Product specifications

Avid|DS 4.02 Release Notes • June 2001 8
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. To work around this, deselect the Force Overlay Key option and click OK. Now select
the option again and click OK again.
Keep Original Alpha Option Ignored
When the Output Matte option is selected in the Shapes property page of the Matte effect, the shapes are applied to
the RGB channels and the alpha channel becomes opaque. The Keep Original Alpha option is ignored.
Desktop
Cannot See the Comparison Buffer in the External Monitor
You cannot see the comparison buffer in the external monitor unless the marker ribbon is red at the current frame.
To make the comparison buffer visible, temporarily apply an effect, and mask out all of its color channels (RGB).
The marker ribbon will turn red over the unprocessed effect, and you will see the comparison buffer in the external
monitor for the duration of the effect.
Update Viewer While Processing Causes Bad Refresh in the External Monitor
If you’re using an OGL card, selecting the Update Viewer While Processing option causes problems with the image
displayed in the external monitor. To work around this, select the Software Display option instead.
Changing the Font Size in Dialog Boxes
If you work on non-European customized Windows, such as Windows NT Japanese, you can use the
DSFontSetting.exe application, which is distributed with Avid|DS 4.02. Using this application, you can change the
default font used in Avid|DS dialog boxes or reset it to the default. Older versions of Avid|DS won't be affected by
this application.
This new font is used only in dialog boxes; menus and toolbar buttons are not affected by this new information. You
can customize the menu font size through the Windows Appearance tab of the desktop properties.
For non-European languages, Avid|DS selects a font (by default) that comprises the European character set and is
part of the character set of the foreign Windows system, such as Windows NT Japanese. However, the chosen font is
very small and does not appear properly, especially in dialog boxes. For regular systems, the default font for dialog
boxes is Arial 11.
Note: This application does not ensure that the font will fit properly in the dialog box. Whenever the new selected
font is too large for the various text controls of the dialog box, a smaller default font will be used as in previous
versions. You must be careful to choose a font that still contains the European character set, since the displayed text
is still English. This new feature is not restricted only to Asian systems; any customer of any country can change the
Avid|DS default font. However, layouts work best with the actual default font (i.e. Arial 11). Each time a new font is
set or reset, you must restart Avid|DS before it takes effect.