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G5 power mac
“I am using a G5 Quad PowerMac 2.5. Would I need Mac Intel to edit HDV footage, or DVCPro HD footage in AE? ” and how would I import P2 footage in FCP 6? In FCP 5 was file-import-panasonic P2 were is that in 6? can’t find it.
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I have that G5. I don’t edit HDV, but do DVCProHD. No problems with either though. Look under Log & Transfer in V6.
Final Cut Pro 6.0.5, Mac OS-X 10.5.6, Quicktime 7.6, Adobe Prod Prem CS4, G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe V6, 8.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800-GT 256MB, G-RAID 2x1TB FW800, 6TB RAID-5 (Enhance E8-ML, Highpoint 2322), Panasonic HVX-200P P2. Also MBP 17″ Core 2 Duo 2.5, 4GB, GeForce 8600M GT 512MB.
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[johnsabbath d’urzo] “Would I need Mac Intel to edit HDV footage, or DVCPro HD footage in AE?”
No.
[johnsabbath d’urzo] “how would I import P2 footage in FCP 6? “
File>>Log & Transfer
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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would I have to transfer the HDV footage to DVCPro HD for editing? would this footage be ok on Lacie firewire dirves at 7200rpm for playback. Is there anywhere I can find a good work flow for after effects, final cut pro and DVD studio pro using HDV and DVCpro HD?
I also have a Kona LHe when I am in FCP 6 and want to export footage to bring to after effects, the export options have Kona setting for DVCPro HD and HDV. There are also settings that say HDV and DVCpro HD on there own. What would be best to use?
Thank you David and Tom for your help
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I still cut on a Quad G5. I have done a little work with HDV material
timeline and rendering is really slow but it does work.Bill Moede
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[johnsabbath d’urzo] “would I have to transfer the HDV footage to DVCPro HD for editing?”
No, many people do because they don’t like working with HDV’s long-GOP files, not because they have to. However, compositing HDV in AE is not great, as HDV does get hit with rather massive compression at every step. So, if I were youm I would capture as Pro Res using Chris Poisson’s tutorial at https://library.creativecow.net/articles/poisson_chris/hdv-prores.php. Much of the documentary work I’m doing these days is HDV edited using precisely this workflow. The quality is superb, but keep in mind that recapturing is not possible using this method, so you might want to back up your media files to another firewire drive if that concerns you.
Hope this helps…
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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In FCP I imported some DVCPRO HD footage. Then exported using AJA DVCPRO HD codec.
Imported the footage in After Effects then did a render (comp 1920×1080 Square Pixels 29.97fps & render 1920×1080 lower field first 29.97fps codec DVCPro HDi60).When I bring the footage into FCP 6 and drop it into the timeline, I get a message that says make the timeline the same as the clip and I clicked OK. I checked the timeline settings and the clip was 1280×1080. I also checked the frame size that I imported and it was 1280. Went back to look at the After Effects project and everything was the same as mentioned above.
What is going on here?
Why would it change from 1920×1080 to 1280×1080? also what would be the difference between AJA codecs (DVCPRO HD) or the ones that come with apple?
Thank you
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The only thing I can think of is that because DVCProHD is an anamorphic format the anamorphic flag is being misinterpreted between AE and FCP.
DVCProHD at 1080i60 is 1440×1080 (upper field first), so your settings are not right and are creating confusion for both apps. I would suggest that you ask for the proper workflow in a separate post, as there are lots of people who output DVCProHD to AE all the time.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Sorry David, you are mistaken. DVCPRO HD at 1080 is 1280×1080. HDV and other normal anamorphic formats at 1080 are 1440×1080. Only DVCPRO HD is 1280×1080.
Why? Got me. How they save space and data rate.
Shane
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[Shane Ross] “Sorry David, you are mistaken. DVCPRO HD at 1080 is 1280×1080.”
Of course you’re right Shane… I quit using DVCProHD about two years ago and that part of my brain has obviously turned to mush.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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[Shane Ross] “Sorry David, you are mistaken. DVCPRO HD at 1080 is 1280×1080”
For NTSC this is correct.
For PAL, DVCPro HD 1080 is 1440 x 1080.
Same answer as yours. Why? Got me.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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