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6hrs into first major FCPX project
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Good tip = thanks.
The audio on each 40 minute clip is used for the sync, but then dumped so that could well be a big help
Co-owner at Pollen Studio
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[Tom Sefton] “It’s a project for the Holocaust Centre in the UK, partnered with the Shoah foundation in the US. We are filming survivors of the holocaust with a stereo rig setup and 2 Red Dragon cameras at 4K. Each survivor tells their story for an hour, accompanied by keynote presentation (which will be added later) and we film them in our studio. The rest of the week is a series of Q&A sessions from questions harvested from schoolchildren that have met the survivor in the last few years. “
That sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing. X should be good for this, but it may well be a very taxing test to see how well X does. Good luck.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Tom Sefton] “We’ve encountered a lot of hiccups with Resolve, and quite a major one with audio but have lost a lot of faith in getting it sorted – after seeing what was possible in FCPX it became clear that it was not just a capable professional tool, but one that could save us time, which is valuable with a project of this size.”
Editing and especially audio is marginal with Resolve. It is NOT an editor.
[Tom Sefton] “2 things that would help us streamline further – if we could batch render a full timeline of clips without going through the export command line and rename function for each one, and if we could get past the laggy nature of FCPX after a couple of hours of editing.”
Look at the PrimariesExporter utility for timeline batch exports. FCP X is very laggy due to what most feel are RAM leaks. When you load a lot of footage, give it some time to index everything before you start editing. While you are editing, restart the application every couple of hours.
Are you working in a native 4K format, downsampling to HD or using a proxy workflow?
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com -
Tom, as you’re in London, there’s a very robust and active FCP X community there – many of whom work at a very high end of the production spectrum.
With such an important and meaningful project to accomplish, I suspect you could find a robust list of “call me if I can suggest something” X editors in your area.
If you’d like a few contact names at the BBC or ITV or in the Ad Agency area in London, drop me a line.
The database in X should really help you to cross-organize something like this. So don’t get frustrated. It’s all in there. And as everyone is saying, difinitely stop back and let us all know how things are going.
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Primaries exporter!!!!
Perfect app for this. This is only going to get faster!!
Co-owner at Pollen Studio
http://www.pollenstudio.co.uk -
Some pics from the first filming week – shows Red Dragon 3D rig, subject in chair and edit setup with first grading pass being done in Resolve
Just done first Event test with primaries exporter – so quick.
Co-owner at Pollen Studio
http://www.pollenstudio.co.uk -
Tom,
Thanks for sharing this. Always interested to hear about varying workflows and the challenges that come with them.
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