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Constant (Automatically) Scrolling Timeline
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[Chi-Ho Lee] “Even If I’m capturing a whole tape, I’ll still log it and mark in at the head and out at the tail, then either capture clip or batch.”
Same here. I started doing that around 4.0, maybe. Capture now has it’s own set of issues. The endlessly spinning beach ball is probably the worst.
Also, if you have a problem with the actual media on the tape, which always seems to be near the end, you’ll only be losing the time it takes to digitize 1 or 2 clips, not the entire tape.
Arnie
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I try to do small chunks…even breaking interviews up into 10 to 15 minute clips. Because if the capture gets interrupted for any reason, the most I have to recapture is 15 min, most time I lose is 30 min. If I am 50 min into an hour tape and something happens, I lost not only that first 50 min, but the next 50 min because I have to recapture. God forbid it drops out again.
I do this because that exact thing has happened….50 min into a capture it stopped, dropped frames. I tried again…BOOM, same thing. I lost 3 hours trying to get one stupid tape into the computer. I found that it was a wrinkle on the tape that broke the cadence, so I had to log and capture around it.
Still…I find logging and capturing ends up saving more time in the long run…organization saves a lot of time.
Shane
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yup, I too love the way AVID handle this and think FCP could so so much better in this regard
you’re given a rough tape log of clips that need digitising for the piece, you import the ALE or just type in the timecodes to generate the log, then hit Batch Digitise and you’re away … this will often be the first time you see the footage for yourself, and as it plays into the system you can bash away on the keyboard naming clips and adding log notes and adding markers on the fly. this is exactly the kind of functionality that always set AVID apart from FCP.
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I never digitize more than 5 min at a time either. I think we’ve all lost stuff. So, when I’m digitizing, I can easily separate it into clips that work for the project. This let’s me file manage it and take notes while I grab the footage.
Ernie Santella
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… but then I never liked the scrolling timelines at all, way too distracting. give us instead a timeline that simply refreshes (page left/right)when the playhead reaches the extent of the displayed region, much nicer. different strokes for different folks, its way past time we had a much deeper preference set.
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Andy, do you use an Apple Mighty Mouse? You can easily scroll the timeline with the tiny trackball on the mouse. This way you can do it as needed. I like that feature.
Ernie Santella
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>give us instead a timeline that simply refreshes (page left/right)when the playhead reaches >the extent of the displayed region, much nicer
Very simple and low overhead solution Andy. I LIKE it.
You know that log and capture stuff? Was beaten into my head in Avid Boot Camp. Short, individual takes are preferable for all the reasons that Arnie mentioned. The most important thing? FCP functions so much better in so many ways with short clips. It always has. Workflow is so much better. FCP was written in the era of short clips.
If you capture and log ADHD style, it’s all good. At the very least, it’s worth the time to media manage into smaller chunks to keep the FCP engine hummin’.
Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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