Avid Xpress Pro HD and Full Screen Playback

My favorite feature of the latest version of Avid Xpress Pro HD 5.64 is the full screen playback. It is great to be able to view your video on a full monitor. This really takes advantage of two monitors, if you are using one monitor you may want to consider getting a second monitor just for this feature alone. I thought a rundown of the settings would be important for an introduction to this great feature:

1. Scaling: Select the desired scaling.
-Project uses the actual project type and monitor aspect ratio to determine the scaling
-4x3 (Standard) If you are editing an HD project that contains a lot of SD material that is being stretched to fit the 16x9 aspect ratio, you might want to select this scaling option, letting you restore its original aspect ratio.·
-16x9 (Widescreen) If you are in a 4x3 SD project, working with actual wide-screen material (such as 16x9 material captured by a DV Camcorder); you can select this option to display the material as 16x9 wide-screen.
-Raw Pixel allows you to see the frame in the full screen window, pixel for pixel, with no scaling. If the image is larger, it is scaled to fit the screen. This is only useful when viewing SD in which pixels are non-square. Raw Pixel Aspect ratio is slightly wider than 4x3.

2. Full Screen :By default, Full Screen is enabled. Disable this option to view the video on the full screen window with as little scaling as possible. The application will try to display the image at its native height, and then match the width of the height using the Aspect Ratio selection from above. Turning off Full Screen and working in Draft quality (green/yellow) mode or Best Performance (yellow/yellow) mode can also improve performance with some older video cards, which do not have the highest pixel shader processing power.

3.Display Both Fields: Select this option when the system is connected to an interlaced display. If a progressive display (for example, an LCD monitor) is connected to the graphic card's video output and you select this option, tooth combing will appear in an interlaced image.

4.Current Monitor Position: You can choose the monitor where you want to see the full-screen playback. Drag the entire Full Screen Playback Settings dialog box to the desired monitor, and then click Select Monitor. (Macintosh only) If two or more graphics cards are installed, select a monitor that is connected to the primary graphics adapter.

Stay tuned for more about this great new Avid Xpress Pro HD feature.