Saturday, May 9, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Clips relinking when added to timeline

I find it best to always keep my camera originals on a different drive (or workspace if using shared storage) than my Avid media. That way I can unmount the drive to ensure that nothing is going to link back mysteriously. 
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Re: [Avid-L2] Clips relinking when added to timeline

You might also try turning off 'Automatically link to volumes' (Link Settings>Link options). This really ought to be off by default.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Friday, 8 May 2020, 22:58:42 BST, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi,
I would try to make the original AMA footage unavailable then unlink andrelink to the exact resolution you transcoded at.
Good luck.
Marcel

On 08/05/2020 17:51, craigacm via groups.io wrote:
Been using 2018.12.09 for months without major issues.  Use  Source Browser, I have linked to original camera footage (XDCAM EX) and then transcoded everything to DNx45 for editing.
I can bring the DNx45 clips into the source monitor, where they play fine.  But, today, as soon as I edit them into the timeline, a window pops up that it is loading the media database and then the DNx45 clip relinks back to the original AMA footage!  If I quickly stop the database scan and relink, the DNx45 clip will usually appear in the timeline.  It's happening every time I try to insert or overwrite a new clip.  Suggestions?
Thanks,
Craig

Friday, May 8, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Clips relinking when added to timeline

Hi,
I would try to make the original AMA footage unavailable then unlink andrelink to the exact resolution you transcoded at.
Good luck.
Marcel

On 08/05/2020 17:51, craigacm via groups.io wrote:
Been using 2018.12.09 for months without major issues.  Use  Source Browser, I have linked to original camera footage (XDCAM EX) and then transcoded everything to DNx45 for editing.
I can bring the DNx45 clips into the source monitor, where they play fine.  But, today, as soon as I edit them into the timeline, a window pops up that it is loading the media database and then the DNx45 clip relinks back to the original AMA footage!  If I quickly stop the database scan and relink, the DNx45 clip will usually appear in the timeline.  It's happening every time I try to insert or overwrite a new clip.  Suggestions?
Thanks,
Craig

[Avid-L2] Clips relinking when added to timeline

Been using 2018.12.09 for months without major issues.  Use  Source Browser, I have linked to original camera footage (XDCAM EX) and then transcoded everything to DNx45 for editing.
I can bring the DNx45 clips into the source monitor, where they play fine.  But, today, as soon as I edit them into the timeline, a window pops up that it is loading the media database and then the DNx45 clip relinks back to the original AMA footage!  If I quickly stop the database scan and relink, the DNx45 clip will usually appear in the timeline.  It's happening every time I try to insert or overwrite a new clip.  Suggestions?
Thanks,
Craig
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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] AVID Beta full functioning?

There is an official release - 2020.4

DQS


On May 7, 2020, at 6:24 PM, Paul Darrigo <fedguy2@pacbell.net> wrote:


Hi,

I downloaded and install the AVID 2020.2.0B53642

Is it a fully functioning version?   I won't let me import .AAF's.

Thanks,

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[Avid-L2] AVID Beta full functioning?

Hi,

I downloaded and install the AVID 2020.2.0B53642

Is it a fully functioning version?   I won't let me import .AAF's.

Thanks,

Paul Darrigo
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

[Avid-L2] Watch the BUG DEMO Video > Re: Fixes in TITLER PRO 6 and 7 in Avid MC Legacy 2018.12.10 (Jan 2020 release) and 2018.12.11 (last week's Apr 2020) / Mac


The Titler Pro 6 'Cyan Screen of Death' video was 17 minutes.  It saved NewBlueFX weeks of work.

Here is a 7-minute TP-7 (latest version) in Avid MC 2018.12.10 (2018.12.11 has been released last week, but I am staying on 12.10 to cure Titler bugs).

Please do not post this outside of our group – let's give NewBlueFX a chance to cure this.  I post it here to encourage you to list your bugs/complaints on Titler Pro 6 and 7.


