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FS700 Raw Files and FCPX
So I have a client who is shooting a series of spots using an FS700, an outboard recorder and handing me RAW files. Anyone worked with this in FCPX. Or (gasp) Premiere? MUCH rather stay in FCPX, so any information would be appreciated.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
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Which outboard recorder? “RAW” can mean a lot of things.
Noah
FCPWORKS – FCPX Workflow
Call Box Training -
I think the only RAW X can handle is r3d at this point. I don’t know if anyone else has written an importer.
You could probably start in Resolve, considering it handles a good amount of RAW from anywhere, make editable proxies, and then move back to Resolve for the grade, or if you want to stay in fcpx, Render out some sort of flat pass ProRes 444 files and grade the log in X.
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Right now the only recorder that can take RAW from the FS700 is the Odyssey 7Q and 7Q+, which I think is recording it at CinamaDNG RAW – that’s what Sony uses for RAW, right? I kind of forget.
Anyways, it’s a rough call getting that into FCPX from what I understand.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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It is the Odyssey. Is Premiere any better with this?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Premiere 6 up does handle Cinema DNG directly (as you would hope since it’s Adobe’s format).
Another option is to convert “raw” to ProRes so you can stay in FCPX. Lightpost handles this nicely.
Noah
FCPWORKS – FCPX Workflow
Call Box Training -
Sony has a software utility for this.
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/rawviewer
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Thanks Bruce. If I am reading the manual correctly, the FS700 RAW is an MXF file. We are shooting some test footage before client head to Louisiana. At least I will get the chance to test out a workflow for edit and color.
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Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
You don’t want to work in raw from this camera. I believe the 4K image from the Odyssey will be split into halves or quadrants as well. They offer conversion software. Generally the best plan is to convert to 4K ProRes4444 log-encoded master files. These become your camera masters and that’s what you’ll edit and master with. Resolve is good to use to prep these files. Then you can edit in anything you want.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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If I convert through the Sony utility to HD Pro Res, can Resolve get back to the RAW, or is it just not worth it to deal in RAW here?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Scott Witthaus] “can Resolve get back to the RAW, or is it just not worth it to deal in RAW here?”
In theory, yes, but there are a number of factors. If these are split image sequence files then there may be a problem. You will need to test the workflow. In reality, there’s little of no reason to go back to the raw, though. You probably won’t gain much.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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