Product specifications

Avid|DS 5.0 Release Notes • November 2001 7
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.
Temporary Cache Loss Scenario with the Unfold Action
A rendered cache may be invalidated when you unfold a folded tree node that contains some plug-in effects. The
cache is recovered when you refold.
Wrong Image Display in the Viewer
If the bottom-most layer is selected in the Layers view in the graphics container, in some cases the viewer may not
show the correct composited result. You can refresh the viewer correctly by selecting any other layer and changing
frames. Note that the processed result will be always correct.
Desktop
Cannot See the Comparison Buffer in the External Monitor
Unless the marker ribbon is red at the current frame, you cannot see the comparison buffer in the external monitor.
To make the comparison buffer visible, apply an effect temporarily 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.
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 5.0. Using this application, you can change the default font used in Avid|DS
dialog boxes or reset it to the default. Older versions of the Avid|DS system 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, the Avid|DS system 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 the Avid|DS system before it takes effect.