Haaa!
Jeff, I literally JUST sent off an email to some friends at the Avid mother ship that I didn't understand what was going on in the Source Window. Thanks for saving my sanity, you are so right! I just sent them the following few questions:
1)
If the source clip matches the project format, in this case 720p/23.976:
A) Why does the Source TC only allow for the display of 30fps TC? I'd expect it to either display the Project Format TC, or
allow for the same choices found in the Record Window menu.
And…
B) Let's say I want 1 second of source video (24 frames). I mark an 'In' then I type +23, Enter, 'Mark Out.'
The result is the selection of a puzzling 19 frames. However, if I mark the 'In' and type +1:00, Enter, 'Mark Out,'
then I get the result I expect: a selection of 1:01. That can't be intended, can it?
2)
I seem to remember that in the past, in the Quick Transition dialog, when a transition effect was chosen (e.g. Dip to Color), that it would remain chosen until either a different one was selected or the application was quit. I am not experiencing that now. Is this by design? If so, then I suggest a tick-box that would allow the desired effect to remain selected until changed in that session (reverts to dissolve when MC is quit).
Thanks again Jeff!
Cheers,
Benjamin
On Oct 7, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Jeff Hedberg <jeff@unioneditorial.com> wrote:
Don't even get me started on these gremlins...and heaven help you if you change your 'format' to 720, and try to add your usual 'filler' to the spot - it forgets how to do the math and you don't get the right number of frames.. your spot doesn't start on an even hour any more... time for math!Jeff
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New York, NY 10012On Oct 7, 2015, at 4:24 PM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Michael, you were correct.Somehow (gremlins?) the TC above the Record Monitor got set to film TC 35mm/4 perf.There's no way to change the Source side.I have some additional poking around to do,but that fixed the Quick Transition dialog window, at least.Thanks for shaking the cobwebs out of my brain!Cheers,BenjaminOn Oct 7, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Thanks for the reply Michael -- much appreciated.I just upgraded to MC 8.4.2 (amazingly, it still runs on 10.8.5) to seeif that'd do anything . . . nope. I'll poke around a bit more and seewhat might fix this. Thanks for the suggestions… I'll let you know.Cheers,-BOn Oct 6, 2015, at 11:50 PM, Michael Brockington <mbrock321@gmail.com> wrote:From film composer days, I seem to remember the quick transition dialog used whatever format was set in the top display in your sequence monitor. So if you were set to feet and frames up there, that's what you'd see in the quick transition.
I would guess you're set to display 35mm 4-perf, yet you seem to be showing timecode rather than feet/frames, so that's puzzling. Can you change the the topmost sequence timecode display to something else, ie. sequence TC 24 or something similar?
Cheers,
--MichaelBcc:BC and CCHi gang,I'm running MC v8.4.0 on OS 10.8.5 (not optimal, I know).I've already tried new User Settings and recreated MCState,and I'm still getting some weirdness in a 720p 23.976 project.In the Quick Transition dialog window, it's showing feet and frames,and doesn't remember the last used effect, so I have to keep reselecting it every time.In 2 of the Data Displays above the Src/Rec window, there's the added text: "35.4"Pictures:Any thoughts?Cheers,Benjamin-----
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