Light-Painting with Avid FX or Boris RED

Getting Ready To Paint Apply Avid FX or Boris RED over a clip in your editing system. A video clip will appear in the Avid FX or Boris RED Composite window. Hide the video clip with the eyeball icon. For the purpose of this tutorial, it will be easier to draw over a black background and then composite paint as the last step. If a checkerboard is visible in the Composite window, turn it off with the popup button.
Light Filter Paint is best done with a tablet input device. Although some painting can still be accomplished with a mouse or even a track pad, a tablet will let us utilize Avid FX or Boris RED to its fullest potential. In a moment, you’ll see why. I will be using a Wacom Intous 3 tablet, but really, any tablet will do, even a very small, inexpensive model. In addition to location and (mouse) clicks, a tablet is capable of recording other data (or channels) such as pressure, tilt, and velocity.

Importing MXF Files (From P2 Devices) Into Avid

For Avid Media Composer v2.7 and later
For Avid Xpress Pro v5.7 and later

Importing P2 files is mainly a 2-step process . . . with some rules. The Avid documentation is a bit vague and incomplete regarding this process. You will need to do this if you want your clips to stay online.

Step 1: Clips to Bin
(This is from the Avid Documentation and it is the correct first main step)

To import P2 clips directly from a P2 card or a copy of a P2 card on any accessible drive:

[a] Open the bin into which you want to import the Master Clips. Make sure it is the active window.

[b] Go to: File > Import P2 > Clips to Bin
Then Browse for Folder. The dialog box will open.

[c] Navigate to the P2 volume:
Navigate to the actual P2 card. If you copied the card to another drive, navigate to that drive and then to the folder that contains the Contents folder. Do not navigate into the Contents folder or into other folders in the volume. The Import P2 option imports all the clips on the card.

 

 [d] Click OK

Now, if you stop here, you can edit with your clips. However, if you close out the program and try to come back, your clips will appear “OFFLINE.” This is a common “problem” that many seem to encounter.

 

This next main step is crucial for keeping your P2 clips “ONLINE.”

Step 2: Import Media

[a] Select all the clips in that same bin from Step 1.

[b] Go to: File > Import P2 > Media
Avid will now copy all the files (video & audio) from your P2 directories and put them into the video drive(s) that is designated for your Avid. Now your clips will stay online all the time!

Working with Non-Standard HD Resolutions with Avid DS Nitris

One of the interesting types of projects that post facilities take on in the commercial space is creation of HD pieces at non-standard resolutions.  These are not simply high-resolution projects at 2K or 4K size, but rather, HD projects targeted for non-standard screen size or intended for display across multiple screens.  For these projects, we use Avid DS Nitris, which aside from being a resolution-independent system, has the compositing, effects and paint capabilities ideal for this work. With the addition of dual link connectivity for 4:4:4 color, we have even more options. 

Time-saving tip for compositing an action inside a TV.

Recently, I’ve been working a kids’ show in which the actors were videoconferencing quite a bit. Along the way, I developed this little trick that helped tremendously in making the process of putting faces in screens less cumbersome.

This tip has two parts.

Deklarasi Berdirinya Asosiasi Editor Indonesia (AEI)

Di Ambil dari Rumah film

Jakarta 18 November 2007

Perkumpulan para editor film se-Indonesia mendeklarasikan berdirinya ASOSIASI EDITOR INDONESIA (AEI) pada hari Minggu, 18 November 2007 jam 14.00 di Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Jakarta. Turut dalam deklarasi ini terdiri 18 editor (jumlah masih akan bertambah) di Indonesia, dengan 7 orang Board of Director, antara lain: Sastha Sunu, Andhy Pulung Widagdo, W. Ichwandiardono, Aline Jusria, Diki Umbara, Chandra Sulistiyanto, dan Ahsan Andrian.