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Avid Behaving Badly #19: Instructions for Uninstalling Out of Date AMA Plug-ins Don't Exist

Seriously Avid, h ow is this acceptable?  The latest versions of Avid (8.6+) require brand new AMA plugins from nablit, ins tead of the old ones from Sony.  Okay, great.  The instructions for upgrading to the new plugins say, and I quote: Note: The nablet plug-ins and the legacy Sony plug-ins cannot coexist on the same system. Having them both installed will result in unpredictable behaviors of the editing application. Okay.  Um...  That sort of begs the question:  How do I uninstall the old Sony plug-ins? Maybe Avid's website will help (oh my god, I can't believe I just typed that sentence). Please uninstall previous AMA plugin, prior to installing any updated AMA plugin. Note : The nablet plug-ins and the legacy Sony plug-ins cannot coexist on the same system. Having them both installed will result in unpredictable behaviors of the editing application. So that's a no.  Well what the fuck, Avid?  You can't just tell me how to uninstall this shit?  Of course

Avid Behaving Badly #18: Avid AVC-Intra 100 Still Exists

Has anyone, in the last ten years, ever intentionally  used the Avid AVC-Intra 100 codec for fucking anything ?  Seriously.  I would love for someone to speak the fuck up here and tell me why this shit ass codec still exists.  Because holy fuck is it ever a shitty codec.  It's low res, poor quality, and has a huge file size.  There is literally zero reason you'd ever use it.  DNx36 is a baller-ass pimp codec in comparison, and don't even get me started on the best codec ever made, DNx145.  WHAT THE FUCK, AVID?  CLEAN YOUR FUCKING ROOM.  Seriously, there's so much old "legacy" bullshit in this program that just has no goddam reason for existing.  Just in case anyone from Avid is reading this, let me enlighten you: AVC-Intra 100.  Fuck you. Motion effects that aren't "Timewarp." Resize, reposition, etc. effects that aren't "3D Warp." For that matter, if you can promote the effect to anything, WHY FUCKING HAVE IT?  You know wha

Avid Behaving Badly #17: Caps lock disables when Launching the Title Tool

What the actual fuck, Avid. Why???  WHY!?!?  Why would you make it so that the button I press when I want CAPS to STAY THE FUCK ON disables itself every time I open the Title Tool Application? Jesus Christ, Avid. Jesus. Motherfucking. Christ. (Avid 8 only). UPDATE: As of Avid 8.5.6, there is an option to turn this "feature" off. Go to: Settings > General and then uncheck the box marked "Enable Caps-Lock Protection (clears and restores on focus change)." I wonder what other lovely "features" Avid has added lately without documenting them or including a means of changing them in the initial release? UGH.