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Archiving a cameraman/documentary filmmaker’s life’s work
How do folks create footage logs for posterity? In case they ever want to dive back into the footage and find a shot?
I used to have a Filemaker pro-based system that captured an image as well as TC and searchable key-words. But the old logs can’t even be opened in the current version of FP. I have old project files with key-words and logs from older versions of premiere, Media 100, FCP7, Avid, etc. I can’t even open them now to port them to a newer edit program.
Finding a phrase from an old interview is actually easier than finding a shot if you have transcripts – the search function can find a phrase from any text document.
Suggestions? Is there a program that can grab some frames – perhaps 10 per 60 minute reel – that would create a visual archive I could flip through? Perhaps something that could also generate a print copy? Perhaps allow me to post images to the web and create a searchable database there? Photo management software that also might create video thumbnails?
Thanks.
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1 Reply
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Dan,
Have you looked at CatDV.
Chuck
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