When I bought 3.1 (upgraded from Liquid) it was January. Some days after the 3.5 went out.
I never touched this one and after one year I went to 4. But Mike MC5 isn't an upgrade to loose no matter what...

Ama
 

Anyone know if 8-bit Uncompressed is supported by AMA?
Can you use AMA on any codec as long as you accept responsibility for media management?
-C

Mc5
 

I upgrade from Xpress Studio in February. However will be happy to upgrade to this release as soon as its out. Editing native Canon 5D files will be a great advantage.

With regards

Jeff

AMA is a plugin. So this must be designed to link to Uncompressed.
I haven't heard on anything like this.

I hope that will be the same with Canon 550D which I am buying. I think they produce the same files.

For those who care....I did get a note back from Marianne and they are going to honor the upgrade to 5 for me. Im back in love with Avid!

Guess I should have taken that bet! Marianna is widely viewed as being a treasure at AVID. Nice to see she could help you out.

Absolutely! It's people like her that make people Avid fans. Her commitment to customer service is incredible.

I can't wait to see how Avid handles the Native AVCHD files. I have a Panasonic HMC-40 and would love to use a native workflow. Currently I am using FCP, but that requires transcoding to ProRes (which isn't a horrible process, but a Native workflow would be nice).

Indeed it's better for Avid not to have another version than loose Marianna.

Yep 550D is identical to 7D/5D codec.

Thanks Peter.
I thought so but I was uncertain as I don't have either in my hands but only clips from both.
Can't wait for MC5!

I could be mistaken but my understanding is that MC5 will directly import AVCHD - not access it natively for editing. This would mean transcoding to DNxHD.

Yes AMA isn't going to work with AVCHD. MC will import it by transcoding them to a DNxHD flavor. AMA will wok for QT files (DLSR, Prores, or other ) and RED files.

George

I have the Sony NX5, I bought the Liquid to MC4 upgrade. I will get the MC5 upgrade June 10. I was under the impression that I would have been able to bring my AVCHD files right in without transcoding. Where is this documented because I didn't read this anywhere before I purchased it. My understanding is that it was going to import it natively as all other formats that were mentioned above.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Medi...tware/features
How big are the files and how long does it take to transcode those files?

Dan
Forever Moments Video Productions