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Creating P2 dailies with FCP
Hi!
I am wondering if anyone out there has a fast workflow for creating dailies (with timecode burn) using P2 footage and Final Cut Pro.
I am receiving the P2 card content on a hard drive of the days shoot.
At this time my workflow is:
log and transfer the footage
place in timeline
remove aux timecode audio track
Add timecode reader to all clips
render (this can take up to 5 hours)
play out of timeline through my Kona card to a DVD recorder.This process is taking me almost 8 hours.
Any help or insight would be great!!!!
Thanks,
Sarah
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7 Replies
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Dailies must be on DVD?
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Yes. This is what they would prefer.
Thanks for the quick response!
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I have a method for you, not sure how much faster it would be.
What’s the general run time of the footage?
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Awesome!
We go between 3-5 hours of footage as it’s a two camera shoot.
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Look into ProxyMill from Imagine Products.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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I second what Steve recommends. This application makes proxy files with timecode windows while you are backing up the footage. In the background. This will produce quicktime movies that you can hand over to the producers at the end of the shoot.
If they insist on PLAYABLE DVDs…well…that takes time. If you had a capture card and DVD Recorder, that might go faster, but still, that ties up a machine for a long time making dailies. Ask if they would go for Quicktime movies. They can watch those on their laptops.
Shane
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Proxy Mill is one way, but if going to DVD, this is what I would do.
Log and Transfer the footage.
Then in compressor, make an mpeg2 preset, that includes a timecode filter (found in compressor filters) and make a droplet.
Then grab the files from your capture scratch and drag them on to the droplet.
Once you get the m2v and ac3 files, take them over to DVD Studio Pro, string them out on a timeline and burn a DVD.
This saves the rendering step in FCP as the tc burn will be created while compressing. You must use the files from the capture scratch, rather than exprting from an fcp timeline in order to keep the clip tc.
Like I said, not sure how much faster it would be, but I bet it would save a bit fo time if you have a fast machine and compressor is setup with a virtual cluster.
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