But Batch Import works. This is why I'm confused. You have 60 graphics and they all change. You select all, choose Batch Import, and point to the new files. Are you saying that it asks you to choose every file? Perhaps that's not a bug in Avid's eyes, perhaps it's a feature. Sometimes programs are written this way to put intentional pauses in the workflow, especially with overwriting tasks like Batch Import.
I find myself agreeing with both sides in this one. I would love a 'click once' on one of the associated files and have it be smart and see all the rest are there too. On the other hand, I've had issues with batch importing enough to know I'm better off doing them one at a time. If any of these files' durations has changed, they will import incorrectly - that's enough for me to check them off as I go. Obviously there I'm talking about video rather than images. But you can get screwed with images too - how were the originals imported? Were they always imported RGB-to-709? Maybe some were and maybe some weren't. Were they imported by different users with different settings? This can potentially get wacky. And with a Batch Import, I do not think there's any undo, as it removes the original MXF file rather than dropping it in the trash. So you've got to be right the first time or it's toast, and you'll never see it again.
If this is submitted as a bug, I would be surprised if anyone at Avid says 'yep it's a bug'.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:15 PM, film35hd@yahoo.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Mark and Roger,Thank you for your valuable time, chiming in.This is for a Senior Editor that I work with, and even though a later post verified this major "bug," to benefit you and others, I wanted to take a moment to reply back to you both.1. There are many times in our projects where AMA/Linking is not possible. Many editors avoid it like the plague because of sluggishness, and some other issues.Further, we go back to Avid prior to the introduction of AMA: Avid Media Access. Those projects are in cold/deep storage on LTO tapes and with about 40 Avid seats, we bring them back at client requests.2. Of course we know Avid excellent media management births new .MXF (or former OMFI) files in one place. However, in deep storage, many of those files are at times corrupted. But the original source file – often a .DPX sequence or .MOV with key/matte/alpha channel exists.3. Think of this scenario. Your graphic artist has provided a lower third and named the files for 45 titles, with the stats of a sports figure or race car driver in the history of his career. You've imported it (not linked). Later, CGI department realizes his name was misspelled. They correct it, and they change the file name to reflect the correct spelling. But your timeline is done and locked and on its way to DaVinci Resolve color.You want to "batch import" using the "SET FILE LOCATION" to force Avid to re-populate/link the timeline with the NEW, corrected media.Or you bring back a project from 2001, and use the same video, and want to update only the bug logo in the corner, which changes 60 times in a 1 hour show due to a clock timer. Again, if SET FILE LOCATION worked correctly, you would not have to manually import 60 times.I hope you can see how important this is – after all, as a Machine Language/Assembler coder myself, I know that computers do repetitive tasks really well, and it makes sense that our primo NLE of choice, the great "A," addresses this as soon as they can.Cheers from Hollywood,keoni tyler.
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