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720p60 HD to PC Workflow for After Effects
I’ve just been asked to do the special effects sequences for a music video. however the firewire drive I was given just has the P2 captures in their native format. (unreadable by my PC avid xpress pro or adobe premiere).
also, there are 3 days worth of shooting on this drive. (90+ gig — at least 2/3 was shot in 720p60 slow motion.) I just searched and found that my PC will never play DVCProHD files. if I have the editor export the files in QT animation/lossless, the drive space would be massive. I only have about 200 gig free to play with.
what should my workflow be from here? I just need to get high quality images to do my effects on (in after effects) and then give back to the editor. (who’s running FCP 5.1)
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You can use Raylight to import the video into After Effects in windows, then when its done use Raylight again (P2 Maker) to author MXF files for import into FCP.
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marcus,
raylight seems to be the promised land. but for now, I don’t have the $$$.
is there a preferred workflow that effects editors/compositors use when working with P2 footage on PCs. (ie, render to PNG sequences, etc.)
oh && – does the raylight demo watermark or have limited features? if not, it might be worth trying on this project and seeing about purchasing it later.
thanks.
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The format’s too new to have an established workflow. The Raylight demo is watermarked, yes. However you can use it to build your project and then install the release version before the final render without having to re-do anything.
Also DVFilm Maker ($145) will convert MXF files to uncompressed AVI or quicktime and then you can use File->Export to make an image file sequence.
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thanks marcus. I just ended up having the producer re-render the DVCProHD files as QTs (animation lossless). they’re huge, but workable.
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When ever I need to composite files from editors they typically try to give me Quicktime Reference from Avid, but has been a hassle due to different network mounted drives which make all the references break. If you get a QT Reference then make sure you get all the source files and that they are where you can easily access them. Personally I started having them render to Quicktime with the PNG Codec. It is a lossless codec that has made files 1/6th-1/10th the size of an Animation encoded file.
Hope this helps,
-Eric
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