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I’ve moved an avid project via automatic duck and i’m now ready to redidge. The problem i’ve got is that when i go to batch capture the media usage runs to about 8TB and it say that there is about eighty hours of footage to capture. This is due to the fact that FCP is I guess trying, to capture the whole original clips. I’m sure i’m being an idiot but i cant for the life of me work out how to get FCP to just captrure the edit. I tried media manager but as all the clips are offline there is nothing really to delete. what am I doing wrong- this is just not helping my sunday hangover.
Keith
Dual 2ghz, FCP 5, BM HD, BM Multibridge, BM Hdlink, Xraid.
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Seems to me you need to consolidate the sequence in Avid, then use automatic duck for the transfer of the consolidated sequence. That sequence should only reference what it contains plus any handles added.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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The term in Avid would be to ‘decompose’ your sequence before export – with 50 frames handles. On Avid this does not do any timewasting media management that a consolidate would do – it just creates a new sequence with all media offline.
Paul
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okay that makes sense but surely there is a way of doing this in FCP? Why do I need to return to the avid? If i absolutely have to i can, but it would save alot of time if i could do it in the FCP suite.
Keith
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A couple of thoughts:
Create new master clips from the sequence. It’s under the tools menu. I think this will trim the clips to the cut duration.
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Select the sequence in the bin, in media manager switch the dropdown menu to create offline. Then delete unused material. Change your handles. I think this will work with an offline timeline.
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Export your sequence using XML – this will keep your effects etc where an EDL wouldn’t. Re-import it and create new master clips.
Hope these work. Sorry I don’t have time to test them myself right now.
W
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Thanks for the correction! You are right it’s decompose (been 4 years now since avid days).. always was a scary sounding thing to do too! But other than an XML export/import, it’s the only way to do this without recapturing it all. FCP has to have the media online and connected to any sequence to perform basically, the same thing.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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