User Manual

Preparations for Conforming
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Preparing Effects for the Online Session
In general, effects from older systems are automatically conformed by newer systems. In some
cases, effects are automatically promoted to new versions. However, be aware of the following
issues:
• If you work in an offline SD project with complex effects and you plan to conform as HD,
you should downconvert the media anamorphically. Media that you downconvert as 4:3 or
letterbox causes problems when you conform effects such as picture-in-picture.
• If you are conforming a sequence that includes effects created with Avid FX, mix down or
render the effects to a high-quality resolution on the offline system and then transfer them
using an OMFI or an AAF file. You cannot adjust an Avid FX effect on a Media Composer
system.You cannot adjust an Avid FX effect on a Symphony system.
• Wipes with borders that were created in Media Composer Adrenaline v2.2.x or earlier, or
Avid Xpress Pro v5.2.x or earlier do not conform precisely. In these versions, borders end on
screen; in Symphony borders end off screen.
(Symphony) Preparing Titles for the Online Session
You can save titles in multiple aspect ratios. If you are working with anamorphically
downconverted media, save the title as 16:9. After opening the sequence in an HD project,
re-create the title media (see “Step 7: Re-create Title Media” on page 1118). This method lets
you correctly create titles that fit in the 4:3 center cut or that extend beyond the center cut.
If you are working with media downconverted to center cut or letterbox, save the title as 4:3. In
this case the titles appear centered, within the 4:3 center cut.
File field order Odd (Upper field first)
Even (Lower field
first)
For interlaced media, your Avid editing application uses the
following order:
• NTSC (601 and DV): lower field first
• PAL 601: upper field first
• PAL DV: lower field first
• HD Interlaced: upper field first
If the field order of the graphic is not correct, select the field order of
the graphic during import and your Avid editing application reverses
the fields appropriately.
Field order does not apply to progressive media. See “Field
Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports” on page 1465.
Aspect Requirement Notes