Product specifications

Avid|DS 4.02 Release Notes • June 2001 9
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. To avoid this,
defragment your video storage on a daily basis. If this problem occurs with a particular clip, you can defragment
that clip alone.
1.
Right-click on the clip and choose Show Media.
2.
From the Media Manager view, right-click on the .gen file and choose Defragment.
Corrupt Images in the Output Monitor when Switching between Sequence Formats
When switching sequence formats between the high and standard definition versions of Avid|DS, the display in the
output monitor may sometimes become corrupted. To correct the problem, simply exit and restart Avid|DS.
Processing Sequences that Contain Reference Clips
Within a sequence, you cannot have a reference clip that points to another reference clip. If you do, portions of your
sequence cannot be processed. To work around this, apply the Timeline to Clip command on the nested reference
clip. This creates media from the reference clip that you can reuse in your sequence.