Contents Welcome to Avid DS Nitris... The Avid DS Nitris Family ...... 2 This bulletin provides summaries of all new features in this release. Some of these features have video Documentation ...... 2 presentations to give you visual overviews of the tools. Customer Support ...... 3 Avid DS Nitris Discussion Group . 3 This bulletin also contains late-breaking notes on the product and gives helpful workarounds where necessary. New Features ...... 4 Backward Compatibility ...... 4 Are you a new user? Audio ...... 4 The Getting Started guide gives you quick steps to constructing and outputting a production using the Capture and Output ...... 4 basic tools in Avid DS Nitris. This way you’ll begin to understand the general concepts and workflows. Compositing and Effects...... 6 These “quick starts” are also available directly from the Avid DS Nitris Help menu. Conform and Interoperability . . . . 7 Desktop ...... 8 Are you an Avid DS Pro? Editing ...... 10 If so, you’ll be able to learn about the new features in this product from these feature presentations. Hardware...... 10 Media Management ...... 11 Click a link below to run the corresponding movie: Painting and 2D Titling ...... 13 Match Color Tool Animation Button Processing ...... 14 Reconnect Viewer Button Capturing Limitations & Workarounds . . 16 Transform Trees Recapturing 3D DVE ...... 16 Capture and Output ...... 17 Position Bar Menu Output Tool Compositing and Effects...... 18 Effects Layout Media Tool Conform ...... 20 Desktop ...... 21 Grouping Objects Tape Library Editing and Playback ...... 21 Selecting Effects Custom Sift Media Management ...... 21 User Default Value (UDV) Button Toolbar Menu Commands Painting and Titling ...... 22 Processing ...... 23 UDV Button and Animation DMS Broker...... 23 2 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes
The Avid DS Nitris Family Avid DS RP Avid DS Remote Processing (RP) allows editors and digital artists to The Avid DS Nitris family consists of the following products: continue production while computationally intensive tasks are Avid DS Nitris automatically broken up and dispatched to multiple Avid DS RP systems for processing in the background. Avid DS Nitris provides tools for completing HD and SD projects of any kind with Media Composer-style editing, Symphony-based color Avid DS Nitris DNA correction, paint, graphics, character generation, advanced 3D With the Avid DS Nitris DNA you get accelerated performance of the compositing, special effects, image treatment, and project Avid DS Nitris tools and effects processing. management. In addition, this system provides high-quality, multistream, 10-bit Avid DS Nitris Editor standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) video. For more information, see “Avid Nitris Digital Non-Linear Accelerator (DNA)” Avid DS Nitris Editor offers the same resolution flexibility as Avid on page 10. DS Nitris. It includes the following professional editorial tools: • basic compositing with keying and DVE • Symphony-style color correction Documentation • image effects The Avid DS Nitris package includes a comprehensive set of learning • basic paint and graphics tools materials. • titling, and Start with the Setup Guide to assemble your workstation and connect • audio manipulation tools. it to other equipment at your site. The Avid DS Nitris Editor includes the 10-bit, real-time effects Use the Installation and Administration Guide to install and performance of the Avid Nitris Digital Non-Linear Accelerator license any of the components. You should also refer to it for tips on (DNA) and a rich set of finishing tools. the daily maintenance of your system. It does not include: If you’re new to Avid DS Nitris, work through the Getting Started • 3D DVE or 3D titling with true Z-depth Guide to learn how to use Avid DS Nitris for the most common post- • Expanding or manipulating graphics containers to build production tasks. composites Use the other guides for details on all the functions available in • Creating, expanding, or modifying effects tree Avid DS Nitris: • A dedicated graphics layout • Capture and Output Guide • Tracking • Editing Guide • Compositing and Graphics Guide Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 3
All these guides are available in Adobe® PDF format in the Online Customer Support Library. They can be accessed under the Help menu in Avid DS Nitris. For the latest information on Avid DS Nitris, please consult the Customer Support website: www.softimage.com/avidds. Shortcuts are available under the Help menu in Avid DS Nitris. Print out the Shortcuts card and you’ll always have these editing tips handy. Avid DS Nitris Discussion Group Comments? You can join the worldwide network of Avid DS Nitris users We’d appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have about exchanging ideas and techniques by e-mail. To subscribe, send an e- this book or any other piece of our documentation. Just send them to: mail to [email protected] with the following text in the [email protected]. body of your message: subscribe ds. At Avid DS Nitris Authorized Training Centers (ATCs) around the world, you can further your Avid DS Nitris education by attending the multi-day courses that teach you about the interface and workflow while producing short projects. For details, visit http://avid.com/ training. 4 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features
New Features Audio Timewarp Effect The default audio Timewarp effect now contains options for adjusting The following sections outline the new features in this release. the pitch shift—see “Timewarp (audio) Property Editor” in the Help. The audio Timewarp effect, Timezone from Merging Technologies, is available—see “Timewarp (audio timezone) Property Editor” in the Backward Compatibility Help.
