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Capturing a sequence
I have imported an omf from an offline I did in Avid, this is all fine worked a treat, looks like it has maintained all the edits etc. I only want to now recapture my sequence with say 2 second handles, but Final cut wants to capture all my stock instead.
I am highlighting the sequence then just hitting batch capture like you would in Avid.
I also tried going to media manager and duplicating the project and checking the delete unused media button!!!!(even though there is no media).
I also tried highlighting the clips in the timeline then hitting batch capture.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am about to try and export and edl from final cut and then importing that but this is obviously stupid as I am having to export form an import ha ha confused yet?. I know I am being a dope I have all the manuals out in fornt of me and I can’t seem to unearth the information. Although the manuals are really good.
Cheers Chossy 😀
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When you brought the OMF in from AVID, you should have only selected the Timeline to export. We do this all the time with AVID editors. If they only export the timeline, FCP only captures exactly what’s needed for the timeline. If they export the entire project, then FCP wants to capture the entire project.
[chossy] “I also tried going to media manager and duplicating the project and checking the delete unused media button!!!!(even though there is no media).”
You don’t duplicate the media. You just select the Sequence itself and let MM make a new project with ONLY the footage in the timeline. That should work.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Thank you for your response.
If you get this all the time from avid editors could you tell me what file you recieve from them and how you import it please?.
I am exporting an omf2 and using automatic duck to import.Thanks for your help.
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Chossy,
Media Management (or sequence management seeing that the media isn’t even avaiable yet!) like this in FCP is a Pig. If you still have the avid handy select the sequence you want to recapture duplicate it then decompose it with 50 frame handles. This breaks the link between the long original clips.
This saves doing all the massive workarounds in FCP.
Paul
Freelance DS/Symphony
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cheers man I will give it a go, we have two avids and two final cuts I am trying to use automatic duck to enable us to have three online suites instead of just one for avid and two for fcpro.
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WICKED it worked a treat 😀 thank you very much Paul I really appreciate your help. decompose takes no time aswell.
Thanks again Paul what a great help, also thanks to creativecow for providing this wonderful forum. -
[chossy] “I am exporting an omf2 and using automatic duck to import.”
Yep, that’s it. Same workflow
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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