George,  Speed was an issue for you when getting into MC.....any comments on speed now ???  Are you able to work quickly ??? Mark

Goerge, all is cool :-) Sorry, I guess I misread your previous post, I thought your were trying to remove a color background...spectramatte is a chroma keyer.....you could use paint for this type of work by setting the brush to erase, but the animatte masking would proabably be easier....it is very powerful for doing rotoscoping work. BTW, with ...

George,  You mentionned that you used AvidFX for cloning on video, well this can be done directly inside of MC by using the Paint filter in the image tab of effects...it can also be used for things like blurs, creating vignettes, mosaics etc....it is really powerful. Also, for removing color backgrounds, try Spectramatte, it is very ...

Create the project. Go into the MXF folder and rename the 1 folder to something else...it is not important what.  Now capture and import your footage. Now go into the MXF folder and your new media will be in a newly created 1 folder. Now change this folder's name to whatever you want. The avid media management will scan all folders within the MXF ...

Don't export from After Effects, but rather use the render queue and render out without fields.

George, DS is a compositing machine that does editing and finishing. MC and Symhony are editors that do some compositing, DS has arborescant trees to control filters and flow of effects etc..DS was also created here in Montreal by Softimage and was acquired by Avid when Avid purchased Softimage. The two products are not aimed at the same user, ...

George,  What you are seeing is the new release (Version 3) of the software. Lew is right that all across the board, except for DS that Avid is the same. Symphony Nitris (Nitris is the Hardware, Symphony the software) brings mastering tools, speed, more realtime and better color correction...other wise Symphony and MC are the same. I work ...

Just wanted to let all know that I will be checking out of the forums. Due to the change in equipment at work (Avid), I lined myself up with Mc at home and found that i don't use Liquid any longer. I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that i have had the privilege to exchange ideas and posts with. For the most part it has been a very ...

George, Many congratulations for this. We all know how you feel about Liquid, and how you are confident in it's abilities. I think that this prize shows what can be done when you are talented and know your tools inside-out. Have a drink and toast yourself, as you deserve it. I would love to see a link to the film (especially if you have a ...

Encore from Adobe offers Hybrid disks, as you are after....I have never tried using that function though.  Mark