Titler Pro 7's two major bugs: Demo Video (7min)
ENDLESS LOOP and STUBBORN CURSOR / Crashing Avid
Password:  work4danil


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OT: Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+ - Now Illusion memories

Oh man, Avid Illusion.  In the 90's I worked for Origin doing video for the Wing Commander series.  One day I get handed a BetaSP with a bunch of military footage on it and told 'make cool shit'.  I roughed some stuff in Media Composer, then used a Accom DDR to capture uncompressed footage.  I tried doing the finish in AE, but my OS8 Mac just didn't have the muscle.  So I borrowed a SGI 02 and taught myself Illusion making the finished videos for a combat flight sim game.  Someone put them on-line.  They are very rough.


What I can't find are the video loops that played on option screens.  Some of those turned out really nice.


Jay


On May 6, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Johnathon Amayo <jahmayo@gmail.com> wrote:

Ahh, DS!  A true competitor to Resolve.  And not to sound old but Avid even had Illusion once which was the shit!

Even Elastic Reality was cool until they killed (and rolled all the features into DS).


On May 6, 2020, at 7:34 AM, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:

 True.
But DS was never a product created by Avid. Is was acquired from Microsoft who got it from Softimage.
It was a different animal.



On 06/05/2020 09:59, avid_curren via groups.io wrote:
At the risk of stirring up some bad memories for a few folks, there was node based editing in an Avid product. Remember DS?
--
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Burbank, Ca
AlphaDogs: We Unleash Your Stories


Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

True but I think the media indexer made it to Interplay.  



DQS


On May 6, 2020, at 10:49 AM, Johnathon Amayo <jahmayo@gmail.com> wrote:

Ahh, DS!  A true competitor to Resolve.  And not to sound old but Avid even had Illusion once which was the shit!

Even Elastic Reality was cool until they killed (and rolled all the features into DS).


On May 6, 2020, at 7:34 AM, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:

 True.
But DS was never a product created by Avid. Is was acquired from Microsoft who got it from Softimage.
It was a different animal.



On 06/05/2020 09:59, avid_curren via groups.io wrote:
At the risk of stirring up some bad memories for a few folks, there was node based editing in an Avid product. Remember DS?
--
Terence Curren
Burbank, Ca
AlphaDogs: We Unleash Your Stories

Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Ahh, DS!  A true competitor to Resolve.  And not to sound old but Avid even had Illusion once which was the shit!

Even Elastic Reality was cool until they killed (and rolled all the features into DS).


On May 6, 2020, at 7:34 AM, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:

 True.
But DS was never a product created by Avid. Is was acquired from Microsoft who got it from Softimage.
It was a different animal.



On 06/05/2020 09:59, avid_curren via groups.io wrote:
At the risk of stirring up some bad memories for a few folks, there was node based editing in an Avid product. Remember DS?
--
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Burbank, Ca
AlphaDogs: We Unleash Your Stories

Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

True.
But DS was never a product created by Avid. Is was acquired from Microsoft who got it from Softimage.
It was a different animal.



On 06/05/2020 09:59, avid_curren via groups.io wrote:
At the risk of stirring up some bad memories for a few folks, there was node based editing in an Avid product. Remember DS?
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AlphaDogs: We Unleash Your Stories

Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

I have a dream too, or two: 1) a simple tool for simple titles, like the good old TitleTool. 2) Since the TitleTool is abandonware I'd find it rather elegant of Avid to release its source code to the public domain, for anyone willing to recompile it for 64 bit Mac/Windows, and maybe for greater than HD resolutions, if anyone would ever dream of doing that...
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Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Well said.  It's not the end of the world really but it's those little things that drive me crazy.

And didn't Martin Luther King once say "He had a dream of node based FX editing in Avid?"  I could have heard that wrong in history class :).

By the way, Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!  Hope you're all surviving the apocalypse in style.

