Archive for March 2009

New Gallery Additions

There are four new images in the gallery from a new short film called The Unknown, premiering April 17th at the Boston International Film Festival. From the description:

We follow the life of Boston actor, LOU MONTE, as he
struggles to make it through the crazy, amusing world of the
entertainment industry. LOU MONTE, played by Christopher
Tranchina, a 30 something year old, Boston actor drives to
NYC on a weekly basis trying to ‘make it.’ We follow his
humorous journey into the gritty, true to life, reality of the
continuing fight to believe in yourself against all odds.

Rockhopper Post provided color correction and online editing services for The Unknown. Good luck, guys!

Avid Tip: Inserting Tracks

Normally when adding a track in Avid, you get a new track on top of all your other tracks. Sometimes, though, you want to insert a track in the middle. There is actually a super-secret hidden way to do this:

Hold Option (mac) or Alt (PC) and right click on the timeline. You’ll see the standard context menu:

Option-Right Click or Alt-Right-Click on the timeline and select New Video Track

Option-Right Click or Alt-Right-Click on the timeline and select New Video Track

Select New Video Track.

At this point, if you didn’t hold Option, Avid would just add a new track to the top layer. Instead, you’ll see this small dialog:

Select the track number where you want to insert the track

Select the track number where you want to insert the track

This can be a little confusing. If you want your new track to appear underneath the current V3, select V3. In other words, whatever track number you select, that’s the layer where the new blank track will appear.

Select Insert to insert

Select Insert to insert

Avid will ask you to confirm your selection. Luckily, there’s no way to mess this up and somehow “replace” an existing track with a blank track. Click “Insert” and you’ll see your new track.