First Look at the Avid Media Access Workflow for XDCAM HD Footage
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In this issue of HD Focus Craig Erpelding, senior digital media editor for millimeter magazine, talks with Mark Miller of Miller HD–a Vancouver-based production company which produces work for the Discovery Channel–regarding his beta testing of Avid’s latest version of Media Composer, 3.5, announced March 2, 2009. Miller discusses the new editing capabilities available in this version, highlighting the new Avid Media Access (AMA) architecture which provides workflow efficiency on XDCAM- and P2-based workflows. He also touches on the new color correcting tools within Media Composer 3.5.
Show Notes
-Avid Media Access (AMA)
-Tapeless HD Workflow
-Editing
-Color Correction
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Category: HD Focus
March 10th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Pretty interesting, but some inaccuracies about transfer times, and confusion about XDcamEX vs XDcamHD features bothered me.
I shoot a lot with both formats, and typically to transfer a 16Gb EX (1920×1080) card takes ~12 minutes, or a transfer ratio of just under 1/5 real time. With the XDcamHD discs, it’s closer to 1/2 real time, while the P2 cards take about 1x real time. Also, unless I’m missing something, proxies are only available with the discs, not the cards. It is great to know what some of the new Avid capabilities are.
Thanks for putting this together!
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