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FCP and XDCam Proxy editing
Hello All,
I am currently running into some troubles with editing proxie files from an XDCam deck. I admit, I am usually an AVID editor, but for an upcoming project I will be editing on both an avid and FCP 5.1.4 platform and need to get finished sequences from FCP to Avid. In Avid we edit with Proxies and then online from there,linking to the fullres clips, and I had hoped to be able to quickly import proxies in FCP, do my editing, export an edl and then re-link to the proxies in the Avid. Am I dreaming? Has anyone been able to get close to doing this. I have my system able to import the full res XDcam clips, but I have no idea how to bring in and edit with the proxies. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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5 Replies
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This has always been a real issue with most people in FCP.
You can do this. Manually. Log your discs as normal using the Sony Transfer program. It will import your proxies to a folder that you designate in the preferences. From there, you will have to use this folder or copy all of your files to another folder. At that point, you can import these files and edit like normal, just at low res.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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editing with the proxies is a pain in the rear with FCP 5. despite intital promises to the contrary, Apple failed to deliver on this. I appreciate their viewpoint of “why edit proxies when we can handle the full res” but by supporting one workflow and not another they have failed to provide the choice that editors need. bummer. i’ve not tried it with FCP 6.
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Thank you for the information
Lisa
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hi lisa–you sound adventurous! i think you may run into some metadata issues trying to get both avid & fcp to speak the same language. i might try to backup with an ‘edl.’ i know it’s old school but may be your best ‘workflow’ at this time. when you import the edl try to ‘conform/upres’ your sequence?
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The problem with editing proxies in FCP is that there is no “batch import” function, as in Avid. When you do the full-res conform in FCP, you have to import all the full-res files anyway and then relink, so what’s the advantage over simply editing in full-res to start with?
A better option is to import all full-res clips in the Sony software. If you want to edit with low-res, then don’t use the proxies, but rather use Media Manager to recompress to something like Offline RT. In the end, relink to the full-res media.
If you are trying to edit low-res on FCP and full-res on vid, you may run into a number of issues with tapes names, TC, etc. Better to cut full-res in FCP and then move self-contained files for the complete timeline over to Avid. It’s possible that Avid’s batch import will link to the raw files, but I haven’t tried that.
Again, you’d be linking to full files and not partial files, though. Also note that if you are working with any over or under-cranked footage, Avid will not batch import partial files. FCP also uses a different codec for these, which is RAM-intensive on HD.
Sincerely,
OliverOliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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