Avid DS Nitris v7 introduces a new media format for different quality bit depths. Due to this modification, previous versions of Avid|DS Capture and Output projects must be archived to tape and deleted from the system. After upgrading to Avid DS Nitris v7, the projects and media must be New Views and Workflows for Capture and Output restored and all sequences must be opened then saved to complete the conversion to v7. This version of Avid DS Nitris replaces the Media Input/Output • Once you save or archive a project in v7 or later, it cannot be layout with a collection of tools: opened using earlier versions of Avid|DS. If you think you will • Deck Configuration view need to access a project again in an earlier version, make sure • Capture Tool you archive the project in that version before using v7. • Capture Settings (introduced in version 6.0) • Caches are not preserved when restoring a project archived with a • Recapture from Avid Explorer previous version of Avid|DS. • Recapture from Timeline • Preferences from Avid|DS v6.x, such as layout, keyboard shortcuts, and toolbars, can be imported to v7. Preferences from • Output Tool versions earlier than v6.0 cannot. These tools provide you with an easier, more flexible workflow. Now • You cannot run multiple instances or different versions of you can capture material from tape while you are in your Editing Avid|DS on the same machine. layout—just open up the Capture Tool and capture the new footage. You no longer have to switch between layouts. Similarly, recapturing from the timeline or Avid Explorer is more efficient. Audio Deck Configuration View Creating Audio Cache for Audio Effects The Deck Configuration view lets you configure the external device You can now process a clip-based audio effect to reduce memory you are going to use for capture or output. You can select the usage—see “Processing Clip-based Audio Effects” in Chapter 10 of manufacturer and model of your device, where it is connected to your the Editing Guide. system, and other settings that affect both capture and output. You can save any configuration as a preset, so that you can easily switch from one device to another. For more information, see “Configuring the External Device” in Chapter 1 of the Capture and Output Guide. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 5
Capture Tool Shortcuts for Capturing and Output The Capture Tool lets you capture footage from an external device. Press: After you have created a deck preset, you can configure and control • F8 to open the Capture Tool all inputs from this single view. • Shift + F8 to open the Output Tool The Capture Tool includes a panel in which you can select and • Ctrl+F8 to open the Capture Settings view calibrate the video input. If you have an Avid Nitris DNA • Alt+F8 to open the Deck Configuration view workstation, you can select composite, component, or S-video input (in addition to the standard SDI). For these analog inputs, you can Capturing from File by Dragging to a Bin adjust the video input signal—see “Specifying Video Input Settings” in Chapter 1 of the Capture and Output Guide. You can now capture media from file by right-clicking the source file and dragging it to the bin where you want to create the master clip. Recapturing Release the right-mouse button and select Capture Here from the pop-up menu. To recapture clips from an Avid Explorer bin, select the clips, right- click, and select one of the following: You can also use the context menu to open the Capture Settings view, create a linked clip, create a logged clip, and perform other actions. • Recapture • Recapture with Options New Compressions If you are recapturing from the timeline, select the material you want You can select from the following compressions when you capture to recapture, click the Media IO button in the NLE Toolbar, and select material: one of the following: • JFIF 2:1, 3:1, 10:1, 20:1 • Recapture Entire Timeline The resulting media files are created in the .gen format. • Recapture Entire Timeline with Options • Recapture Selection Imported and Exported File Types • Recapture Selection with Options The following file types are now supported for both import and For more information, see “Batch Capturing” in Chapter 1 of the export: Capture and Output Guide. •Chyron •DPX Output Tool •PNG The new Output Tool resembles the Capture Tool—it’s a single- • YUV16 instance view that you can open from any layout. You can output to tape, file, or reference movie. The Output Tool includes settings for Avid DS Nitris supports 2K Cineon and DPX files in their native adjusting video output and settings to downconvert HD material to colorspace and processes them at 8, 16, or 32 float bit precision. standard definition output—see “Outputting Material” in Chapter 4 of When you import and export these files, a dialog box lets you specify the Capture and Output Guide. the look-up table (LUT) and modify its color values. You can also 6 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features choose to preserve the logarithmic representation in the captured or Color Correction Effect linked images by specifying a linear LUT during the import or linking The Color Correction effect has been renamed Color Correction process. Classic. Relinking Linked Clips A new Color Correction effect based on the Avid Symphony Color If the location of the media for linked clips has changed, you can Correction tool has been introduced. Its more advanced capabilities relink the clips by selecting the clips, right-clicking, and selecting allows you to correct images through the use of histograms, channel Relink. A dialog box lets you navigate to the correct location of the blending and more—see “Color Correcting Images” in Chapter 4 of media. the Compositing and Graphics Guide. The Match Color Tool: This tool, within the new Color Correction effect, lets you color correct images by selecting the input Compositing and Effects and output values from your images—see “Color Correction by Matching Clips” in Chapter 4 of the Compositing and Graphics New Blending Operations Guide.
A variety of new blending operations have been added to the Layers Composite Container Property Editor View and the Composite node in the Effects Tree. You can use these to combine channels between images—see “Interlayer Alpha Menu You can now access a property editor for a composite container from and Interlayer RGB Menu” in the Help. the clip menu on the timeline.
You can now use the alpha or luma in the foreground image to mask 16-bit/Float Effects the blending operation against the background—see “Using Alpha and Luma as Mask” in Chapter 1 of the Compositing and Graphics There are several effects now available in 16 bits and Float formats. Guide. Here is a partial list: • Video Track and Layer View compositing Transform Trees • Layer External Matte (all operations) You can now locally or globally transform images in the Effects Tree • Composite Node (all operations) using transform trees. This feature allows you to build multiple level •Key Combiner transformation hierarchies by adding transform nodes and connecting them to rasterization effect nodes. • Matte Composite (all operations) • Premultiply Transform node: This node specifies the actual transformation—see “What are Transform Nodes?” in Chapter 5 of the Compositing and • The Gradient source generators Graphics Guide. • Crop Rasterization effect node: The DVE and Tracker effect nodes are •Fade examples of rasterization effect nodes. They manipulate input images •Invert according to transformations supplied as inputs—see “What are For the complete list, see “Effects Supporting 16 or 32 Bits (Float) Rasterization Effect Nodes?” in Chapter 5 of the Compositing and Processing” in the Help. Graphics Guide. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 7
