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Avid|DS 4.02 Release Notes • June 2001 1

Release Notes

Version 4.02

CONTENTS

New Features in Avid|DS 4.02......................................................................................... 2

Backward Compatibility.................................................................................................. 3

Supported Formats and Decks........................................................................................ 4

Drivers .............................................................................................................................. 4

Third Party Plug-ins ........................................................................................................ 4

3D DVE............................................................................................................................. 5

Animation......................................................................................................................... 6

Audio ................................................................................................................................ 6

Compositing and Effects.................................................................................................. 7

Desktop............................................................................................................................. 8

Editing and Playback ....................................................................................................... 9

EDL, OMF



, and ALE.................................................................................................... 10

Hardware ........................................................................................................................11

Licensing......................................................................................................................... 12

Media Management, Capture/Output, and Archive/Restore...................................... 12

Paint and Titling ............................................................................................................ 13

Remote Processing......................................................................................................... 14

Documentation .............................................................................................................. 15

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Release Notes Version 4.02 CONTENTS New Features in Avid|DS 4.02......................................................................................... 2 Backward Compatibility .................................................................................................. 3 Supported Formats and Decks ........................................................................................ 4 Drivers ........................................................................................................
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New Features in Avid|DS 4.02 Quarter Resolution Real-time HD The Avid|DS system now allows you to work in quarter resolution HD, which gives you the same real-time effects that are available in the standard version of Avid|DS. You can do all your work in quarter resolution HD to view the real-time effects, and then recapture the media at full resolution to add the finishing touches to your project.
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If you’re using media with mixed resolutions in your sequence, then working in quarter resolution and enabling realtime effects will give you different playback, processing, and purge options. The following tables describe the results when working in each of the different resolutions. Refer to the legend for details.
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Supported Formats and Decks Formats Avid|DS supports the following formats only: 1920 x 1080 interlaced at 25, 29.97 and 30 fps 1920 x 1080 progressive at 24, 25, 29.97, and 30 fps (segmented frame only) NTSC and PAL formats Decks Internal tests were performed on these HD decks: the Sony HDW and Panasonic AJ-HD3700. Sony HDW-500 and HDW-F500 All formats of the HDW-F500 have been certified except 23.98 PsF, which is not currently supported by Avid|DS 4.02.
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3D DVE Black Frame(s) Processed after editing a 3D DVE node in an Effects Tree Interactively editing a 3D DVE node inside an Effects Tree when the 3D DVE Option "Enable External Monitor" is disabled, causes black frames to be processed when you leave the 3D DVE context. Workarounds: • Before your final change to the 3D DVE, enable the "Enable External Monitor" option. This option is located on the 3D DVE Options Property Editor, or • Purge Mem Caches before processing the final output.
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Must Click Layer Icon to Select Layer To select a layer, you must click the layer icon in the 3D DVE Layers view. Clicking on the layer name will appear to select the layer, but the previously selected layer will remain active. This may be confusing when working with layers. Animation Editor Does Not Update In the 3D DVE layout, the animation editor does not update when a parameter is changed in a property editor that is focused on an object that is no longer selected.
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Compositing and Effects Incorrect Results/Errors with Depth of Field and 3D Fog Effects Since the depth information is not timewarped, incorrect results are produced if you apply the Depth of Field or 3D Fog effect to a timewarped clip. There must be a one-to-one mapping between depth files and frames in the clip. When a single rendered frame is trimmed out in Avid|DS, the number of frames increase but a single .Zpic file remains, causing an error message to appear.
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Transition Property Editor Missing Controls When an Effects Tree view is expanded and a transition is loaded into a transition property editor, the property editor may not display all the controls. To work around this, reselect the transition (either on the timeline or in the Effects Tree). Force Overlay Key Option Does Not Work When Opening New Sequence When the Force Overlay Key option is selected in the Sequence Preferences dialog box and you open a new sequence, the option does not take effect.
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Additional tips: For best results, use a font size between 8 and 14 points. If the font selected is a little too big (to be displayed in its designated area), it will be substituted by the default font size. If the font is way too big, the layout will not appear correctly, and you may need to refresh the screen. Editing and Playback Frames Dropped When Playing Back Still Images If your video storage is heavily fragmented, Avid|DS drops frames when playing back still images.
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EDL, OMF, and ALE OMF Import Fixes Since Version 4.01 A number of OMF import problems that occurred in 4.01 have now been fixed. To install the new .dll files, refer to the Avid|DS 4.02 Upgrade Instructions. CMX/GVG EDL Format Detection When loading an EDL file, the File Open dialog box lets you select a format, such as CMX or GVG. With this information, Avid|DS will try to validate your choice in relation to the contents of the file.
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Hardware Hardware Synchronization Status The Hardware Synchronization Status indicator on the status bar is green when the audio/video signals are in sync with the external source. If the system is running on an internal sync clock, the sync status indicator turns an amber color, indicating that the video and/or audio signals are in sync with the internal clock. If the indicator turns red, it means that the signals are out of sync.
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Licensing To place a license request, go to http://www2.softimage.com/licensing/request. Media Management, Capture/Output, and Archive/Restore At Least One Audio Storage Must Have ID=1 The Avid|DS storage utility automatically sets up an audio storage area with an ID of 1 during installation. You can add new storage areas or modify/delete existing storages, but make sure that there is at least one audio storage set with an ID of 1, or you will not be able to start Avid|DS.
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Paint and Titling Import Limitations You can import a subset of the level-3 Adobe Illustrator EPS format. Only the shape information is imported. You can import HTML text and basic formatting information, such as font style, color, and tabulations (as HTML tables). This does not, however, include other HTML tags, such as images, forms, or scripts. Recent versions of word processing software, which add XML markup tags along with HTML, are not supported.
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Remote Processing Avid|DS RP Should be Set Up as an Avid|DS RP-only Workstation You must install the Avid|DS RP-Only version of Avid|DS 4.02 on workstations that are to be used as remote processing stations. The only exception to this are other Avid|DS workstations, which have the appropriate hardware. In other words, to use an SGI Zx10 workstation as a remote processing station, you cannot have the full version of Avid|DS installed, only the Avid|DS RP-Only version.
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Documentation Remote Processing Guide (NEW) This new guide corrects the installation steps described in the Avid|DS 4.0 Installation & Administration Guide. It also contains basic information on networking. Site Preparation Guide The Where to Find Information section of the Avid|DS 4.0 Tutorial and Compositing & Effects Guide (pages 8 and 12, respectively) refers to the Site Preparation Guide. This guide no longer exists; the information is now in the Avid|DS Workstation Setup Guide. New Features Tour 4.