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Avid|DS 5.0 Release Notes • November 2001 1

Release Notes Avid®|DS

Version 5.0

CONTENTS

Licensing ...........................................................................................................................2

Backward Compatibility ..................................................................................................2

Supported Formats and Decks ........................................................................................2

Drivers...............................................................................................................................3

Computer System.............................................................................................................3

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

3D DVE.............................................................................................................................4

Animation.........................................................................................................................5

Audio.................................................................................................................................5

Compositing and Effects..................................................................................................5

Desktop.............................................................................................................................7

Editing and Playback........................................................................................................8

EDL, OMF

and ALE.......................................................................................................8

Hardware ..........................................................................................................................9

Media Management, Capture/Output, and Archive/Restore ......................................10

Paint and Titling.............................................................................................................12

Remote Processing .........................................................................................................13

Documentation ..............................................................................................................14

Customer Service Utilities .............................................................................................14

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Summary of content (14 pages)

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Avid®|DS Release Notes Version 5.0 CONTENTS Licensing ...........................................................................................................................2 Backward Compatibility ..................................................................................................2 Supported Formats and Decks ........................................................................................2 Drivers..................................................................................
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Licensing The Avid|DS 5.0 system includes new licensing instructions that explain all the installation and troubleshooting steps for your workstation and remote processing station. To access these HTML instructions: From the Start button, choose Programs > Avid Products > Avid DS v5.0 > Licensing Instructions. Backward Compatibility § You can use NTSC and PAL sequences created with the Avid|DS 4.0 system, but you must use the archive/restore tool to bring sequences from earlier versions into version 5.0.
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Decks Internal tests were performed on the following Sony and Panasonic HD decks: Sony HDW-500 and HDW-F500The HDW-F500 has been certified with all 1920x1080 formats: 23.97, 24, 25, 29.97, and 30 frames per second, both segmented frame and interlace (for 25, 29.97 and 30 frames per second). Like any multi-format device, you should use the preset that corresponds to the frame rate of your sequence. The HDW-500 transport is very similar to the HDW-F500.
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Third Party Plug-ins Please contact the third party vendors directly for availability of their plug-ins. 3D DVE Alpha Processing is Disabled on Clip, Track and Timeline Effects By default, alpha processing is disabled when creating a 3D DVE clip, track, or timeline effect. To work around this, select the Alpha option from the Masking property page (3D DVE/Options property editor).
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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 cause confusion when working with layers.
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Incorrect Results/Errors with Depth of Field and 3D Fog Effects § Since the depth information is not timewarped, incorrect results will be 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 the Avid|DS system, the number of frames increase but a single .Zpic file remains, causing an error message to appear.
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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.
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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, the Avid|DS system drops frames when playing back still images.
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Parameters of AVX Plug-ins in 24p OMF Files Do Not Conform 24p OMF files created by the Media Composer and/or Symphony systems do not contain parameter information for AVX plug-ins. When you import this kind of OMF file into the Avid|DS system, the AVX effects are recreated at the correct location, but all the parameters are at their default values. No entry is added in the OMF log.
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1. Go to Start > Programs > Avid Products > Avid|DS v5.0 > Setup. 2. In the Welcome dialog box, select Modify and click Next. The Select Components dialog box is displayed. 3. Select the Support for JL Cooper option and click Next. The JL Cooper support files are added to your system and the Maintenance Complete dialog box is displayed. 4. Click Finish. Media Management, Capture/Output, and Archive/Restore Clip Properties Not Inherited from Version 4.0 If you have both Avid|DS 4.x and 5.
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Live Capture Is Not Frame Accurate Live captures are not frame accurate. They can be off by +/- 1 frame. Capturing Files Using Standard Graphics Formats The Avid|DS system supports the capture of still images encoded in a large variety of industry-standard formats. These files must conform exactly to the supported standard formats. The Avid|DS system does not support file formats that are “encapsulated” or augmented by third-party applications.
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Capture from File with Preserve Alpha Option Always Results in Filled Alpha The media conversion modes in the Media Input/Output layout allows an image to be scaled during conversion. If the resulting scaled image is smaller than the current sequence resolution (usually with modes supporting "keep original size"), the difference is filled with black pixels.
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Composited Graphics Effect Seen Only in Editing Layout When you apply a Graphics effect to a clip in the overlay track, the Graphics layout is displayed. In this layout, the viewer displays the graphics you apply to the clip on the overlay track, but it will not display the final composite. To view the final composite, you must switch back to the Editing layout.
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Documentation New Features Tour 5.0 The video clips contained in the New Features Tour include an audio narration. If you’re viewing these clips on an Avid|DS workstation, you may need to connect headphones or a second set of speakers to your workstation's audio jack to hear the narration. Note that you must use the on-board Audio PCI card connectors instead of the Merging audio card. Documentation Library To view the PDF files in the documentation library, you must upgrade to Acrobat Reader 5.0.