All 16-bit or float effects have a property page where you can set the Tracking precision (auto, 8, 16, float) options. Other options such as Output The tracking workflow has been enhanced in the following ways: Frame Size, Force Premultiplied Output, and Export Alpha are also available on this property page. • The Fast Tracking option has been replaced by the Translation Only option. The tracking of scaling or rotating objects is New Real-Time Effects improved when this option is deselected. The following effects can now be played in real time on multi-stream • The Transform Offset option has been added to the Tracking workstations: property editor. When offsetting trackers, it applies the tracked transformation to the offset maintaining the offset point in the • Color Space Adjustment correct position relative to the reference point. • Negative • You no longer need to press the Update Position Curves button In addition, the Avid Nitris DNA hardware guarantees real-time to update the curves in the Animation Editor. You can directly playback and output for a list of effects. Here is a partial list: copy the curves from a tracker and paste them into another effect. • Color Correction Film Effect • Dissolve This effect has been rewritten to work better in HD sequences. A new •DVE and faster algorithm is now used for the 24 fps frame rate emulation. • Video-track composites To handle interlaced formats that are not near 60 fields/sec, a Defield • Over effect (in Effects Tree) operation is performed. A new Add Noise option has also been added. For more information, see “Working with Real-Time Effects” in Chapter 6 of the Editing Guide. Conform and Interoperability Effects Tree ™ When you fold effect nodes into a new effects node, the new node is Avid Unity MediaNetwork displayed in a different color indicating that it is “folded”. The new This version of Avid DS Nitris requires version 3.3.3 of the Avid effects node with the colored border displays all the connected inputs Unity MediaNetwork. Please consult the Avid DS Customer Support and outputs—see “Folding Nodes” in Chapter 2 of the Compositing website for the latest updates. and Graphics Guide. Conform Mixing Parameter in Effects The following Avid editing effects are now supported through AAF Mixing effects gives you the ability to mix or blend the input with the and AFE files: result of the effect or mix to a color. • Color Correction effects are conformed, except for secondary The Mix parameter is available on the Masking property page of the color correction. On the Avid editing system, only Color effect’s property editor—see “Mix Parameter for Effects” in Correction that is applied as an effect from the Effect palette is Chapter 8 of the Getting Started Guide. conformed. 8 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features
• Record-side motion effects (Timewarp) are conformed, except Effects Layout for FluidMotion. All Timewarp effects are conformed as interpolated fields. The Effects layout lets you apply and work with effects within one layout—see “The Effects Layout” in Chapter 8 of the Getting Started • Border softness in wipes are an exact match. Guide. • Color Correction and Pan and Scan applied to the filler on the top track of the original sequence conform correctly. Viewers • Marquee titles larger than 64 KB are conformed. • The floating viewer has transport controls for controlling playback, as well as controls for viewing in frames or fields, the Importing a SOFTIMAGE|XSI Composite Tree alpha channel, and R, G, or B components. You can import a composite tree that includes render passes from • The position bar below the Source and Record viewers can SOFTIMAGE|XSI directly into Avid DS Nitris. First, export and display timecode and tick marks—see “Position Bar Menu” in convert your XSI file through a special AAF utility and then open it in the Help. Avid DS Nitris. Any render passes that are present in the Effects tree • A new Reconnect Viewer button allows you to select various (as FileInput nodes) become master clips in Avid DS Nitris. objects to display in the viewer—see “Reconnect Viewer Menu” For more information, see “Importing from SOFTIMAGE|XSI” in in the Help. Chapter 1 of the Capture and Output Guide. • You can automatically pan and zoom the viewer when using these interactive tools in Avid DS Nitris: graphics/paint tools, Shape tool in the Matte and Keyer effects, DVE tool, and Tracker Desktop tool—see “Viewer Properties” in the Help.
Online Help User Preferences • The Capture property page lets you set options for controlling a The Avid DS Nitris online help system has been completely deck during the capture process. These settings are especially revamped. It includes context-sensitive help for views, dialog boxes, useful when you want to recapture from tape without interacting and effect presets, with links to related procedures. In addition, it with the application. includes all information contained in the user guides. • The Avid Explorer property page lets you set options for how You can use the Contents, Index, or Search features to quickly find paths are displayed in a bin and whether to keep the Views folder the information you need. open.
Online Library Avid Event Log The Avid DS Nitris online library contains all versions of the printed • The Clear All Events command lets you delete all the events in guides in PDF format. These can be viewed and printed with the the Avid Event Log. ® Adobe Acrobat Reader . • Icons in the Event Log let you easily identify the four different The online library can be accessed from the Help menu in types of events: success, information, warning, and error. Avid DS Nitris. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 9
Tooltips Presets: You can drag presets from the Avid Explorer, Windows Explorer, a property page, or a preset button on a toolbar to the pop- The tooltips display the keyboard shortcut of a tool, button, or up menu on a toolbar—see “Customizing Toolbars” in the Help. command. Tooltips are also displayed on the left side of the status bar when the pointer is over a toolbar button. Status Bar: When the mouse is over a toolbar button, its name appears on the left side of the status bar to help you identify the tool. Toolbars Property Editors All toolbars now behave in the same manner as the toolbars around the viewers. That is, you can copy and move toolbar buttons and • Large Property Editors: In the Effects layout are large property customize them. editors with horizontal tabs for the properties and parameters. You also have the option of adding large property editors to a Toolbar Menu Commands: There are new commands in the layout when customizing the desktop. Toolbar pop-up menu for: • Selecting Effects: If you have used multiple effects from the • Displaying the toolbar buttons in eight different themes, same family, you can display the previous and next effects in the • Automatically closing a floating toolbar after executing a viewer—see “Effect Controls” in the Help. command, • Default Values: When setting parameters in the Color • Displaying the space separators (in red) which are usually Correction and Color Correction Classic effects, you can revert to invisible in the toolbar, such as the vertical and horizontal the default values using the User Default Value (UDV) button— spacing between buttons, line breaks, and empty lines, see “Returning to Default Values” in Chapter 4 of the • Deleting a button from a toolbar, Compositing and Graphics Guide. • Changing the size of toolbar buttons, and • Displaying Previous and Next Tabs: On property editors that contain many property pages, such as the keyers, you might not • Copying an entire toolbar. be able to see all the tabs. By clicking the Previous and Next Tab For more information, see “Toolbar Menu” in the Help. buttons, you can display the next and previous tabs in the property editor window. Preset List Button Customization dialog box: A new option lets you display the subfolders in a toolbar. • Icons: There are new icons representing the Subregion, Crop Curves, and Bypass options. Copying and Moving Buttons: You can copy a button from one toolbar and place it in another by pressing Ctrl and dragging to the Animation new location. You can move a button from one toolbar to another by • Animation Key Menu: There are three new commands: pressing Shift and dragging to the new location. Cut Key: Cuts all keyframes at the current location on the curve You can place the button that you’re copying or moving between other buttons to create a new button on the toolbar or drop it on an existing Copy Key: Copies all keyframes at the current location on the button. When you click the button, the new button will be displayed in curve its list. Paste Key: Paste keyframes to the current location on the curve 10 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features
• Animation Button: An animation button appears on property Timeline: Renaming Clips pages beside numeric parameters. You can now independently • When you rename a clip in a sequence using the Clip Property animate each numeric parameter—see “Animating Parameters” Editor, only that clip name is changed—see “Renaming and in the Help. Adding Comments to Clips” in Chapter 3 of the Editing Guide. • Animating with the UDV button: When working with Color • When you rename a master clip in the Avid Explorer, all clips in Correction effects, you can create animations using the User the current sequence with that name are also renamed. Default Value (UDV) button—see “Animating with the Color Correction Effect” in Chapter 4 of the Compositing and Graphics Rearranging Effect Filters Guide. The commands that allow you to change the order of effect filters in the timeline are now available from the Customize Toolbars dialog Editing box--see “Effect Menu” in the Help.
