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HDV Feature Film on Color Correction ( I hate Apple Color)
Hi,
I’m editing a feature film shot on JVC HDV 720p@24fps. I’m using FCS 2. But I find Apple Color, not so user friendly like After Effects.
So I want to do the entire CC in AFX. Will the QT export from FCP cause quality loss ?
Any suggestions ??, the film is about 90mins.
Thanks,
Raj
MacPro dual xeon, 4GB RAM
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5 Replies
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Another alternative is to buy Automatic Duck. It’s 500 bucks, but you won’t have to export a Quicktime from FCP since After Effects would import your original footage. If you plan on doing a lot of color correction/compositing with After Effects, I HIGHLY recommend getting it. It’ll be worth it in the long run.
Or, if you can’t afford it, I’d consider re-capturing like Dave suggested. Actually, even if you can afford the Duck, I’d consider re-capturing. I’ve never worked with HDV footage, but from what I’ve read in the forums, your render times will be quite long when you get around to exporting color corrected HDV footage.
Here’s a great article I found on when to capture native and when to capture in another codec.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/when_to_stay_native.html——————————
H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
kham4002@mac.com -
Rajarshi: If you can’t re-capture, then use Media Manager or Batch Export in Final Cut to convert your original footage to ProRes 422 or DVCPRO HD. (From what I’ve read, ProRes 422 is the better choice if it’s available to you. If you have Final Cut Pro 6, you’ve got ProRes 422.)
Here’s a short video about converting your project to ProRes 422 using the Media Manager:
https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/?movie=prores422——————————
H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
kham4002@mac.com -
Dave,
“instead of native HDV, which should be used ONLY as a capture codec”
You are saying, that I shouldn’t do CC on native HDV footage ? Why ? Previously I have done and faced no major problem.
Secondly, my edit is mainly cuts and a few dissolves. No effects. So maybe I can export using animation codec…(using QT conversion)…But what about exporting a reference QT HDV 720p file ???
Raj
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Hi Keith,
Why should I convert to DVCPro HD or ProRes ? Till now, I havent faced any problems working with or Color correcting HDV footage…
Maybe I should just buy Walter Biscardi’s DVD on Apple color 🙂
Raj
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I can’t really comment on color correcting HDV footage with Color since I’ve never done it. Perhaps sticking with HDV would be better.
But I do know that if you want to color correct using After Effects, you will want to use another codec like ProRes422. Otherwise, you will be looking at horrendously long render times for your final export.
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H. Keith Hamilton
Fellowship Bible Church (Day Job)
SkyGate Studios (Freelance)
kham4002@mac.com
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