J


On May 5, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Roger via groups.io <rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io> wrote:


Well, we can enter text in the monitor window in T+, so not too bad. The thing that killed me was that for years, after I'd entered some text, I'd hit Esc to select the object and leave text entry mode. In T+, since we are in Effect Mode, hitting Esc switches to the Source Monitor, as if we were in Source/Record mode! Somebody must have thought that doing all this stuff in Effect Mode was cool (in fact, Avid pushed this as a plus point). But I suspect most of us would have been happy creating titles in a 'different' app or sub-app (even Premiere was like this in Legacy Title Mode and we sometimes see 'Why isn't it like Premiere ... posts). OK - PPro is not like that any more and I'm not sure I like it, either - not much better than T+. I think if they threw the effect mode notion out, we might all live on the sunlight slopes of the future (gosh, free poetry). Stay well.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 17:53:30 BST, Johnathon Amayo <jahmayo@gmail.com> wrote:


I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers.  Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"

FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small.  And we all use high res monitors.

Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor.  Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking).  And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use.  This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.

And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler.  It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.

Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!

If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.

Thanks for listening to me on my soap box.  Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.

Johnathon


Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Well, we can enter text in the monitor window in T+, so not too bad. The thing that killed me was that for years, after I'd entered some text, I'd hit Esc to select the object and leave text entry mode. In T+, since we are in Effect Mode, hitting Esc switches to the Source Monitor, as if we were in Source/Record mode! Somebody must have thought that doing all this stuff in Effect Mode was cool (in fact, Avid pushed this as a plus point). But I suspect most of us would have been happy creating titles in a 'different' app or sub-app (even Premiere was like this in Legacy Title Mode and we sometimes see 'Why isn't it like Premiere ... posts). OK - PPro is not like that any more and I'm not sure I like it, either - not much better than T+. I think if they threw the effect mode notion out, we might all live on the sunlight slopes of the future (gosh, free poetry). Stay well.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 17:53:30 BST, Johnathon Amayo <jahmayo@gmail.com> wrote:


I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers.  Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"

FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small.  And we all use high res monitors.

Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor.  Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking).  And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use.  This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.

And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler.  It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.

Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!

If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.

Thanks for listening to me on my soap box.  Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.

Johnathon


Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Node based FX would probably need a complete rewrite of the FX and playback engine. It would also break compatibility.

It is a nice dream though.

DQS


> On May 5, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Everything you mentioned and more are the many reasons I stopped my Avid evolution at 2018.12.10.
>
> The issue is Avid lacking the good old common sense of adding instead of replacing features.
>
> Being old is not the reason.
>
> Marcel
>
>> On 05/05/2020 12:53, Johnathon Amayo wrote:
>> I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers. Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"
>>
>> FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small. And we all use high res monitors.
>>
>> Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor. Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking). And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use. This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.
>>
>> And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler. It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.
>>
>> Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!
>>
>> If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.
>>
>> Thanks for listening to me on my soap box. Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.
>>
>> Johnathon
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

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Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Everything you mentioned and more are the many reasons I stopped my Avid
evolution at 2018.12.10.

The issue is Avid lacking the good old common sense of adding instead of
replacing features.

Being old is not the reason.

Marcel

On 05/05/2020 12:53, Johnathon Amayo wrote:
> I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers. Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"
>
> FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small. And we all use high res monitors.
>
> Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor. Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking). And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use. This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.
>
> And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler. It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.
>
> Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!
>
> If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.
>
> Thanks for listening to me on my soap box. Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.
>
> Johnathon
>
>
>


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[Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers. Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"

FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small. And we all use high res monitors.

Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor. Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking). And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use. This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.

And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler. It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.

Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!

If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.

Thanks for listening to me on my soap box. Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.

Johnathon

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +

Haha.  I hate spell check.   


Lou Wirth Productions
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www.louwirth.com
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On May 4, 2020, at 3:48 PM, Dave Spraker <avid@spraker.tv> wrote:

Sorry to hear about your sister ðŸ˜‰
 
- Dave
 
(971) 267-7661
 
From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Lou Wirth
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 1:50 PM
To: Avid-L2@groups.io
Subject: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +
 
Anyone else struggling with the new Avid titler +???   This has crashed my sister a few times and its nearly impossible to go in and change text.  There I no cursor to select text and change it let alone change a letter.  Its really clunky and as I said, crashes.
 
