Pinnacle Systems Editing Applications - 8.1 Installation Manual

Installation Guide

for Avid® Editing Applications

Legal Notices

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Installation Guide for Avid Editing Applications • 9320-65079-00 Rev F • July 2014

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Contents

Downloading the Avid Editing Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Before Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Starting the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

What Will I Need for Electronic Activation?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Activating with an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Activating without an Internet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Activating with a Floating License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Upgrading the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Additional Options and Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Running the 30-Day Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Deactivating the Avid Editing Application and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Uninstalling the Avid Editing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

1 Installation Guide for Avid Editing

Applications

Thank you for purchasing an Avid Editing System. This guide assists you with downloading, installing and starting your application. You will also find information on how to activate your software and how to install any third party software. Additionally, instructions on how to deactivate and uninstall your Avid product can be found in this guide. You can always find the most current information in the online version of the ReadMe, and should check there for the most recent release notes. The online version is updated immediately after new information becomes available. You can find the ReadMe on the the Help menu in your application. The ReadMe can also be found on your

Downloading the Avid Editing Application

You can either buy the Avid editing application from the Avid web store, or through an Avid reseller.

To buy through the Avid web store:

1. Go to shop.avid.com.

Knowledge Page by clicking ReadMe under

Account Page.

2. Choose the applicable product and subscription model.

3. Add your product to the cart and continue with the onscreen directions.

4. Once your order is complete, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail with links to download the application.

To buy through an Avid reseller:

1. Purchase an Avid editing application card from the reseller.

2. Access the website indicated on the card:

3. Choose the product you want to download and click Download now.

4. When prompted, enter the number from the back of the card you received from the reseller to download the editing application.

www.avid.com/activationcard

Before Installing

It is recommended that you read through the procedures prior to starting your installation in order to familiarize yourself with the process. To begin, please close any unnecessary windows or programs to ensure best performance. You will have to restart your computer in order to complete the installation process.

It is important that you check the ReadMe on the Knowledge Page to make sure your system is properly configured to work with your new software.

New Users

If you are a new Avid customer or have never installed this program before, the following instructions will help guide you through the process.

Returning Users

If you are upgrading from a previous version of the editing application, you must first uninstall the previous version before you install and activate your new software. You will need your original System ID to activate your upgraded product. After you uninstall your old application, the installation process will be identical to the standard installation. See

Editing Application” on page 14

Before Installing

“Upgrading the Avid

Installing the Avid Editing Application

For all Avid editing applications, log in as an OS user with administrative privileges and launch the installer. After installation and after the required system reboot, you need to run the application as a user with administrative privileges. If you are working in a shared storage environment, mount your workspaces. You can then run the Avid Editing Application as a standard user.

(Windows) To install the Avid software:

1. Access your editing application download.

2. Click to launch the Avid Editor Suite installer to install the editing application and Avid helper applications or an individual product. A window will open with instructions as well as options for choosing file locations and other custom settings.

3. Follow the on screen instructions.

- If the FilesInUse dialog box appears, you can safely select Ignore and continue.

- If you receive user access warnings during the installation, select Continue Anyway to

continue your installation.

4. When prompted, choose to restart the computer.

Installing the Avid Editing Application

The installation process adds a Desktop icon (Windows) or Dock icon (Macintosh) and a pointer to your Avid editing application in the Start menu (Windows). The installation process also adds an Application Manager icon to the Toolbar menu (Windows) or Dock (Macintosh). The Application Manager allows you to view the installed Avid application, license the application, subscribe to a support plan and try new offerings.

The Application Manager tool uses Port 1696. If Application Manager does not update

applications and feeds, the Port may be blocked. To solve this problem, please contact your System Administrator.

To work with the Application Manager tool, Java 1.7 must be installed in your computer:

- (Windows) Java is installed along with the Application Manager tool.

- (Mac OS X) To find out the Java version, in the command prompt type java -version.

5. Once you restart, the Application Manager launches. You will use the Application Manager later when you are activating your software. Minimize the Application Manager and continue with

(Macintosh) To install the Avid Editing application software:

1. Access your editing application download.

“Starting the Avid Editing Application” on page 8.

2. Double-click the .pkg file with the editing application name.

3. Click to launch the installer.

A window will open with instructions as well as options for choosing file locations and other custom settings.

4. Follow the on screen instructions.

5. When prompted, choose to restart the computer.

6. Once you restart, the Application Manager launches. You will use the Application Manager later when you are activating your software. Minimize the Application Manager and continue with

“Starting the Avid Editing Application” on page 8.

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