Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid Symphony Nitris!!!

Date : Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:11:25 +0100
To : Avid-L2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From : barry stevens <bazza76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid Symphony Nitris!!!
Agreed - what shirley G says
On 29 Sep 2006, at 16:07, guanacaa@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think it's basically a solid system, but it has many of the bugs and
> limitations of the new line of products. The issues that really  
> drive me crazy are:
>
> 1) No "Limit" setting in the Color Correction Safe Colors software.  
> I know
> all you fancy folks have legalizers, and we do too, but many  
> smaller shops
> depended on this capability in a crunch. It constitutes a huge loss.
>
> 2) A truly annoying title modification bug. If I monitor the layer  
> with the
> title when I go into Title Tool via Effects Mode, I will see the  
> modified title
> composited on top of the original title as I make the changes. There's
> nothing for it but to back all the way out, drop the monitor down a  
> layer, and try
> again. When I'm modifying dozens of subtitles in a documentary,  
> this is enough
> to make me homicidal.
>
> 3) No real time rolling titles, a BIG step backward.
>
> 4) A weird bug in the Audio Mix tool that requires me to turn on  
> the track
> selector buttons as well as the gangs in order to gang tracks.
>
> 5) A bug that prevents me from dropping a timewarp effect on a color
> corrected segment. I wrote about this earlier. It worked on one  
> track, I think V2, but
> not on V1 as I recall. My choice was to shuffle layers around or  
> remove and
> then reapply color corrections in order to get both effects in one  
> place.
>
> There's more, but you get the idea. Apart from these annoyances, it  
> performs
> well and is pretty stable, and obviously a great deal has been  
> gained in real
> time functionality. Now if only Avid would get busy and clean up  
> the stupid
> but time costly details noted above, all would be well.
>
> Best of luck
>
> Shirley G.
>
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