Enhancements to Wipe Effects Hardware The behavior of wipe effects has improved: border and softness now display in pixels, the border is proportional with both horizontal and Avid Nitris vertical sizes, wipes remain real-time when clips have alpha, and Digital Non-Linear Accelerator (DNA) support YCbCrA—see “Applying Wipe Effects” in Chapter 7 of the Editing Guide. The Avid Nitris DNA delivers hardware-guaranteed real-time performance for up to eight streams of SD media and two streams of Locators 10-bit HD media for effects such as real-time dissolves, SMPTE wipes, DVEs, Symphony-style color correction, HD Universal You can add locators to clips in the Source viewer using the Locator Mastering, keys, and downstream graphics. button on the toolbar below the viewer—see “Using Locators” in Chapter 3 of the Editing Guide. Key Features • 8- and 10-bit SMPTE 292M SDI for high-definition video I/O, Sync Point Editing and SMPTE 259M SDI for standard-definition video I/O. Sync point editing allows you to add material to your sequence using Note: Workstations without the Avid Nitris DNA only support the position indicator in both the Source viewer and Record viewer as 8-bit video I/O. the sync point. For example, you can sync an action in the source video with an audio event such as a musical beat in the sequence, and • Up to 8 channels of 24-bit, 96kHz digital audio input and output; then edit it so that the action occurs on the beat—see “Placing Clips 8-channel XLR balanced audio I/O; S/PDIF Digital audio I/O; on the Timeline Using Sync Point Editing” in Chapter 3 of the Editing ADAT Digital audio I/O; and 8-channel AES/EBU digital audio Guide. I/O • View real-time effects with HD media at full resolution. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 11
Note: Workstations without the Avid Nitris DNA do not have this Media Management capability, but still allow you to work with HD media at quarter resolution to view the real-time effects. Media I/O and Processing
For more details on the input, output, and processing capabilities of Avid DS Nitris uses an improved Chroma Filtering algorithm when the new Avid Nitris DNA workstation, refer to the Avid Nitris performing RGB-to-YCbCr conversions and when capturing from Whitepaper on the Avid web site. file. SuperBlack and SuperWhite information (full YCbCr range) is preserved when capturing from file and outputting to file. In v7, full YCbCr range is also preserved when • Linking to files • Using AVX effects • Performing Mix and Match operations • Using Snapshot to Clip and Timeline to Clip For exceptions, see “Media I/O” on page 21.
Media Tool The Media Tool has been completely redesigned. Now, in addition to viewing media files, you can view the projects, sequences, and master clips with which they’re associated in a variety of combinations. For example, you can display all media files contained in two projects, display only the files that are shared—and then display only those that are not shared. When you are working in the Media Tool, you can perform all media management tasks, such as recapturing, purging, defragmenting, copying, moving, and deleting. For example, if you want to delete unused media files, you can use the Media Tool to find exactly which sequences, if any, are sharing them, and then delete just the unused media. You can also use the Media Tool to determine if a clip has already been used in a sequence, so that you can avoid using the same clip twice. For more information, see “Managing Media” in Chapter 12 of the Editing Guide. 12 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features
Tape Library View Capture Target Icon The Tape Library view, in the Avid Explorer, lets you name, view, and An icon in the title bar of a bin marks the bin as the capture manage the tapes used in your current project, or all projects on your target. This bin holds the captured clips when you select Main system. From the Tape Library, you can perform basic operations, Explorer Location from the Capture Target list. To set a bin as such as deleting, purging, and recapture of clips based on their the capture target, click a bin within the project root. The most source—see “Managing Tapes” in Chapter 1 of the Capture and recently activated bin within the project root becomes the capture Output Guide. target. New Bin Columns Sifting Clips You can select and view new bin columns for video and audio media The Custom Sift dialog box, in the Avid Explorer, lets you customize files, including files supported import and export, such as .wav and your bin, so that it displays only those clips and sequences that meet a .jpeg files. Columns include audio and video bit depth, audio sample specific set of criteria. For example, you can create a custom sift to rate, video compression, and others—see “Customizing the Details display only those clips containing the word “close-up” in the name and Script Views” in Chapter 1 of the Editing Guide. column. You can use the Custom Sift dialog box to display all clips that were modified on a certain date, all clips that are longer than a To save the columns you have selected as a view, click the certain length, and other criteria—see “Sifting Files” in Chapter 1 of Save Current Column Setting button, located next to the Bin the Editing Guide. View list at the bottom of a bin.
Avid DS Nitris Group Folders Preset Bin Views The Avid Explorer automatically combines a series of sequential files You can select a preset bin view, such as Editing, Audio Management, into a special kind of folder called the Avid DS Nitris Group folder. Video Management, or Presets. Each of these views includes bin You can then capture and manage the sequential files more easily. The columns that are appropriate to the specified task. folder name uses the following format: filename[first..last:#files].extension Path Menu For example, a folder that contains 88 files, named CatchFish1.pic You use the Path button in the Avid Explorer toolbar to through CatchFish88.pic is labeled: quickly display a specific bin by selecting a path from the Path menu. You can set the User and Workgroup paths in the User CatchFish[1..88:88].pic Preferences dialog box (Favorites Property page). The Path menu now For more information, see “Avid DS Nitris Group Folders” in includes paths for Local Projects and Remote Projects. The paths that Chapter 1 of the Editing Guide. appear in these sections are the same as those that appear in the Open Project dialog box. Adding or deleting projects in the Open Project New Button dialog box affects the contents of the Path menu. The New Button appears in the Avid Explorer toolbar for certain views, such as Tape Library and Deck Configuration. Click this button to create a new object for the view. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 13
Painting and 2D Titling Editing Text: Keyboard Shortcuts There are new keyboard shortcuts for panning and zooming the Grouping Objects viewer while you are editing text, as well as shortcuts for adjusting the font size and kerning. By grouping several graphics objects, you can select, manipulate, and edit many objects simultaneously. You can then transform or animate • Zoom: Alt+Ctrl+drag the group as a whole. You can also select a group and temporarily • Mouse Zoom: Alt+Z ungroup it, as well as reselect ungrouped objects and regroup them. • Mouse Unzoom: Alt+X You can select an object inside a group by holding down the Alt key • Quick Zoom: Alt+Q when clicking the object in the viewer • Pan: Alt+Shift+drag Like strokes and text, you can create presets for groups that you want To kern left: to reuse in other graphics sessions—see “Grouping Graphics Objects” • Alt+Left Arrow (normal increment) in Chapter 7 of the Compositing and Graphics Guide and “Tools Toolbar” in the Help. • Alt+Shift+Left Arrow (minor increment) • Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow (major increment) Graphics Object View (GOV) To kern right: By dragging in the GOV, you can multi-select graphics objects. For • Alt+Right Arrow (normal increment) the keyboard shortcuts, press the following keys: • Alt+Shift+Right Arrow (minor increment) • Alt and drag to deselect all objects and select only the objects that intersect the rectangle selection. • Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow (major increment) • Alt+Shift and drag to add objects that intersect the rectangle To increase the font size: selection to the current selection. • Alt+Up Arrow (normal increment) • Alt+Ctrl and drag to inverse the selection. • Alt+Shift+Up Arrow (minor increment) Expanding/Collapsing Groups of Objects: Groups of objects are • Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow (major increment) indicated by a plus (+) when the group is not expanded and a minus To decrease the font size: (-) sign when it is. Grouped and ungrouped objects are highlighted in different colors. When a group is expanded, you can select/hide/lock • Alt+Down Arrow (normal increment) the objects inside the group. • Alt+Shift+Down Arrow (minor increment) • Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow (major increment) Graphics Property Editor A new property page, called Options, was added to the Graphics Fitting Text on One Line property editor. This property page lets you specify if your source For long crawls, you can fit all of the text on one line—see “Working material is frame or field-based. It also lets you set granularity and with Titles” in Chapter 7 of the Compositing and Graphics Guide and processing options—see “Options Property Page” in the Help. the “Titling Body” property editor in the Help. 14 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes New Features
