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Exportation to Pro Tools problem
I posted another question similar to this one a few days ago, and of course which should be easy has become hard, so here it goes.
I exported the entire project onto an external drive and handed it off to the audio tech: She then contacted me explaining that they were running FCP 5.0.4 and couldn’t open my project which has been created in 5.1.2 (free upgrade to 5.1.2 from 5.0.4 or do you have to pay?)I sent her an XML of the sequence, which she was able to open after quite a while of battling she said, but then emailed me with this, and I am not quite sure how to proceed:
Audio Tech: “Is there a way to export the final cut project in some kind of archive form where it puts all the required audio in a single folder as well as strips it from the quicktime movie clips? That would make finding the necessary audio much faster.”
Any suggestions?
Part two:
Audio Tech:” We could also simply resort to a standard embedded OMF from final cut with audio handles of 30 seconds. Probably have to do an OMF for each track in the sequence (so 8 omfs for 8 audio tracks) because the embedded OMF is limited to a 2 gig file size per OMF. And also make a DV stream quicktime of the video. Also when you export the picture please include audio so we have a sync reference.”
Does this seem like the best way to do this?
Thanks for any help in advance!
Jesus
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Hi,
that sounds like it’s going to work.
How long is your project? It may be worth creating an OMF of the whole project to see how big it is. You will of course have to find out which version OMF your audio tech requires. Then, as she says export a DV resolution Quicktime, with audio, for her sync reference movie. -
30 second handles for an OMF is incredibly long. Most sound editors I know want 2-10 second handles. FWIW, when I give sound to a mixer or sound editor, I simply give them an OMF and a copy of the picture in whatever codec they want.
Arnie
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I’m assuming these are professional audio folks? Why in the world do they need the Final Cut Pro project?
I send my audio designer an OMF with 1 second handles and an H.264 of the finished half hour show. He sends me back a full mix. We’ve been working together for about two years now and he’s been doing this much longer than that.
There’s ZERO need for the audio designers to have a Final Cut Pro project for a Pro Tools session. Sounds like she wants to keep referring to the Final Cut Pro project for audio files that are ALREADY in the OMF file.
My advice would be to find someone else who really understands what they are doing with Pro Tools and OMF.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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