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Avid & FCP
What is the best codec to use going to & from Avid MC 10.2 (os9) and FCP 5 (tiger)? My old Avid Meridian codec doesn’t seem to work w/QT 7. Is there a workaround?
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Animation Codec was designed for going from one platform to another without losing quality. A word of warning, the files sizes are HUGE.
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[Shane Ross] “A word of warning, the files sizes are HUGE.”
Beyond Huge. Render times are huge too. BUT, Animation codec is the way to go back and forth between AVID / FCP.
Or you could to a TIF Sequence too. Won’t affect the file size, but it also works.
Keep in mind that if you’re going to Windows you need to keep the file sizes below 2GB. I just ran into this absolutely wonderful feature in Windows. 🙂
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I know the files get huge. My main problem is time. I have to import QT into the Avid and a 3min QT can take 20 min to load. I’d love to use the Avid Meridian codec to go in & out just for times sake.
I like the Tif idea. Is it quick into Avid 10.2 mac OS9 (I know, OUTDATED, but it’s what I’m working with.
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[Walter Biscardi] “Keep in mind that if you’re going to Windows you need to keep the file sizes below 2GB. I just ran into this absolutely wonderful feature in Windows. :-)”
There is no file size limit in modern Windows – has not been since Windows 98. It is likely you where using an old file format.
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We use Animation all the time to go from either FCP or AE to an Avid. It is so much slower coming in to Avid if you don’t check the “Ignore Alpha” button in your import options. Avid will do 3 passes on this (QT Fill, RLE data, and something else… can’t remember) vs. just 1 pass if you don’t tell it to look for alpha. The only reason I mention this is that I see other Avid editors I work with that just leave their import options alone, and take up so much more space and time importing this way. Not to mention the always fabulous “Pre-computes can’t be loaded” message when you try to match frame. Don’t know if this applies to what you are doing, but the import is much faster without alpha. I would be suprised if a .tiff sequence comes in faster than a QT, but I haven’t used MC on a Mac for quite a few years.
Good luck!
-Todd Beabout
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Not just windows, with that vintage of AVID and OS I think the 2GB limit applies too.
Rob
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