Product specifications

Avid|DS 5.0 Release Notes • November 2001 4
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).
Incorrect Background When Processing with Wildcat 4210
In some cases, the background will be processed with thin black vertical lines. To avoid this, do not render the
background in the 3D DVE or select the Allow Tiling for DS Inputs option in the Preferences property page (3D/
DVE Options property editor).
Animation Limitations
§ If more than one object is selected in the 3D DVE layout, the animation editor won’t display its function curves.
§ The Relative Cycle command (Curves menu) in the animation editor does not work with 3D DVE parameters.
To work around this, add a keyframe at the end of the cycle. To work around this, select each function curve
individually and “pin” it in the animation editor. Keep pinning all the function curves of the selected object.
§ When using the global keyframe button to set a key frame on a group, the default group properties are
propagated to the grouped objects, changing the non-default values. To work around this, use the Autokey or
key frame buttons on the property page of the value you’re animating.
§ If you copy/paste an animated shape in the 3D DVE Layers view, your animation will be lost. To work around
this, use the keyboard shortcuts or the main menu.
§ 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. The Focus icon, in the title bar of property editors,
connects a property editor with a specific type of object.
Clipping Plane Values Not Saved
When you open a sequence that was created with an older version of the Avid|DS system, the Clipping Plane values
will revert to their default values (Near=150, Far=5000).
Undo Does Not Work if Focus is on Layers View
Undo does not work if focus is on the Layers view. To work around this, click on the viewer and undo.
Problem with Position Mode in Text Along a Path
When using the Position mode in text along a path, you must be in Autokey mode.
Problem with a 3D DVE Node Connected to Another in an Effects Tree
Whenever there are two DVEs in the data flow path, there may be some refresh problems in the viewer. However,
when you process, the results will be correct.