Lou
 
 
Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p
 
 


Re: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +

Worst feature Avid has ever created.  Why would you turn it into an FX and loose the advantages a matte gives?  

Am I missing the Benefits?  Feels like lazy coding.

And so sorry about your sister too :)

On May 4, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Dave Spraker <avid@spraker.tv> wrote:



Sorry to hear about your sister 😉

 

- Dave

 

dave@spraker.tv

(971) 267-7661

 

From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Lou Wirth
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 1:50 PM
To: Avid-L2@groups.io
Subject: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +

 

Anyone else struggling with the new Avid titler +???   This has crashed my sister a few times and its nearly impossible to go in and change text.  There I no cursor to select text and change it let alone change a letter.  Its really clunky and as I said, crashes.

 

Lou

 

 

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

 

 

Re: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +

Sorry to hear about your sister 😉

 

- Dave

 

dave@spraker.tv

(971) 267-7661

 

From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Lou Wirth
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 1:50 PM
To: Avid-L2@groups.io
Subject: [Avid-L2] Avid titler +

 

Anyone else struggling with the new Avid titler +???   This has crashed my sister a few times and its nearly impossible to go in and change text.  There I no cursor to select text and change it let alone change a letter.  Its really clunky and as I said, crashes.

 

Lou

 

 

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

 

 

[Avid-L2] Avid titler +

Anyone else struggling with the new Avid titler +???   This has crashed my sister a few times and its nearly impossible to go in and change text.  There I no cursor to select text and change it let alone change a letter.  Its really clunky and as I said, crashes.

Lou


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  • Stay-At-Home Orders Work: Preliminary data suggests states with Stay-At-Home orders are seeing significant declines in new infections compared to early-open states or states that did not implement Stay-At-Home orders (see below)
COVID-19 Special ReportPreliminary Data Suggests Stay-At-Home Orders Work (Original Analysis):
  • Using data provided from the New York times (https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data) I have conducted a simple statistical analysis on the rate of new infections (the % change in infections from day-to-day) for each state in the US.
  • I've grouped these states according to their "Pact" status, re-opening status, and whether or not the state ever implemented an extended Stay-At-Home order (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html)
  • The conclusions of this analysis are that states that underwent Stay-At-Home orders, and states that are still preserving those orders, are experiencing significantly less surges in new infections, excluding the Midwest states.
  • Current surges in Midwest states are similar to states that have never implemented Stay-At-Home orders, most likely due to high population density and the late arrival of COVID-19 to those regions, meaning the Midwest is still experiencing an exponential phase of its epidemic (contrasted with the majority of other states in the US, where their exponential phases are ending.
  • Current recommendations are to adhere to all State or Federal guidelines regarding Stay-At-Home orders and social-distancing policies.

*New section: COVID-19 Clinical Trials (Vaccine, Treatment, Testing, etc.)

Vaccine Development

  • 04/09/2020 - The COVID-19 vaccine development landscape | Nature
  • 04/30/2020 - Draft landscape of COVID 19 candidate vaccines | WHO

