8.4's recommended OS.
> New User Settings
> New MCState
> Rebuilt Permissions
> Existing Project, created in v8.3
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>
> *ISSUE (Bug?):*
> Steps:
> 1. Select/Enable the *Source* Window (Record Window works as expected).
> 2. Double-Tap the Control key, and no numeric entry box appears. I only
> get the 'bonk' sound effect.
> FYI: Enter Trim Mode: Double-Tap the Control key and the entry box does
> appear as expected.
>
>
> *TWO FEATURE REQUESTS RELATED TO THE ABOVE FEATURE:*
> 1.
> Please provide a button function that will make the Numeric Entry Box
> appear without having to double-tap the Control key. As a button, that
> would allow the editor to map it wherever is most convenient for them. The
> double-tap is frustrating as it slows down the work, and the 'bonk' that
> accompanies it is misleading, since there has been no error made by the
> editor (and, OK, I'll say it… the 'bonk' is also really annoying). In Trim
> Mode I understand why the 'bonk' is potentially a benefit: to alert the
> editor that they can now enter a value. I suggest replacing the 'bonk' with
> Trim Mode's numeric entry box becoming highlighted as white.
>
> 2.
> Please allow being able to type a Plus Symbol ("+") on a laptop _without_
> having to hold the Shift key. It really slows things down, trimming
> especially.
>
>
> *FOUR OTHER FEATURE REQUESTS ON MY MIND AT THE MOMENT:*
> 1.
> Ability to Tab through a tabbed set of Bin Windows or a tabbed set of Tool
> Windows (e.g. in the same way I can Control-Tab through multiple open tabs
> in a web browser).
>
> 2.
> Programming it so that "Command *+*," and "Command –" will trigger all
> the same behaviors as "Command L," and "Command K." I suggest leaving the
> legacy programming (K/L) for those with that ingrained in their brains, but
> to _add_ the +/- programming in order to jibe with common usage, and user
> expectations . . . and to save a lot of folks (like me) hourly
> (half-hourly?) frustration (and made even more frustrating while bouncing
> between MC and Adobe apps).
>
> 3A and 3B.
> Making the dB levels that appear at the bottom of the Timeline Window
> appear as the same green as the TC readout in the Toolbar (or letting the
> editor select the display color would be even better). That white is hard
> to read against the lighter gray. Another thought is to steal a design
> element from FCP and place the dB value right next to the cursor arrow in a
> similar way that Adobe Photoshop displays coordinate information when
> making a Marquee selection, for example. Then it's like a Heads-Up Display,
> and is much more convenient for the editor than having to glance down all
> the time.
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>
> Thanks for listening . . .
>
> Cheers,
>
> Benjamin
> -----
> * Benjamin Hershleder*
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