Importing Images and Clips Processing • If you have video clips that you want to use in your current graphics session, you can import them directly into your graphics Effects supporting 16 Bits/32 Bits (Float) processing session without having to capture them. You can import any size New Storage Bit-depth and Precision settings in the Sequence of clip. When you import a video clip in Avid DS Nitris, a Preferences now allow for higher bit-depth process and storage. rectangular stroke is created in the viewer and filled with the clip These settings are useful to increase precision in the effect’s you imported—see “Importing Clips” in Chapter 7 of the calculation as well as getting a bigger dynamic range. Compositing and Graphics Guide. • When importing images or clips, you can now specify the pixel Remote Processing ratio in the Capture Settings dialog box instead of using the pixel ratio setting of the current sequence. There have been a number of enhancements to the Avid DS RP application. Undoing a Roll, Fade, or Crawl Better Management of RP Jobs: You can now monitor, retry, or You can undo a roll, fade, or crawl. delete jobs directly from within Avid DS Nitris using the Avid Distributed Media Services (DMS) Broker—see “Monitoring Remote Subpixel Positioning Parameter Processing Jobs with the Avid DMS Broker” in Chapter 6 of the Editing Guide. The Subpixel Positioning option on the Font property editor lets you add soft edges to static and animated text (rolls). For sharper edges on Automatic Discovery of Avid DS RP Stations and Automatic static text, turn this option off. Cache Linking: When sending a processing job to the background, Avid DS Nitris will automatically identify and list all available Avid Importing HTML DS RP workstations on the network. Improvements to the HTML import feature mean you can import the When processing is complete, media is automatically linked to the font, font size, text color, and the text justification when done with cache on the Avid DS Nitris system without requiring tables—see “Importing HTML Text” in Chapter 7 of the Compositing acknowledgement from the operator. and Graphics Guide. Caches that are processed on a remote processing station are now automatically imported into your current sequence—see “Remote Processing” in Chapter 6 of the Editing Guide. New Features Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 15
Avid DS RP Workstation Requirements • OpenGL for 3D DVE: In Avid DS Nitris, only the 3D DVE layout uses OpenGL. An Avid DS RP workstation does not The remote processing workstation must meet the following require an OpenGL card to process OpenGL effects. However, requirements: these effects will process significantly faster if the RP • Supports Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 workstation has an OpenGL card. operating system. Note: It is recommended that you use the same type of OpenGL card • Intel Pentium III up (single or dual CPU; MMX enabled) or in both the RP workstation and the client workstation. Intel Pentium 4. Note: Intel Celeron and AMD processors are not supported. • Network card (100 Mbps minimum recommended) • Network protocol: All of the workstations being used for your • 1.5 GB RAM workgroup must reside on a network that uses the TCP/IP • 1 GB of hard drive space protocol. Each workstation must be able to see the others over the network. • SVGA monitor with a recommended resolution of 1280×1024 For more information, see “Installing the Remote Processing Software” in Chapter 3 of the Installation and Administration Guide. 16 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Limitations & Workarounds
Limitations & Workarounds Undo Does Not Work if Focus is on Layers View Undo does not work if focus is on the Layers view. Therefore, click The following sections detail the limitations that currently exist in the on the viewer and undo. application. Animation Limitations If more than one object is selected in the 3D DVE layout, the 3D DVE animation editor will not display its function curves. To see the • 3D DVE performance on the Avid Nitris DNA system is animation curves: currently slow with the ATI FireGLX driver. An upcoming driver 1. Select the first graphics object. will resolve this. Please check the Avid DS Customer Support website for updates. 2. View the desired animation parameters in the animation editor. In the meantime, click the Direct View and the Suspend Output 3. Pin these parameters by clicking the pin icon to the left of each buttons from the 3D DVE toolbar. parameter (e.g. Transform, Surfaces ...) in the animation editor. The pin icon should turn red. • Due to the abovementioned driver issue, the mouse cursor freezes while scrubbing over a clip in the timeline on the NLE level. 4. Select the second graphics object. • Due to another problem with the ATI FireGL X1 driver, the 5. View the desired animation parameters in the animation editor. viewer may stop updating after opening many sequences. You will now see the animation curves for both objects. Continuing to work in Avid DS Nitris can cause a crash. To avoid this, exit and re-start the application. • The Relative Cycle command (Curves menu) in the animation editor does not work with 3D DVE parameters. To work around • When editing a color using the Color Chip's color palette, the this, add a keyframe at the end of the cycle. external monitor will not always update. • When using the global keyframe button to set a keyframe on a • In some circumstances (e.g. if you change the working resolution group, the default group properties are propagated to the grouped in Sequence Preferences, or when you use the Capture Tool), the objects, changing the non-default values. Instead, use the viewer will not update correctly. To work around this, toggle the Autokey or keyframe buttons on the property page of the value S/W Display on and off again. you are animating. • When Avid DS Nitris has been in use for an extended amount of • If you copy/paste an animated shape in the 3D DVE Layers view, time you may begin to drop frames on playback on a guaranteed your animation will be lost. Use the keyboard shortcuts or the real-time sequence. Please close and reopen the application to main menu instead. clear this problem. • In the 3D DVE layout, the animation editor does not update when Alpha Processing is Disabled on Clip, Track and Timeline a parameter is changed in a property editor that is focused on an Effects object that is no longer selected. The Focus icon, in the title bar of property editors, connects a property editor with a specific By default, alpha processing is disabled when creating a 3D DVE type of object. clip, track, or timeline effect. To work around this, select the Alpha option from the Masking property page (3D DVE/Options property editor). Limitations & Workarounds Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 17
Capture and Output Do Not Run a Screen Saver Whenever Avid DS Nitris isn't the foremost running application (such Timing Source Required for Capture as when a screen saver is running) the operating system has the right Avid DS Nitris requires that the deck and the Avid Nitris DNA be to downgrade execution priorities. As a result, a frame could be genlocked to the same timing source when capturing. If you’re dropped. capturing a format that allows either tri-level or black burst sync (such This can happen during any real-time operation, such as: as 1080i 59.94), you can use either sync source, so long as it is •Capture supported by the deck. Use the Output Tool to set the sync source. • Output Outdated Deck Presets • Loop Play testing If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Avid DS Nitris, you cannot use existing deck presets. When you start the application, a Live Capture Is Not Frame Accurate message will inform you that these presets will be removed. Use the Live captures are not frame accurate. They can be off by +/- 1 frame. Deck Configuration view to creates new presets. However, the audio and video are now well synchronized.
