Advice on project settings and workflow

[Paul Escandon]

You’re going to have a hard time working with the footage since FCP is not optimized to work with Photo JPEG in real time.. but it’s definitely possible.

Create a new sequence and go to sequence settings and match your sequence settings to the type of file format. An easier way to do this in Final Cut 6 is to drag your footage onto a blank timeline and it should auto-conform. You can edit away (albeit you’ll probably need to render often) and then out put a Quicktime when you’re done.

The only thing I think FCP might have a hard time with is the AAC… you might have to do some trial and error with that.

See if that workflow works for you.

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Paul Escandon – Lead Editor @ Outdoor Channel
Producer | Director – Oremus Productions
http://www.oremusproductions.com
Apple Certified Trainer – Final Cut Pro
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Adjunct Professor of Media
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[Sean Kapleton]

Hey thanks for the reply

I am still not sure what type of project it should be – i know that in sequence setting the compressor should be set to photo jpeg but what type of other setting adjustments should be made – i.e. frame size. AND more importantly what type of project should it be (DV, DVCPRO, etc…) I have also never cut something at PAL so i will have to i guess find out exactly how the client wants to get the final edit but for now i am under the impression that they want it back the same way they gave as I mention in my original post.

I know this is kind of a stupid question but i have never used this format of footage so i figured I would ask the experts and one else have advice?

thank you

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[Paul Escandon]

If you do the method I told you by creating a new sequence and dragging this Photo JPEG footage in – it should conform the sequence settings to match your footage the first time you bring it in (assuming you’re using FCP 6 which I believe you said you were).

You do already know what type of project settings you should have – you wrote it in your original post. Match the sequence settings to your footage:

Codec: Apple Photo – JPEG
Frame size 1024 x 576
Pixel aspect ratio: square (this is an assumption on my part)
Audio: 48KHz 24-bit
Field dominance: (depends on the type of footage you say you have)

If you’re not sure on all of these settings, then check the columns in the browser after brining your footage in – it should give you all of this information you are looking for to get your sequence set up correctly.

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Paul Escandon – Lead Editor @ Outdoor Channel
Producer | Director – Oremus Productions
http://www.oremusproductions.com
Apple Certified Trainer – Final Cut Pro
Adjunct Professor of Media – JPCU
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8Gb ram, ATI Radeon X1900 XT, 2TB internal RAID
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[Sean Kapleton]

ok thank you – if anyone else has advice or input to provide please feel free to drop some knowledge and school the youngin’

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