Saturday, February 12, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: Avid stock

 


Me thinks Apple will have a new release soon.

Disclaimer: I am not under NDA with Apple so I know nothing.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "switthaus" <switthaus@...> wrote:
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> What does this really mean? Where is the good news for Avid? MC5? Is Avid gaining ground in the new editor market? Or is it the fact that Apple has not made any moves in over two years, so Avid wins by default? The stock is so far down from where it was, I am not sure there is a big celebration over these numbers ("we suck less than the last 12 quarters").
>
> sw
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
> >
> > They just reported the lowest loss in years. And gross is up.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "jeffsengpiehl" <jeffsengpiehl@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 22.08 - 22.71
> > > 52 week 11.04 - 22.71
> > > Open 22.47
> > > Vol / Avg. 26,318.00/133,904.00
> > > Mkt cap 861.88M
> > > P/E -
> > > Div/yield -
> > > EPS -0.98
> > >
> > > New 52 week high today.. Hmmmmm...
> > >
> >
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 11:44 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: Avid stock

 

What does this really mean? Where is the good news for Avid? MC5? Is Avid gaining ground in the new editor market? Or is it the fact that Apple has not made any moves in over two years, so Avid wins by default? The stock is so far down from where it was, I am not sure there is a big celebration over these numbers ("we suck less than the last 12 quarters").

sw

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
>
> They just reported the lowest loss in years. And gross is up.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "jeffsengpiehl" <jeffsengpiehl@> wrote:
> >
> > 22.08 - 22.71
> > 52 week 11.04 - 22.71
> > Open 22.47
> > Vol / Avg. 26,318.00/133,904.00
> > Mkt cap 861.88M
> > P/E -
> > Div/yield -
> > EPS -0.98
> >
> > New 52 week high today.. Hmmmmm...
> >
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 7:38 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] RESOLVED Re: Major raid issue (a little OT)

 

Thank you everyone for the help and suggestions. As it turned out the problem was with the Avid Admin PC. It was a rental that came with the four Media Composer NitrisDX and the ISIS 5000. There were a lot of formally used drivers, pointers and such that were conflicting with the ATTO card. Once I cleaned up the PC and re-loaded the ATTO driver the Raid was seen and all was well.
I knew I could rely on the group to help me think straight in the heat of the moment. Thanks again
Gregg Foster
Field Productions

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Horridge" <pat@horridge.org.uk>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:34:23 AM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Major raid issue (a little OT)

First off does the ATTO see any scsi ids during the POST process at startup?
The raid could present itself as one device or multiple devices.
If you only get the two ID 7 entries ( the ATTO card itself)
then the issue is between the card and the raid.
Also check if LUNs are enabled in the ATTO BIOS in case the raids using them.

Sent from Pat's iPhone

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 10:35 AM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: ARRI Alexa (was -Superbowl voting)

 

PS: There's also an ARRIRAW converter plug-in for MetaFuze and DS:

http://www.arridigital.com/contacts/partnerprogram/tools

- Oliver

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[Avid-L2] Re: ARRI Alexa (was -Superbowl voting)

 

> We typically make MXF before editing, but you can do that in Avid. Check Oliver's Blog post-
> Greg Huson
>
>> Scott Ham wrote:
>> We were about to do a job on the ARRI but they switched over to RED.
>> Anyone cut with it yet? Difficult in an out?

Greg and Scott,

Thanks for the reference. I wrote a 3-parter on Alexa post:

http://tinyurl.com/4tpy9g4
http://tinyurl.com/24hs3c5
http://tinyurl.com/4wb4mlq

So far this has mainly been experimentation in preparation for upcoming work. I have two major clients shifting to Alexa from film, 5D and P2 work. These articles pertain to dealing with the ProRes files and not ARRIRAW. I believe that's just now being enabled in the newest firmware. IMHO, it's also overkill for spots, TV shows and other video projects. OTOH, I think feature film folks and VFX artists will be using ARRIRAW quite a bit.

The feedback I get from DPs and assistants is that they really like the look and ease of operation of the camera. I find ProRes files from Alexa with a Log-C profile to be a very easy format to deal with - far better than anything else to date.

The Avid dilemma is how best to deal with the Log-C color profile in post, which is what I touched on in the blog. There are no LUTs for it in MC, so you can either work with the flat image, add color correction to adjust during the edit or process ahead of time for an offline/online approach. There also are no source-side effects in MC (like in FCP), so if you apply CC on the timeline, match frames will pull up an uncorrected image.

I recently discussed workflow ideas with a DIT and they used external LUT hardware. This would let you view and/or record LUT-corrected images if you desired. As an editor, I would prefer to have the Log-C images and make color adjustments in post, but that's not the ideal solution for everyone. I know GlueTools is working on some solutions. Hopefully Avid will add source settings into MC, as they have for RED.

- Oliver

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 6:37 AM 0 comments

Friday, February 11, 2011

[Avid-L2] FS: MXO-2 Mini

 

Ebay 150562090011

Surplus MXO2 Mini for sale on Ebay. Thanks!