Video Input Adjustment Capturing Files Using Standard Graphics Formats In the Video Input panel of the Capture Tool, the Gain/Y-Gain slider The Avid DS Nitris system supports the capture of still images adjusts both the white and black levels simultaneously (contrast). Use encoded in a large variety of industry-standard formats. These files this slider along with the Black level slider to set the correct white and must conform exactly to the supported standard formats. The black levels. Avid DS Nitris system does not support file formats that are “encapsulated” or augmented by third-party applications. If you Avid DS Nitris DNA encounter problems capturing an image and are certain that it’s in a The following connections are not supported in the initial release of format supported by the Avid DS Nitris system, try resaving a new the Avid Nitris DNA. copy of the file using a well-known graphics editor, such as Adobe Photoshop, to create a readable file. • The MIC Inputs on the Avid Nitris DNA eight-channel audio I/O board. Cannot Import MPEG-4 Format Files • The 8-channel optical ADAT IN and OUT interface format on the The Avid DS Nitris system cannot import MPEG-4 files. To use an Avid Nitris DNA eight-channel audio I/O board. MPEG-4 file, you must convert it using a third-party application. • The Longitudinal timecode (LTC IN and LTC OUT) connectors on the Avid Nitris DNA SD Video I/O board. Custom HD Sequences Always Import Alpha • The Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) interface connector on the When converting HD sequences to Custom, the Avid DS Nitris Avid Nitris DNA SD Video I/O board. system always recaptures clips with their alpha component regardless of whether the Keep Alpha option is selected or not. 18 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Limitations & Workarounds
The clip will appear to have a full white alpha, but will show its actual Source Generator Effects Require an Input when Used in alpha once recaptured with the Custom option. If needed, you can Effects Tree create a full white alpha by adding an effect, such as Alpha Fade or In the Effects Tree, some generated source clips, such as a gradient, Color Correction to the clip. timecode, or 3D Warp, require an input. To work around this, add a 10-Bit Reference Movies Invalid black source-generated clip as the input to these effects. Reference movies output from a 10-bit sequence are invalid. You can Flicker/Deflicker Effect Problem with Fast however, output reference movies from an 8-bit sequence. Since the reference regions of the black and white luminance levels SuperBlack and SuperWhite Not Preserved are computed on a frame basis, there may be problems when the flicker rates are faster than the frame rate. To work around this, SuperBlack and SuperWhite information (full YCbCr range) is not deinterlace the source material before you apply these effects. preserved when recapturing from file after an AFE, AAF, or OMF conform. Transition Property Editor Missing Controls When you expand an Effects Tree view and load a transition in a transition property editor, the property editor may not display all the Compositing and Effects controls. To work around this, reselect the transition (either on the timeline or in the tree). Undo Limitations • When you change any parameter settings in the 3D Warp effect, Keep Original Alpha Option Ignored you cannot undo the changes. When the Output Matte option is selected in the Shapes property page • When you change properties using the interactive tools of AVX of the Matte effect, the shapes are applied to the RGB channels and plug-ins, you cannot undo the changes using the Ctrl+Z keyboard the alpha channel becomes opaque. The Keep Original Alpha option shortcut. is ignored. • Replacing some Effects Tree presets from the Effects Tree property editor may cause problems with undo. Selected Layer's Alpha Not Always Displayed in Viewer in the Graphics Container Bypass Limitations When the viewer is set to display the alpha channel in a graphics • When two or more property editors are open in the Compositing container clip, the selected layer's alpha is not always displayed. This layout, bypass may not work if it's selected on multiple property happens when working in the layer Effects Tree or in the timeline. To editors. If bypass doesn't work, close one of the property editors view the selected layer's alpha, choose Export Alpha from the Layer or bypass the effect on a layer by deselecting it. View menu. • When you select multiple nodes in the Effects Tree view, including a source generator, the bypass keyboard shortcut (B) or Bypass command (on a node in the selection) will not always function. To work around this, remove the source generator from your selection. Limitations & Workarounds Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 19
Pick FG and Pick BG buttons do not update viewer using a SuperBlack and SuperWhite Not Preserved Keyer on the layer SuperBlack and SuperWhite information (full YCbCr range) is not When working with the Keyer on a layer in the Compositing Layout, preserved: using the Pick FG and Pick BG buttons in the Map Property Page • When using Pixel/Channel Masking (Masking PPG) on effects does not update the viewer after every picking action. The when 8-bit precision is used. Effects are set to 8-bit precision workaround is to de-select the Pick FG or Pick BG button and the when: image will be updated in the viewer. - Setting the precision to Auto (Options PPG) with the DVE Quality Precision sequence preference set to 8-bit - Setting the Precision to 8-bit (Options PPG) You may notice a slight difference in the quality of the realtime and the processed DVE. The difference may be more pronounced for • When using some DS effects not supporting 16-bit or 32-bit/ DVEs that are partially processed (part of the clip is realtime, part is Float precision (such as Impressionist or Painterly effects). processed). In these cases, it is strongly recommended that you • When using some third-party effects not supporting 16-bit or 32- process the entire effect in order to remove the boundary between the bit/Float precision. realtime portion and the processed portion of the effect. Do Not Mix Media Types in a Sequence Corrupted Images when Rapidly Scrubbing Sliders For optimum performance, do not mix 8- and 10-bit media in your Scrubbing the sliders in property editors may cause parts of the image timeline sequences. displayed in the viewer and external monitor to be computed using different values. In those case, set the time cursor outside of the effect time span and use the Purge Memory Caches button to avoid having the corrupted image in processed results. 20 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Limitations & Workarounds
