Bug Fixes
The following are the user observable bug fixes from the Avid FX 6.3 release:
- Avid FX 16-bit rendering issue where blue channel values appear incorrectly high
- Styles font dialog. The dialog prompting that a certain font is not available on the user's system appears truncated
- Text Scroll bar does not show up in the text window when size percentage is increased.
- Register dialog. Erroneous message when verifying with an incorrect serial
- Image brushes are not getting installed on windows platform
- 16 bit rendering Color shift in Avid when you render in 16 bit depth
- Import picture. Importing large JPEG files in 10.7 crashes Avid
- Gradient editor live update feature is not updating image
- Insert Text. When inserting large text file Avid FX will crash as it tries to update.
- Installer takes a long time before it actually starts installing the product on Windows
- Insert Composition. Insert composition does not work if you have a face track highlighted in the timeline.
- Scroll Bars can not use mouse scroll to vertically scroll in the comp window.
- Undo/redo. Undoing after deleting text twice will not work
- Paint Animated paint in 16 bit will crash Avid FX if you export it as an image file.
- Pressing the Shift key & Command or Cntrl dragging does not draw a Circle or a Square centered around the cursor as described in the User Guide
- Preview Channel. Change preview channel does not work in Avid FX x64 when OpenGL and 16 bit are on
- Selected Keyframe time does not update when the keyboard short cuts Cmd--> Cmd-<- are used to change it's position.
- Installer. Installing only the plugin to host without the standalone will not install the uninstaller.
- Mac Language packs do not work
- Avid FX crashes when preview to RAM and then stopping
- Mac OS 10 7/10 8 If a drive name has a special character then you get "Cannot find prmL resource file " message when AvidFX is launched
- Avid FX Standalone. The range button skips when you click on it in a zoomed timeline.
- All Win OS Using the numeric field/mouse wheel for V2 track's parameter values affects the V1 track as well.
- All Mac "Use Fonts in Fonts Menu" preference does not work.
- All Mac Fonts are listed in Descending order unlike in x32bit where they are listed in Ascending order
- Retina display- Bezier handles do not show live update with OGL on
- Even with video track selected filter applies as separate track
- Brush image renders black on Windows
- possible crash when bringing projects between Avid FX 64 and AvidFX 32 on Windows
- Can't replace media in projects that come from Mac when opening on Windows.
- MacOS X x64 now pays attention to the system language selection and translates accordingly.
- Avid FX will crash if too much text is used in the text window [MacOS X]
Features
Preview to monitor from within the standalone engine has been implemented
On Mac the following hardware vendors are supported
- AJA hardware running AJA drivers 10.4 and higher (Kona 3G, Kona 3, Kona LHe Plus, Kona LHi, IO Express, Io XT, T-Ta
- Blackmagic cards running the decklink drivers
- Matrox MXO2 hardware family - Requires 10.8 or later.
- Any hardware that implements the Core Media I/O interface - Requires 10.8 or later
On Windows the following hardware vendors are supported
- AJA hardware running AJA drivers 10.3 and higher (Kona 3G, Kona 3, Kona LHe Plus, Kona LHi, IO Express, Io XT, T-Tap)
- Blackmagic cards running the decklink drivers
Other Features
- Added support for Apple Retina Display MacBooks
- Audio support has been added on the Mac - Some features require 10.7 or later
- Support for audio samples rates > 64 KHz is now supported on the Mac