Vaccine Trials

  • USA
  • 02/25/2020 - Safety and Immunogenicity Study of 2019-nCoV Vaccine (mRNA-1273) for Prophylaxis SARS CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) | ID: NCT04283461 | Compound: mRNA-1273 | Start: March 2020 End: June 2021
  • 04/07/2020 - Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of INO-4800 for COVID-19 in Healthy Volunteers | ID: NCT04336410 | Compound: INO-4800 | Start: April 2020 End: April 2021
  • China
  • 03/17/2020 - A phase I clinical trial for recombinant novel coronavirus (2019-COV) vaccine (adenoviral vector) | ID: ChiCTR2000030906 | Compound: Ad5-nCoV | Duration: 6 months - Drugbank
  • 04/10/2020 - A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial for Recombinant Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) Vaccine (Adenovirus Vector) | ID: ChiCTR2000031781 | Compound: Ad5-nCoV | Duration: 6 months - Drugbank
  • 04/11/2020 - A randomized, double-blind, placebo parallel-controlled phase I/II clinical trial for inactivated Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia vaccine (Vero cells) | ID: ChiCTR2000031809 | Compound: Inactivated virus | Duration: 6 months
  • 04/20/2020 - Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Inactivated Vaccine for Prophylaxis of SARS CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) | ID: NCT04352608 | Compound: Inactivated virus | Start: April 2020 End: December 2020
  • TBA - Beijing Institute of Biological Products/Sinopharm - Inactivated virus
  • Germany (European Union)
  • 04/14/2020 - First Clinical Trial of a COVID-19 Vaccine Authorised in Germany | German Federal Ministry of Health | ID: 2020-001038-36 | Compound: BNT162-01 | Duration: 12 months - Clinicaltrialsregister.eu
  • UK
  • 03/27/2020 - A Study of a Candidate COVID-19 Vaccine (COV001) | ID: NCT04324606 | Compound: ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, MenACWY | Start: April 2020 End: May 2021

Testing Methodology


Featured External Report, May 2020: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at University of Minnesota
  • New Section: COVID-19 Featured External Report
  • CIDRAP has been a great resource for me during the pandemic and I would consider it a very high-trust source.
  • Recently, they have created a new section named "COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint", which is a summary report from experts in the field.
  • Their first issue of the report, "The future of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from pandemic influenza" (Apr 30, 2020) contains some very pertinent estimates on the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Researchers at CIDRAP estimate that the pandemic will continue for up to 18-24 months, and experience one of several potential disease curve patterns, pictured here below.
  • Recommendations from the report:
  • 1. States, territories, and tribal health authorities should plan for the worst-case scenario (Scenario 2), including no vaccine availability or herd immunity.
  • 2. Government agencies and healthcare delivery organizations should develop strategies to ensure adequate protection for healthcare workers when disease incidence surges.
  • 3. Government officials should develop concrete plans, including triggers for reinstituting mitigation measures, for dealing with disease peaks when they occur.
  • 4. Risk communication messaging from government officials should incorporate the concept that this pandemic will not be over soon and that people need to be prepared for possible periodic resurgences of disease over the next 2 years.
  • Read the full report here: "The future of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from pandemic influenza"
  • Follow-up for more CIDRAP reports here: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-cidrap-viewpoint

*Transmission History & Discovery Archive Status:
*COVID-19 Epidemiology & Transmission Information - History of Discovery
This section has been vastly revamped and expanded. It will now include archives going back to December/January 2019, February, and then going on forward through time. The archives can be accessed as follows:
Dec. 2019/Jan. 2020 Archives | February 2020 Archives | March 2020 Archives | April 2020 Archives
*Note: Archives are currently a work in progress as new articles are cataloged and compiled.

