no arguments from me. but, having had to eye-match many a rebuild over the years i have to say that getting 80% automatically is a miracle!
I've seen it suck even more. With matte key graphics the fill gets compress but not the alpha channel or vice versa it's been a while. But the one thing I remember is is Sucked when it happened. So put me down as +1 for it sucking.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
>
> Here's what I know - if you batch import anything, and it's longer than the
> length of the original clip, MC will compress the new import to match the
> old length. This generally sucks, and I always have to check it (as in,
> "hey graphics editor, please render the exact number of frames for your
> revised graphic so I can batch it") So I figured if that is true, then the
> opposite should also be true. But I guess not.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Bruce Tovsky <bruce@...>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > nope. it's a known bug, likely squashed in v6 & 7, but i'm for the moment
> > stuck in 5.5 till i can get through several critical projects - no horses
> > in midstream etc - so can muddle through. doing them one-at-a-time by
> > repointing the clips to the files manually, not quite as fast….
> > cheers
> > b
> >
> > On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Isn't that an issue with length? Check the original editor's clips for
> > length and then set your import settings to match.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Bruce Tovsky <bruce@...>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> hi all
> >> i'm restoring a doc in mc 5.5.3 / os x 10.6.8 on a NitrisDX system and
> >> everything is hunky dory until i do the graphic batch reimport (i
> >> consolidated the seq and am batching the numerous graphic files - mostly
> >> tiff's and psd's of photos that are animated.) : some files reimport just
> >> fine and some give me an error: "Exception: IMPORT _TOO_SHORT". filetype
> >> doesn't seem to be the culprit.
> >> any tips or hints appreciated.
> >> cheers
> >> b
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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