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 7:52 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: v5 to v 4.0.5

 

Yeah and kiss your renders good bye in many cases even though the sequence won't show a render dot go to output and WTF? Happened just today after an overnight render of fluid motion adapters although that might be a seperate issue. And what did we really gain with keyframable color correction. I still find it faster to add an edit and color correct the second part of the shot in segment mode. Besides not all the parameters are keyframable like curves I think. 1 step forward 2 steps back, rinse and repeat.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> I think there's more than one Steve. There was the color corrector with keyframes, and then the move to full AVX 2.0 keyframing.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Pomerantz" <steve@> wrote:
> >
> > I think the break happened between v3.5 and v4, so you should be able to go between v4 and v5 without trouble.
> >
> > Steve Pomerantz
> > Senior Editor
> > Digital Ranch Productions
> > Sherman Oaks, CA
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I forget where the break is, but you can always "demote effects" to make it backwards compatible.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If someone color corrects a project on a v5 Symphony will that project open on a v 4.0.5 Symphony?
> > > >
> > > > KEN
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 7:09 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: v5 to v 4.0.5

 

I think there's more than one Steve. There was the color corrector with keyframes, and then the move to full AVX 2.0 keyframing.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Pomerantz" <steve@...> wrote:
>
> I think the break happened between v3.5 and v4, so you should be able to go between v4 and v5 without trouble.
>
> Steve Pomerantz
> Senior Editor
> Digital Ranch Productions
> Sherman Oaks, CA
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
> >
> > I forget where the break is, but you can always "demote effects" to make it backwards compatible.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
> > >
> > > If someone color corrects a project on a v5 Symphony will that project open on a v 4.0.5 Symphony?
> > >
> > > KEN
> > >
> >
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 6:58 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: v5 to v 4.0.5

 

I think the break happened between v3.5 and v4, so you should be able to go between v4 and v5 without trouble.

Steve Pomerantz
Senior Editor
Digital Ranch Productions
Sherman Oaks, CA

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> I forget where the break is, but you can always "demote effects" to make it backwards compatible.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
> >
> > If someone color corrects a project on a v5 Symphony will that project open on a v 4.0.5 Symphony?
> >
> > KEN
> >
>

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 4:33 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] Re: v5 to v 4.0.5

 

I forget where the break is, but you can always "demote effects" to make it backwards compatible.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@...> wrote:
>
> If someone color corrects a project on a v5 Symphony will that project open on a v 4.0.5 Symphony?
>
> KEN
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 4:09 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] v5 to v 4.0.5

 

If someone color corrects a project on a v5 Symphony will that project open on a v 4.0.5 Symphony?

KEN

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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 3:33 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] XDCAM HD for Sony Vegas

 

A client wants me to capture DVCProHD tapes, then give him the files to edit in
Sony Vegas. If I capture in Symphony using the XDCAM HD 50mb MXF digitize
setting, will he be able to edit using my MXF files? Seems too easy, so I'm not
hopeful. Maybe I'd be better off using the FCP capturing to ProResHD. I don't
want to export. Just digitize and give him the hard drive.

Curtis Nichols
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PCS Production Co.
Irving, Tx.
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 3:24 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] colors from ae to avid not matching (HD)

Hmm.
For me I'm pretty sure I get correct results when I export DNXHD as 709 (in the codec settings), and import into the avid as rec709 (not RGB).
Definitely wrong when I import into CM5 as RGB.

I tested this using CS5 and MC5 on OS 10.6

Best-
-Nat

On Feb 10, 2011, at 2:38 PM, mike cardeiro wrote:

> never mind, user error...I did it again compressing rgb and the clips now
> match...although this is counter intuitive to the way I have always worked in
> sd. in sd if I rendered rgb the clips would not match. I would have to render
> 601 to get them to match. in HD if I render 709 they do not match, but
> rendering rgb matches.
>
> Mike Cardeiro
> Editor/Animator
> D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA
> 215-483-4555
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> >
> >From: mike cardeiro <mcardeiro@yahoo.com>
> >To: avid l 2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 2:23:37 PM
> >Subject: [Avid-L2] colors from ae to avid not matching (HD)
> >
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >I am working on a project in after effects (taking footage from avid and
> >compositing in after effects then back to avid)
> >
> >when I bring the clips back into avid they are not matching the original clip.
> >changing the dnx compressor settings from 709 to rgb does not seem to make any
> >difference whatsoever
> >
> >I'm using composer 5 1080p / ae cs3...anybody else having issues similar?
> >
> >Mike Cardeiro
> >Editor/Animator
> >D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA
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Re: [Avid-L2] 1080 24.0 Psf to 1080 25 Psf conversion?

 

Much cleaner if you do the speed-up.

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On 11 feb. 2011, at 19:48, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

> Working on a Nitris DX system not a Symphony, Waaaaaa! So I don't have the universal mastering option, right? We can use mix and match to modify the 24 timeline to 25 and cut it into a 1080 25 project and output that which would add motion adapters and keep the running time the same, am I correct here? Another option would seem to be take one of the 24 frame masters we've already output and set the SR 5500 to 25 and capture that back into the Avid in a 1080P 25 project. This will speed things up the 4.1% but that is typical in these kind of conversions and it seems to me that would be ultimately cleaner if the show doesn't have to run at exactly the same duration. Any suggestions or options I'm missing here?
>
> John Moore
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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 11:25 AM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] 1080 24.0 Psf to 1080 25 Psf conversion?

 

Working on a Nitris DX system not a Symphony, Waaaaaa!  So I don't have the universal mastering option, right?  We can use mix and match to modify the 24 timeline to 25 and cut it into a 1080 25 project and output that which would add motion adapters and keep the running time the same, am I correct here?  Another option would seem to be take one of the 24 frame masters we've already output and set the SR 5500 to 25 and capture that back into the Avid in a 1080P 25 project.  This will speed things up the 4.1% but that is typical in these kind of conversions and it seems to me that would be ultimately cleaner if the show doesn't have to run at exactly the same duration.  Any suggestions or options I'm missing here?

John Moore

Barking Trout Productions

Studio City, CA

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