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Final Cut DVCPRO HD to Avid transfer
I have finished editing my film in Final Cut and need to get it into Avid to have it put onto a D5 tape. I shot on the HVX on P2 cards the footage is DVCPRO HD 720p60. I tried exporting my sequence from final cut with these settings but when I tried to import into avid the video was a white screen. My question is how do I export from Final Cut in a way that will allow me to bring the file into Avid? I also want the highest possible quality. I don’t need to be able to edit my footage in Avid I just need it imported.
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The easiest thing to do is find a house that has Final Cut Pro with an AJA Kona board and just let them lay it off to D5 for you. You just make a self contained movie from the timeline.
CineFilm here in Atlanta can do this easily. They work with clients worldwide who ship QT’s on hard drives for layback to tape or even film outs.
Ask for Joe or Jim.
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Hello! I’m on the opposite end of this issue, where our Avid will not import the Quicktime file. I believe the issue is the Quicktime Codecs on the PC version. The Avid will import files with the Codecs that are installed in Quicktime, but several of them are apparently not the same (despite the name) when they come out of Final Cut Pro. Hence the audio works, but the video is blank.
If the project is not too long, you could try exporting with the “None” codec, which works well for 60 second things, maybe up to a few minutes. If Sorensen 3 is available, I like that one as well. Good luck!
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Download the Avid codecs and export to Avid’s DV100 (their DVCProHD codec), or a flavor of DNxHD.
Avid Codecs at bottom of page.
Michael
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I have to take it into Avid because I am a student and the school I go to uses Avid to layback to D5. They do it for free so Avid is my only option.
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Okay I downloaded the avid codecs but which one will be better the avid DV100 or the avid DNxHD? And what is the difference between the two? Thanks for your help.
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I would convert to Avid’s DNxHD codec. Better compression. Or, try both and see how they look.
Shane
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If you have everything at DVCProHD right now, DV100 should be fine. It should basically rewrap your file in a DVCProHD codec the Avid can read.
Otherwise, Shane’s right. DNxHD can offer less compression (but can’t improve beyond what you have now). If you go to DNxHD and you have a lot of graphics go to a DNxHD with an x after it (like DNxHD220x). The ‘x’ denotes 10-bit and will help with any complicated graphics you may have.
Michael
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