Conform EDL Only Shows One Stream of Multi-stream Clip on Timeline to EDL AAF, AFE File Conform A multi-stream clip, such as a 5.1 audio container clip will only show • If you use a vertical bar ( | ) in the tape name, clip name, or one mono stream in an EDL constructed from that timeline instead of sequence name when conforming, you will have problems when the expected six streams. recapturing your material. One-sided Transitions Not Completely Supported • Mattes are inverted when importing an AAF file that was exported from Media Composer with the Invert on capture EDL and OMF effects with one-sided transitions are imported into option. The workaround is to export the AAF file with the option Avid DS Nitris as clip effects. not selected. Note: When using the fade effect as a one-sided transition on clips Relink to OMFI Media with alpha, care should be taken to avoid premultiplication artifacts. When an OMF or AAF/AFE sequence from Media Composer or • If the clip's alpha is already premultiplied into RGB, for a correct Symphony is imported into Avid DS Nitris and links to an OMF result when composited against a background, all R, G, B and media storage, any clip effects that are already processed will point to Alpha channels should be switched ON in the Masking Property the pre-compute media (the original media file cannot be traced). To page. avoid this, Media Composer or Symphony users should not process to • If the clip's alpha is not premultiplied into RGB, for a correct a storage that is shared with Avid DS Nitris. If processing has already result when composited against a background, only the Alpha taken place, recapture the clips to keep the original media intact. channel should be switched ON in the Masking Property page.
CMX/GVG EDL Format Detection OMF Reverse Timewarp Limitation When loading an EDL file, the File Open dialog box lets you select a The OMF files exported from the Media Composer or Symphony format, such as CMX or GVG. With this information, Avid DS Nitris systems do not contain any negative speed value information for the tries to validate your choice in relation to the contents of the file. timewarp effect. However, the only marker available for differentiation is the presence or absence of FCM lines in the EDL file. While the presence of FCM OMF File Conform lines indicates without a doubt that it is a CMX file, the converse is Changing the "Start Time" value of the sequence in Avid DS Nitris not necessarily true. Therefore, it is possible to load a CMX file as may cause all OMF video tracks to conform to the same track. GVG or vice versa, with unpredictable (but generally wrong!) results. If the EDL file you loaded is not what you expected, verify that you Parameters of AVX Plug-ins in 24p OMF Files Do Not specified the right format for its contents. Conform 24p OMF files created by Media Composer or Symphony systems do not contain parameter information for AVX plug-ins. When you import this kind of OMF file into the Avid DS Nitris system, the AVX effects are recreated at the correct location, but all the parameters are at their default values. No entry is added in the OMF log. Limitations & Workarounds Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 21
Desktop Media Management • If you change the Windows XP theme for the Windows and Buttons option (located in the Windows XP Control Panel > Restoring Projects from a Previous Version Display > Appearance), after installing Avid DS Nitris, you will When restoring projects that were created with a previous version of get the following error: Avid DS Nitris to multiple workstations in the same Avid DS Nitris “The video hardware cannot be set to the selected video format.” workgroup, note that media will be shared by those projects for any master clips that were created by importing files. This affects the Find You need to reboot your workstation to avoid the error message, Clips and Purge commands. or revert to the original theme and restart Avid DS Nitris. • Due to a bug inWindows XP and Windows 2000, minimizing For the Find Clips command, Avid DS Nitris will show all master Avid DS Nitris during the creation of a new sequence will cause clips of all workstations in the Avid DS Nitris workgroup that the viewer to stop updating. Continuing to work in restored this project. For the Purge command, the media on any one of Avid DS Nitris can cause a crash. these machines will be considered “in use” by all workstations in the Avid DS Nitris workgroup that restored this project. To avoid this, exit and re-start the application. System Failure when Restoring Media Associated Commands in View Shortcuts not Activated when Avid DS Nitris Application is Initialized It is currently not possible to restore the PAL or NTSC media (525 or 625 lines) of a standard definition archive inside an HD sequence. When you select the View Shortcuts Group in the Command Mapping You can restore standard-definition media inside a PAL or NTSC Dialog box, the associated commands such as Ctrl + F8 for Capture sequence. Settings will not be displayed in the command list or be active the first time you run the Avid DS Nitris. application. To work around this, Restoring only the project data causes no problem in any type of you must exit and restart the application. sequence. You can also recapture from original tapes afterwards without problems. You can keep both resolutions inside the same master clip or sequence. Editing and Playback Archiving SD and HD Material in the Same Archive When Avid DS Nitris has been in use for an extended amount of time, Avid DS Nitris cannot archive media that has the same frame rate but it may begin to drop frames on playback on a guaranteed real-time of different resolution. sequence (green highlighted ribbon areas). To work around this, close and reopen the application. Alpha of Archived Media Appears in Different Colors The alpha portion of archived media appears as a purple frame, instead of white for positive and green for negative (instead of black). This is normal behavior during restore; the captured images will be fine. 22 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Limitations & Workarounds
Purging Master Clips Media Raster Paint Limitations If you purge your original master media files, the associated caches • The .gen files generated when burning frames are managed on a will become unreferenced. This also prevents you from archiving only per project basis, so deleting or not saving sequences that contain the processed media to tape as the caches cannot be referenced burned frames may leave orphaned .gen files. To help track and without their original media files. delete these files, enter a name in the Base Cache File Name text box in the Graphics property page, use the rastered frames Freeing Space on Unity tooltips in the Graphic Object View (GOV), or use the Save option when right-clicking on the rastered frames in the GOV. If you are using an Avid Unity drive to store your interactive cache Deleting a project will also destroy all associated burned frames. files, and your Avid DS system experiences a crash, we recommend • Presets of graphics sessions that contain burned frames cannot be that you delete your interactive cache file from the Unity folder to free reloaded in sequences that have a different resolution or frame up unused disk space on your Unity storage. rate. An example of an interactive cache file would be: • The burned frames of graphics sessions become opaque. Changes \\UnityDrive\ds_interactive_cache{6FB83998-A9D6-46bc-B4CD- to any effect underneath a graphics session will be ignored for C7D23CB20173}.tmp' those frames. Raster Paint Generated Files • Burned frames are not visible when a paint sequence is used as a reference clip (Alt-drop from Avid Explorer). To work around Files generated by raster paint (.gen files) will not be seen in the this, select the Non Real-Time option on the Graphics property Media Tool or Purge dialog box. They will be deleted when the editor and process. project is deleted and archived when a project is archived. Display Quality May Decrease if Viewer Resized to Less Than D1 Resolution Painting and Titling