Dailies workflow possible?

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Dailies workflow possible?

Posted by Wolf Austad on August 11, 2011 at 8:42 pm

Hi,

I’m wondering if it’s possible to use FCP X for ‘dailies’ workflow? F.ex. a very simple color correction of the footage. (I know that FCP X has very limited color correction.)

The requirements for dailies would be to render out the files with:

– Identical file names
– Identical timecode
– Identical audio

to the original camera files (doesn’t have to be the same codec or wrapper), but with some corrections like a color correction.

I was shown a workflow with FCP 7 where you color each clip, put them in a bin and then batch export. But rendering times in FCP 7 made this workflow a non-starter for all but the very shortest shoots. FCP X is supposed to render much faster, correct?

And yes, I tried to look at the FCP X manual, but that seems to have even more holes in it than the app itself!

I wouldn’t normally look at a tool like FCP X, but the other tools on the market in the lower end price category all have holes in them that doesn’t work for me. (Resolve = no audio passthrough, STORM = only RED so far). I was hoping that FCP X might be able to do until one of the other vendors have their tool up to speed.

Thanks in advance for all help.

Aasulv Wolf Austad, fnf
Director of Photography
Los Angeles based

Wolf Austad replied 14 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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Tom Wolsky
August 11, 2011 at 9:34 pm

“(I know that FCP X has very limited color correction.)”

Not so. In fact it has more sophisticated color correction than older versions.

There is no batch export function in FCP.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2011 “Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Wolf Austad
August 12, 2011 at 5:04 am

Thanks for taking your time to answer my question.

[Tom Wolsky]
Not so. In fact it has more sophisticated color correction than older versions.”

Yes, you are right. Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I was thinking about all the sessions I’ve supervised with a colorist using Color that came with the old version. Compared to that the color tools in the FCP X manual looked rather simplified. For the kind of dailies work I’m looking to do it seems the new FCP X color correction tools should be sufficient, though. 🙂

[Tom Wolsky]
There is no batch export function in FCP.”

I presume you mean FCP X? And since I got the attention of an expert: Is there is no other straight forward way of rendering out all clips with color correction and maintain clip names, camera TC and audio in FCP X?

Thanks,

Aasulv Wolf Austad, fnf
Director of Photography
Los Angeles based
Tom Wolsky
August 12, 2011 at 5:16 am

“Is there is no other straight forward way of rendering out all clips with color correction and maintain clip names, camera TC and audio in FCP X?”

No, there is no way to do that in the current version of FCP. You could color correct a clip and export it, but each clip would have to be done separately.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2011 “Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Wolf Austad
August 12, 2011 at 7:25 pm

Thank you, Tom!

Aasulv Wolf Austad, fnf
Director of Photography
Los Angeles based

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