Chapter 1

You can view the log file from the following location on your system:

ff (Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\Media Composer\Avid FatalError

Reports. The name of the log file is AMALoggerMM_DD_YY.log.
ff (Macintosh) Volume/Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/Avid FatalError
Reports. The name of the log file is AMALoggerMM_DD_YY.log.

See also
ff The Getting the AMA file's image to display as desired recipe in this chapter

Getting the AMA file's image to display as

desired
If you link to media using the AMA process and the clip does not match the aspect ratio and
frame size set in your Format tab, then Media Composer will allow you to change the way it is
displayed at any time.

An important note from Avid technology:

If you are working in an Interplay environment, do not change the Reformat

attribute from the Stretch setting. If you use a different setting, and you then
use 'Interplay Transcode' or 'Send to Playback,' the results might not be what
you expect.

How to do it...
Below are the steps to display the AMA file's image as desired:

1. Set your bin to be displayed in Text View from the Bin Display menu in the
lower left of your bin.
2. You're going to display the Reformat column. Start by going to the Bin menu
and selecting Choose Columns.
3. In the Bin Column Selection window choose Reformat.
4. Click on OK to close the window.
5. Select the clip(s) in your bin for which you want to Reformat the display.
6. In the Reformat column of the selected clip(s), click to reveal, and also choose,
the alternate display options. If multiple clips are selected, you can change the
Reformat setting for one of the selected clips and have that setting applied to
all of the selected clips.

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