If you resize the viewer to less than D1 resolution, the image in the viewer will also resize. This may decrease the image quality. The Import Limitations viewer is resized if you edit the default layout and make the viewer ® • When you import a subset of the Adobe Illustrator EPS format, smaller than D1, or if you work in Non-square Pixels mode. In both only the shape and color information is imported. cases, an exclamation point (!) is displayed at the bottom-right of the • You can import HTML text and basic formatting information, viewer to indicate that you are not viewing the image at D1 quality. such as font style, color, and tabulations (as HTML tables). This does not, however, include other HTML tags, such as images, Composited Graphics Effect Seen Only in Editing Layout forms, or scripts. Recent versions of word processing software, When you apply a Graphics effect to a clip in the video track, the which add XML markup tags along with HTML, are partially Graphics layout is displayed. In this layout, the viewer displays the supported. graphics you apply to the clip on the video track, but it will not display the final composite. To view the final composite, you must switch back to the Editing layout. You can also open a floating viewer on the top timeline or use the Reconnect Viewer button. Limitations & Workarounds Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 23
Floating Viewer and External Monitor Do Not Refresh Cache Lost After Processing Graphics Shape Animation Properly with Wireframe Tool After processing a Graphics effect that contains shape animation, the When working with the wireframe tool in the Graphics layout, you cache is sometimes lost when saving and opening the sequence. The may encounter refresh problems with the viewer and external workaround is to save your sequence before doing any processing. monitor. The workaround is to go to next frame and then return to the current one, or modify a parameter and then undo the modification to return to the previous state. Processing
Floating Viewer and Reconnect Viewer Do Not Refresh When you send a request to an RP workstation immediately after the after Creating a Container DMS Broker has been started, some jobs may fail. If the DMS Broker has just been started, make sure you wait a few minutes before When you open a floating viewer from a clip effect and then add the submitting any jobs for remote processing. clip to a container, any modification made to the clip effect is not shown in the floating viewer. To work around this, reopen the viewer from the clip effect. DMS Broker When working with various outputs in a single viewer, right-click the Reconnect Viewer button and select Current Selection to refresh the You cannot install the DMS Broker on a workstation running viewer. Avid DS Nitris. It can, however, be installed on an RP workstation. Preferrably, the one designated as the controller. The DMS Broker setup instructions in the printed Installation and Administration Guide have been amended. Please refer to the online library documentation instead—see “Installing the DMS Broker” in Chapter 1 of the online Installation and Administration Guide. 24 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Limitations & Workarounds
Additional Installation and Configuration Notes 4. Double-click the ETC folder. CNAME entries are not required. They may make it easier to access 5. Double-click the HOSTS file. an Internet address by using more common names. 6. Make the necessary changes to the HOSTS file. Example Entries in a HOSTS File (Windows) For example, to connect to the mycomputer1.xco.com at the IP
Microsoft TCP/IP can be configured to search the local host table file, Installing the ProEncode Client HOSTS, for mappings of remote host names to IP addresses. For The ProEncode Client installer installs Java 1.3.1_01 International example, the entry for a computer with an address of 192.102.73.6 software. For the ProEncode applet to run properly, the ProEncode and a host name of mycomputer1.xco.com looks similar to this: Client must be installed last, so the applet will use the proper version 192.102.73.6 mycomputer1.xco.com of Java software. Edit the sample HOSTS file that is created when you install TCP/IP to Messages During Configuration include remote host names and their IP addresses for each computer with which you will communicate. This sample file also explains the The first time you run each ProEncode component after installation, a syntax of the HOSTS file. message appears, informing you that you need to supply configuration information. A host name always corresponds to an IP address that is stored in a HOSTS file or a name service such as DNS. A host name can be used If you close the DMS Broker or ProEncode Provider without in place of an IP address when using ping or other TCP/IP utilities. supplying configuration information, the next time you open the component, the message will not appear. You need to click the A single entry consists of an IP address corresponding to one or more Settings button in the component window to supply the information. host names. Note: You will want to perform this procedure only if you do not have Job Details a DNS on your network. The Job Details window of the DMS Administration Tool might show incorrect submission and completion times during daylight savings To update the HOSTS file: time. However, the Jobs list always shows the correct times. 1. Double-click the WINNT folder. Select All 2. Double-click the SYSTEM32 folder. When an encoding job completes with the Jobs list open, the Select 3. Double-click the DRIVERS folder. All button does not become enabled. Limitations & Workarounds Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes • 25
To workaround this, move to another page on the DMS server to a designated target FTP server. This functionality is needed Administration Tool, for example, the Users page, and return to the for the AACM (Avid Active Content Management) system to function Jobs page. The Select All button will be available. with the current Post-to-Web option within the NewsCutter DMS Settings. Deleting a User Enter an FTP URL pointing to the destination directory into the Exception messages are displayed in Install Service window when a address field of the DMS Settings in the editor. If your username on currently logged user is deleted and you attempt to install a new the FTP server myserver is “user” and your password is “pw”, and service. The administrator deletes the currently logged user you want to put the file into the directory /tmp/notify you would use successfully from the User’s menu. In the deleted users Services the URL: Menu, when Install button is clicked from the Install Service window, ftp://user:pw@myserver/%2Ftmp/notify/ a dialog box is displayed stating that the installation failed due to insufficient privileges. Note that the %2F (which is the URL-encoded escape value for the slash character) is to get to the root directory. Otherwise, the paths are Click OK and close the window manually. relative to the user's home directory (the default when you connect to the FTP server). FTP Notification The use of the FTP notification option for the DMS ProEncode job status is not documented. There is no documentation to explain the use of ftp message notification send operations from the ProEncode 26 • Avid DS Nitris v7 Release Notes Copyrights & Disclaimer
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