Product specifications

Avid|DS 5.0 Release Notes • November 2001 2
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.
§ Once you save or archive a project in version 5.0, it cannot be opened using earlier versions of the Avid|DS
system. If you need to access the project again in version 4.0, make sure you archive the project in version 4.0
before using projects in version 5.0.
Avid|DS RP 5.0
Avid|DS RP 5.0 can handle requests sent from Avid|DS 4.0, as well as version 5.0. If you send a request from Avid|DS
4.0, some effects may not be processed due to changes in the way these effects work in version 5.0.
The following effects may be affected:
§ Keyers: Blue-Green, Chroma, and Linear Luma
§ Graphics (paint)
§ Layer DVE using Stabilizer/Tracker, standalone Stabilizer, tracker, and corner pinning effects
§ Matte and Matte Composite
§ All time based effects: Timewarp, 3:2 Expand/Contract, and Interlace/Deinterlace
§ Impressionist effects
Note: Avid|DS RP 4.0 cannot handle requests sent from Avid|DS version 5.0. The request will not be processed.
Upgrading your Keymappings
You can import your customized keyboard mappings from an earlier version of Avid|DS into Avid|DS 5.0.
First open the older version of Avid|DS and export the keyboard mapping through the Export/Import preferences.
(Note: You can export multiple keyboard mappings at the same time.) Then open Avid|DS 5.0, and import the
keyboard mappings.
Supported Formats and Decks
Formats
The Avid|DS system supports the following formats only:
§ 1920 x 1080 interlaced at 25, 29.97 and 30 fps
§ 1920 x 1080 progressive at 23.97, 24, 25, 29.97, and 30 fps (segmented frame only)
§ NTSC and PAL formats