Recent headlines in March are below (to read the full list and for links click here):
  • 04/20/2020 - Editorial: low population mortality from COVID‐19 in countries south of latitude 35 degrees North supports vitamin D as a factor determining severity | Wiley
  • 04/27/2020 - What policy makers need to know about COVID-19 protective immunity | The Lancet
  • 04/28/2020 - The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide | Nature
  • 04/28/2020 - Estimation of SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate by real-time antibody screening of blood donors (IFR) | MedRxiv
  • 04/28/2020 - Pathological evidence for residual SARS-CoV-2 in pulmonary tissues of a ready-for-discharge patient | Nature
  • 04/28/2020 - Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges (Opinion) | Scientific American Blogs
  • 04/29/2020 - Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine effective in monkeys, heading for mass production in India | SCMP
  • 04/29/2020 - Gilead Announces Results From Phase 3 Trial of Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir in Patients With Severe COVID-19 | Gilead
  • 04/29/2020 - Fauci: Second wave of coronavirus 'inevitable' | The Hill
  • 04/29/2020 - Coronavirus testing chief says 'no way on Earth' US can test 5 million a day, despite what Trump says | CNBC
  • 04/29/2020 - NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced COVID-19 | NIAID
  • 04/29/2020 - 6 monkeys given an experimental coronavirus vaccine from Oxford did not catch COVID-19 after heavy exposure, raising hopes for a human vaccine | Yahoo
  • 04/29/2020 - AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) | AstraZeneca
  • 04/29/2020 - Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy | NEJM
  • 04/29/2020 - Italy, Covid19 has been around in Milan since January before the first confirmed case there were already at least 1200 undetected cases | Huffington Post (Italian)
  • 04/29/2020 - Spike in US deaths and cases flagged as pneumonia suggests even greater COVID-19 impact | USA Today
  • 04/30/2020 - COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint (Part 1: "The future of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from pandemic influenza") | CIDRAP
  • 04/30/2020 - Covid 19 – Epidemic 'Waves' | CEBM
  • 04/30/2020 - Draft landscape of COVID 19 candidate vaccines | WHO
  • 04/30/2020 - Evaluation of "stratify and shield" as a policy option for ending the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK | MedRxiv
  • 04/30/2020 - Canada's early COVID-19 cases came from the U.S. not China, provincial data shows | National Post (Canada)
  • 04/30/2020 - Editorial: Nicotine and SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 may be a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system | Science Direct
  • 04/30/2020 - Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 | Biorxiv
  • 04/30/2020 - Blood clotting a significant cause of death in patients with COVID-19 | Eurekalert
  • 05/01/2020 - More than 4,000 US meatpacking workers have COVID-19 | CIDRAP
  • 05/01/2020 - Fauci blocked from testifying about coronavirus response before House panel | Politico
  • 05/01/2020 - Michigan governor extends state emergency order despite Trump tweet backing protesters | ABC News
  • 05/02/2020 - Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces Results of Completed Antibody Testing Study of 15,000 People Showing 12.3 Percent of Population Has COVID-19 Antibodies | NY Gov. Office
  • 05/02/2020 - Trump Received Intelligence Briefings On Coronavirus Twice In January | NPR
  • 05/02/2020 - New report says coronavirus pandemic could last for two years – and may not subside until 70% of the population has immunity | CBS
  See the coronavirus health information page for more information.

*Note: The information contained in this newsletter or website does not constitute medical advice. If you are having a medical emergency please contact your local healthcare provider or dial 911. If you are concerned about your health risks related to Coronavirus, please consult a medical professional.

Clinical Pathology of COVID-19
Trace the history of the global medical field understanding the clinical pathology of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19.
*COVID-19 Quick Stats

New Quick Stats Dashboard including live updates of WHO and Johns Hopkins data:

A table of current infections, deaths, and CFR as of 05/03/2020.

Country Infections Deaths CFR 95% Confidence Interval
USA 1,133,069 66,385 5.86% (5.82 - 5.9%)
Spain 216,582 25,100 11.59% (11.45 - 11.72%)
Italy 209,328 28,710 13.72% (13.57 - 13.86%)
UK 183,500 28,205 15.37% (15.21 - 15.54%)
France 168,518 24,763 14.69% (14.53 - 14.86%)
Germany 164,967 6,812 4.13% (4.03 - 4.23%)
China 83,959 4,637 5.52% (5.37 - 5.68%)
South Korea 10,793 250 2.32% (2.03 - 2.60%)
Australia 6,799 95 1.40% (1.12 - 1.68%)
Global 3,441,767 244,021 7.09% (7.06 - 7.12%)
 
Genetic Epidemiology of COVID-19
How does the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 travel around the world during the 2019/2020 pandemic? Visit this section to learn more about the genetics and genomics tools we can use to trace its spread.

Recent US CDC updates to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidelines during the pandemic:
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