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FCP to AVID to ?
I have 220 hours, 220 QT files, comprising MiniDV, DVCam, HDDV.
All sitting quite happily on a G-tech eSATA drive and backed up on LaCie FW Drives.
My Editor wishes to learn FCP, one of NZ’s top editors, with film & avid experience.
I need to set her up with a system to edit on, away from my own, as I continue to edit.
I am interested in options for FCP.
Do I buy an Apple MacBook Pro, but they don’t take eSATA, do I transfer all the material to a FW Drive?
That is one option. Of course I could simply give her my complete system with the eSATA drives and buy myself a MacBookPro, my 5 year old G4 Titanium PowerBook is starting to give me mini shocks . . . i know, get rid of it immediately. I have no experience of editing on a laptop and will my FCP Studio allow me two licences?
The other option is to transfer all the material to drives that are suitable for her AVID/PC System.
however she is realising it is time to bite the apple a day bullet, aka FCP.
Now, what issues does that raise?
Compatability of files, etc? I have not edited anything yet. Simply ingested complete tapes at full res.
Anyone brave enough to attempt to guide me? With thanks in anticipation, Richard. non tech guruRichard Clark’s kiwicafe.com
Film Editor & . . .
https://kiwicafe.blogspot.com/
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“Do I buy an Apple MacBook Pro, but they don’t take eSATA”
You can get an eSATA ExpressCard adaptor.
FCP will allow two installs as long as one machine is a laptop and the other is a desktop and you own them both. Two laptop installs are not allowed under the terms of the license.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Yeah I think it’s best to buy an eSata Express card.
Importing 220h of quicktimes into Avid will take a very long time, since Avid will recompress every file using the Avid codec. You also need to make an ALE first using other software, because quicktime timecode isn’t kept during import.
Best to let her learn FCP instead 🙂
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many thanks Tom and Alain, i will let you know how I go, cheers, Richard.
Richard Clark’s kiwicafe.com
Film Editor & . . .
https://kiwicafe.blogspot.com/
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unfortunately Tom, I have been told that eSATA Express on a MacBookPro won’t work with my G-Tech’s as they are Raid arrayed, any thoughts? many thanks, Richard.
Richard Clark’s kiwicafe.com
Film Editor & . . .
https://kiwicafe.blogspot.com/
NZ & US & . . . -
Hi Richard,
All the HDs I use with with my MBP are set as RAID.
I’m using a CalDigit and a couple of LaCie set as RAID 0.
They fly when connected to the MBP through eSATA with the Express adaptor.
rafael
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