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Editing by the numbers
Hi All,
I’m just about to start an edit with 4 cameras and papers with timecode, an edl-sort of. I was wondering how to best get the timecode numbers into a ruff cut program? I know how to batch them all and I guess I could drag all the clips into a sequence to get a ruff assemble edit, but I’m sure there’s a more efficient way.Question 2: I’m using 4.5, but upgrading to 5 for the multicamera fuction during the project. Can I use the multicamera fuction from a 4.5 project upconverted to 5 or would I need to redig footage?
Thanks,
Todd at UCSB
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Papers with timecode…you mean a pseudo-paper edit? The client has given you TC where they want you to roughly cut the show? Or do these papers contain the TC of the footage they want you to capture? If it is the former, then use the numbers to make a rough cut. Don’t just drag the WHOLE clips. Use their TC guidelines and smooth out where you can. I am not sure about how to import a set of numbers as an EDL. By the time you format it properly and get it to work with the system, you could have cut it all by hand. But, I might be corrected…and gladly so.
As for question 2…don’t upgrade inthe middle of a project! Not good. Start with FCP 5. You might be able to get away with capturing the footage in FCP 4, then installing FCP 5 and working with it, but there have been many a tale of woe from those who upgraded mid-project. Don’t do it. Start with FCP 5. FCP 4.5 doesn’t have a multicamera function…only FCP 5 does. In FCP 4.5, we had to sync up the various takes onthe timeline and resize them and arrange them on the canvas so taht we could see them all at once. Took some time and rendering, but worked.
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