Video Quality menu for Avid Xpress
When using Avid Xpress or Media Composer, make sure you have the video quality menu button set to solid green when you are laying back to tape.

A critical mistake is to leave this button set to 'yellow' or 'yellow/green', because you won't be outputting at full quality.
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Solid Yellow: 1/16 single field quality (optimum for heavy effects editing with maximum real-time effects)
Yellow / Green: 1/4 single field quality (default setting)
Solid Green: Full Quality with both fields

