Avid Media Composer User Manual

Avid® Media Composer® v2018.4

New in Media Composer v2018.4

The following are new with this release:

New Features

The following table describes What’s New for the current editor release.

Feature Description For More Info

New in Media Composer v2018.4

What’s New for

Media Composer Models Avid has introduced new models of Media

Composer.

Generating iXML Metadata
When Creating WAV
Media

Timeline Clip Notes
Window Representative
Frame

Timeline Clip Notes Quick
Find

Customizing Timeline
Views

Setting Pre-roll for
ScriptSync and PhraseFind

Adjusting Font and Font
Size in the Timeline Clip
Notes Window

New Script Lock Icons New script lock icons help you when working

Color Adapters Listed in
the Effect Editor.

WAV media generated using Audio Export,
as well as managed media in OMF (Wave)
format, will include iXML metadata.

You can now display a representative frame
in the Timeline Clip Notes window.

You can search for text in the Timeline Clip
Notes window.

You have more control when customizing
Timeline Views.

You can enter a pre-roll value when searching
in the Find Window and the Script Window.

You can change the font and font size in the
Timeline Clip Notes Windows.

in a shared script.

Color adapters are now listed in the Effect
Editor.

See New Models of Media

Composer.

See Media Composer Generates

iXML Metadata When Creating
WAV Media.

See Timeline Clip Notes Window

Representative Frame.

See Searching for Text in the

Timeline Clip Notes Window.

See Customizing Timeline Views.

See Setting Pre-Roll for Script

Window and PhraseFind

See Setting Pre-Roll for Script

Window and PhraseFind

See Refreshing Locked Scripts

See Color Adapters Listed in the

Effect Editor.

Updates to the Marker
Window.

Run Length Encoding for
Alpha

Performing an Insert Edit to
an Exported Sequence

A number of updates have been included with
the Markers Window.

You to choose to import an alpha channel as
either Uncompressed or as Run Length
Endcoded (RLE).

You can perform an insert edit on an OP1a
MXF exported sequence.

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See Updates to the Markers

Window.

See Run Length Encoding for

Alpha on Import

See Performing an Insert Edit to

an Exported Sequence

New in Media Composer v2018.4

New Models of Media Composer

This release of Media Composer v2018.4 introduces new models of Media Composer. Media
Composer model options now include Media Composer | First, Media Composer,
Media Composer | Ultimate, and Media Composer Perpetual. For details on the features provided in
the different Media Composer models see https://www.avid.com/media-composer/comparison.

Media Composer Generates iXML Metadata When Creating WAV Media

WAV media generated using Audio Export, as well as managed media in OMF (Wave) format, will
include iXML metadata that follows the iXML standard as published by Gallery UK and commonly
used in audio field recorders. Included in the iXML are certain audio-relevant bin columns, such as
scene and take information, markers, track names, and a SMPTE standard unique media identifier.
This data can be used by downstream applications. Pro Tools, for example, will bring in the Scene,
Take, and Track Name information.

Timeline Clip Notes Window Representative Frame

You can display a representative frame in the Timeline Clip Notes window.

To display a representative frame in the Timeline Clip Notes window:

1. Select the sequence in the Timeline.

2. Select Tools > Timeline Clip Notes.

The Timeline clip notes for the selected sequence appear in the window.

3. Right-click in the Timeline Clip Notes window and select Choose Columns.

4. Select Frame.

5. Click OK.

A representative frame of the clip appears in the Timeline Clip Notes window.

Do one of the following to enlarge or reduce the image:

t Right-click and select Enlarge Frame or Reduce Frame.

t Type Ctrl+L or Ctrl+K.

t From the edit menu, choose Enlarge Frame or Reduce Frame.

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Searching for Text in the Timeline Clip Notes Window

The Timeline Quick Find field allows you to enter text that you can search for in the Timeline Clip
Notes Windows.

To search for text in the Timeline Clip Notes Window:

1. With the sequence loaded in the Timeline, select Tools > Timeline Clip Notes to open the
Timeline Clip Notes window.

2. Click the Quick Find field.

New in Media Composer v2018.4

3. Enter the text you want to search for in the text field.

The window displays any clips that include the text entered in the find field in any column.

Customizing Timeline Views

With this release, you can have more control when customizing Timeline Views and you can then
map the views to buttons on the user interface or keyboard.

To customize Timeline Views:

1. Make sure you have some Timeline Views created by clicking the View Menu button at the
bottom of the Timeline, selecting Save As and typing a name for the view, and clicking OK. See
“Managing Custom Timeline Views” in the Help for details. (These views will be available when
mapping views to Timeline View buttons in the Command Palette.)

2. Select Tools > Command Palette.

3. Click the More tab.

4. From the Timeline View pulldown menu, select the view you want assigned to the Timeline
View (TV) button.

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New in Media Composer v2018.4

5. Continue assigning different Timeline Views to the TV buttons.

6. Select Button to Button Reassignment.

7. Click a Timeline button and drag the button to another location (for example, the Timeline
toolbar) or the Keyboard setting.

8. The Timeline button appears in the new location.

9. Click OK.

Setting Pre-Roll for Script Window and PhraseFind

When you playback a result from the Find Window or access a mark from the Script Window, you
can set a pre-roll if you want to hear a few moments before the actual match to the word that has been
phonetically indexed.

To set the Pre-Roll for the Script Window:

1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.

2. Double-click Script.

The Script Settings Window opens.

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3. Enter a value in the Pre-Roll (seconds) field.

New in Media Composer v2018.4

4. Click OK.

The pre-roll is included when you access the script mark.

To set the Pre-Roll for PhraseFind:

1. Press Ctrl+F (Windows) or Cmd+F (Macintosh), or select Edit > Find.

The Find window opens.

2. Click the Settings icon (gear) at bottom left of the Find window.

The Search Settings Window opens.

3. Enter a value in the Pre-Roll (seconds) field.

4. Click OK.

Perform a PhraseFind search (see “Using PhraseFind” in the Help.) Double click on the result.
The position bar will move according to the Pre-Roll setting.

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