Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Pan and Zoom Avid really you can't fix this?

It's all about After Effects ;)

Benjamin Hershleder
http://ContactBen.com
http://Hershleder.com

Wear It In Post!
Fun T-shirts, mousepads, mugs & more
for Post Production Professionals
http://www.WearItInPost.com

On Jun 5, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Terence Curren wrote:

> FCP does an ugly job with manipulating stills, and if you get too many in the timeline, it starts to have memory issues. Just saying...
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Myers <MarkM@...> wrote:
> >
> > I hate to say this on an Avid list - but I've given up on Avid for
> > manipulating stills. I use FCP or Premier Pro. Both are much much better.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > Owner, Director
> > SR Film & Video Productions
> > 195 W Broad St
> > Salunga PA 17538
> > 717-393-5333 ex 142
> > www.SR-Pro.com <http://www.sr-pro.com>
> >
> > Follow us on Facebook
> > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salunga-PA/SR-Film-Video-Productions/132001820445>
> > Linked In <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-myers/8/488/746>
> > Twitter <http://twitter.com/SRProductions>
> >
> > On 6/4/11 10:55 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Stagetools is pretty good, but it's effect timeline is pretty
> > > rudimentary, and I don't think it automatically extends media to
> > > account for dissolves.
> > >
> > > Shirley
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@... <mailto:rockinjeff%40gmail.com>>
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 1:47 am
> > > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Pan and Zoom Avid really you can't fix this?
> > >
> > > Use Stagetools. You won't crash, you'll render fast and you'll have
> > > control.
> > > and you'll never have to use pan and zoom again.
> > > AVX
> > > http://www.stagetools.com/
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:45 AM, John Moore <bigfish@...
> > > <mailto:bigfish%40pacbell.net>> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Back in the trenches with a stills heavy season opener and I just can't
> > > > fathom the lack of attention Pan and Zoom has been given since it was
> > > > introduced. I know the old, "it was made over a weekend by an Avid
> > > engineer
> > > > to facilitate a home video he was working on" line but it's been out
> > > a long
> > > > time now. These aren't new but I feel I should reiterate them. When pan
> > > > and zoom is already linked to low res stills and there is not slug
> > > > underneath there is no prompt to give you still number information
> > > to help
> > > > find the high res source. This is a real pain. Then when you find
> > > the high
> > > > res still if all the keyframes are highlighted and you select the
> > > still the
> > > > move is nuked, you have to make sure only one keyframe is highlighted to
> > > > preserve the move. This is not only unintuitive but really lethal
> > > when an
> > > > AE has relinked the stills and now you have no moves in online. This
> > > is as
> > > > bad as the 100th auto save bug a while back, or at least close. Then
> > > > when you don't redirect the source for the pan and zoom the render
> > > requires
> > > > a second render to get the full quality. Again this is not intuitive
> > > at all
> > > > and sometimes it's hard to tell if you need to rerender to get full
> > > > quality. The way pan and zoom works is pathetic. I appreciate the
> > > ability
> > > > to get to the full res stills but really Avid this is the best you
> > > can do?
> > > > In comparison the Title Tool looks like a Chyron Infinite relative
> > > to the
> > > > poor implementation of pan and zoom. To be fair moving pictures has it's
> > > > quirks but come on Avid help me find the source data without having
> > > to take
> > > > things off line.
> > > >
> > > > John Moore
> > > >
> > > > Barking Trout Productions
> > > >
> > > > Studio City, CA
> > > >
> > > > bigfish@... <mailto:bigfish%40pacbell.net>
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Search the offical complete Avid-L archives at:
> > > http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/
> > >
> > > If you want to donate to Red Cross quake relief, you can do so through
> > > your cell
> > > phone. Text redcross to 90999 to make a $10 donation. It will be on
> > > your next
> > > cell bill.Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

------------------------------------

Search the offical complete Avid-L archives at: http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/

If you want to donate to Red Cross quake relief, you can do so through your cell phone. Text redcross to 90999 to make a $10 donation. It will be on your next cell bill.Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
Avid-L2-digest@yahoogroups.com
Avid-L2-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
Avid-L2-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/