I Need Help

[Gary Kleiner]

You can Save As an AAF file, but you will need Automatic Duck on the FCP side.

Can you just make a Quicktime of the whole project so it will open in FCP, or does the edit need to be tweaked there?

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com

[Mike Kujbida]

If it’s acceptable, just do a Print-To-Tape and recapture it in FCP.

[Bernard Ageeb]

Hi Gary, Thats for fast response. I see there are two .aaf to choose from. Do i use the Edit protocol Compliant .aaf file? What is Automatic Duck and where i can get it? Yes they have to clean up audio, video etc. I need all the layers as in vegas. Thanks

Bernard

[Gary Kleiner]

[Bernard] “Do i use the Edit protocol Compliant .aaf file?”

Yes.

As for Automatic Duck, it is a fairly expensive piece of software. I’m sure you can find out more through Google.

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com

[Bernard Ageeb]

Thanks Gary for the info. Will i have to format my pc footage to mac?

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

You don’t need AAF, nor Duck, particularly if this is an HD file, depending on the final delivery point/format.
You can export to XDCAM, for example, and FCP will open it straight.
You can export to QT and FCP will open it as well, unless it’s a long-form QT. Vegas seems to have issues with some codecs and lengthy QT files.

The *easiest* method of doing this IMO, is as Mike K recommends; do a print to tape. I’ve done it straight from a PC to my MacBook Pro so it’s a single pass, never going to tape. This is format dependent.
Another option, but the slowest, is to export a sequential TGA or PNG. I wouldn’t do this for long segments.

Do you need to keep the project in an unfinished format so you can swap back and forth between Vegas and FCP? Or have you rough cut in Vegas and want to finish in FCP? It’s very challenging to attempt a constant swap/share between Vegas and FCP (or FCP and anything else). You’ll do best to export a file from Vegas that is as polished as you want Vegas to take it, and finish in FCP from there, or vice versa.
if it’s cuts-only, you could also export a text EDL that FCP should read (been a while since I’ve done this, and I remember there were a couple of hiccups, but it did work). Dennis Kutchera once had a good article on EDLs, Avid, and FCP, I’m sure it’s still around.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST
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[Bernard Ageeb]

Hi Douglas, The movie is 93min long. The audio is going to be dolby -e surround/video converted to 35mm. If we know that the company are all on mac’s and we can’t move it to fcp, then we would have used fcp. Thats where we messed up.

Bernard

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Two primary questions then:
1-What is the source footage of the project?
2-What status is the project currently?

For example, you might export the video as a single file from Vegas, with a reference audio track, and finish the audio mix in FCP, doing the export for Dolby E from there.
If you could provide an idea of what you’ve done in Vegas, what needs to be done before final output (if anything), etc. The current state of the project in Vegas could have a lot to do with the complexity of the transfer to FCP.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST
Aerial Camera

[Terry Esslinger]

OK guys,
Being totally unfamiliar with FCP but fairly familiar with Vegas – and just an amatuer, what can FCP do that Vegas can’t that you would want to take a project from Vegas to FCP before final output?

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Once you’ve started the editing process, there isn’t a lot of sense moving from one to the other. However, at this time FCP has a few advantages, such as 10bit for heavy color grading, and comes in a suite that has some very good compositing tools, titling tools, and some other goodies. As a personal-only editor, IMO it has a lot to be desired. In a multi-user workflow, it has some benefits.
All NLE’s today are pretty darn good, and only a fool discounts them against each other. They’re tools in the box. Vegas just happens to be my favorite hammer, screwdriver, paintbrush, and power saw. 🙂

Douglas Spotted Eagle
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