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Match framing from SUBCLIP to MASTER CLIP?
Any of you ex-AVID editors know if FCP offers a simple way to match-frame from a subclip to it’s master clip? I’m starting to hear some rumors that subclips in FCP are very very bad things and I’m starting to get a little scared! Certainly, they didn’t screw subclips up did they??
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well, you could use Apple-Option-F which match frames frames to the original source clip … same same but different.
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Michael,
I’m intrigued to hear why you’re working on FCP. Last time I saw you, you were touting Sony’s XPRI at NAB. What inspired the move?
As for matching back, a lot of people don’t understand that if your bin is not in your project, FCP will NOT open or find that bin. There is a function called “reveal in finder” which WILL show you where the original clip lives. FCP’s approach to media management is significantly different than an Avid.
Also, make sure you have the most recent version of FCP (5.03) which address some peculiarities of multicam matchback.Mark Raudonis
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“I’m intrigued to hear why you’re working on FCP. Last time I saw you, you were touting Sony’s XPRI at NAB. What inspired the move?”
I haven’t abandoned XPRI or any other platform in order to cut of FCP (I still own and use a couple of Avids), the time was just right to plunge in, learn it and have it as another tool in my arsenal. An existing client of mine approached me with a project that they wanted me to cut, and the director had already started cutting on FCP. After weighing the pros and cons of staying on FCP or moving to another platform, I decided that enough work had already been done that warranted continuing on the same platform. So I decided to ante up some cash and buy a system of my own.
Overall, I’m very pleased with how it performs as an offline system, though I am making a list of gripes that I’d like to see sorted out. How it performs as an online system is yet to be determined, but I can tell you that even now, I miss the realtime capabilities of the XPRI! You don’t know how much you miss something until it’s gone! However, I’ve learned to enjoy the coffee (or lunch) breaks that naturally occur when you have to render something. I just click the RENDER button, get in my car, and head for the beach!
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Michael,
I’m not familiar with Sony’s XPRI. Could you tell me how much
a system costs that would allow you to capture DigiBeta SDI
at uncompressed 10 bit with embedded audio, and then output same back from
a sequence? The program, the box it runs on, any associated
cards one would need? Drives, I assume, could be SCSI or Fiber
or SATA?I know the cost difference between AVID Media Composer and FCP
because we have both. The difference in cost is pretty
significant but when you need realtime performance
the costs are perhaps justified. Just wondering about the Sony
system you are talking about.Thanks,
Dan
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