This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Film Info Displayed?

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] Film Info Displayed?

Hi John,

Yep, if you load a Sequence into the Source Window, then the TC flavor can be changed.

It's just that when you load a 720p/23.976 clip (in a 720p/23.976 project, no less)

the Source TC is displaying as 30fps, rather than 24. Here's what I'm getting:

When advancing 1 frame at a time, the TC skips certain

frame numbers in the TC (because the clip is 24fps and the TC flavor is 30).

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 (rather than the correct result of 24).

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 (the inclusive frame is as designed).

The difference in behavior doesn't seem logical to me . . . but I'm willing to be enlightened.

Cheers,

Benjamin

On Oct 7, 2015, at 4:30 PM, "bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

What if you put a sequence in the source side monitor can you change the top timecode then?

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <Ben@ContactBen.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,

Benjamin
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Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com
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On 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 see
if that'd do anything . . . nope. I'll poke around a bit more and see
what might fix this. Thanks for the suggestions… I'll let you know.
Cheers,

-B

On 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,
--Michael

On 2015-10-06 3:46 PM, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] wrote:

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Hi 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:
http://i.imgur.com/4qM6yc1.png
http://imgur.com/OPnwR6K.png

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Benjamin
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Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com
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