Up to now, to install our free 00 - Declic Video transitions in AVID Studio, it was necessary to have a version of Pinnacle Studio installed on the same computer. But we felt that more and more we would have users who would start directly with Avid Studio and we still wanted to offer our free transitions.

Step 1 : Some technical

To display a transition Avid Studio needs :

• The components of the transition (objects images and effects);
• The transition thumbnail;
• The transition xml file.

1. When you uncompress a HFZ file (see our tutorial "Tuto-1 Files with .HFZ extension"), the components of the transition are installed in folder Users\Public\Documents Publics\Pinnacle\Content\HollywoodFX.
2. The transition thumbnail is created by Pinnacle Studio (that you don't have);
3. The xml file is created by Pinnacle Studio (that you don't have).

AVID Studio knows ohow to retrieve components of the transition that you have downloaded on our site and uncompressed on your computer. But it lacks thumbnails and xml files. This is where we will help you providing thumbnails and xml files of transitions downloaded from our site. In case of problems when uncompressing, don't forget to read our tutorial "My HFX transitions create problems for me...".

Step 2 : Process to take advantage of our free transitions

We put at your disposal in our download page a file HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip. The 3 xxx corresponds to the last update of this file. Thus HFX-DVFX-AVID-356.zip will enable utilisation of all the transitions from 001 to 356 that you have uncompressed on your computer.

Exemple : You are interested by transitions 011, 056, 122, 253 and 352.

• Download these 5 transitions;
• Uncompress them;
• Install the file HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip (See Step 3);
• Install thumbnails and xml files using our batch program (See Step 4);
• AVID Studio will display these 5 transitions in Creative Elements\Transitions\User Transitions\00 - Declic Video of the library (See our news "AVID Studio, Pinnacle Studio and 00 - Declic-Video transitions").

Once you have installed the thumbnails and xml files, you will not need to reinstall the updated version of the file HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip until the number of your transition to be installed is less than the number xxx of the Zip file.

Step 3 : Installation of our file HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip

Create a dedicated folder in your computer. Record and uncompress in this folder the file HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip. The Zip file includes :

1. The file 00 - Declic Video.bmp which includes all thumbnails from 001 to xxx
2. The xml files of all transitions from 001 to xxx
3. An installation file INSTALL.BAT

Step 4 : Display 00 - Declic Video transitions in AVID Studio

1. In an administrator session or with UAC at lowest level (or desactivated in Vista), launch the INSTALL.BAT file by double-clicking its name.
2. Follow the instructions that appears in the Command window.

The program will open AVID Studio and delete old 00 - Declic Video files if they exist.

After a 40 seconds duration, the program will load the new files.

The batch program will ask you to press a key and inform you that within a few seconds your 00 - Declic Video transitions will appear in AVID Studio.

IMPORTANT WARNING : After installation of HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip file you will enable Avid Studio to display all the transitions from 001 to xxx only if you have uncompressed corresponding HFZ files. AVID Studio will only display transitions that you have uncompressed in your computer.
Later, you will may be wish to download and install transition 380 for example... You will have to download the new HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip (with xxx equal or greater than 380) and launch again the batch program INSTALL.BAT.

Users of AVID Studio software without Pinnacle Studio, your favorite site has not forgotten you and gives you now the same benefit than all other users... Then enjoy, preview our free transitions and if you like them, feel free to download.

Thank you to all the guinea pigs volunteers who helped the development of this procedure, but I extend a big thank you especially to chris95 who has been the backbone of this development.

In summary:

• HFX-DVFX-AVID-xxx.zip install our free HFX transitions 'Déclic Vidéo' in AVID Studio if you do not have Pinnacle Studio
• Trans-HFX-AVID transfer our free HFX transitions 'Déclic Vidéo' in Avid Studio if you have Pinnacle Studio (for additional information, please read "AVID Studio, Pinnacle Studio et les transitions 'Déclic Vidéo' ").

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{Thanks to saby who translated this tutorial from french to english and cross-checked it}