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Importing reference QT
OK, I am onlining on a Avid after a pretty long hiatus from doing so. I have been doing onlines with FCP for the past few years, so…bear with me.
When I export an OMF I output the OMF and an MPEG-4 QT low res with burned in TC for video reference. Well, when I online in FCP I import that low res QT file and put it on a top layer, reduce the opacity to 40-50% and use that as my guide to see if I have the right footage captured (reel name issues) or if sync has slipped, or speed changes are done right, to redo still moves…all that.
So, I want to take the same approach with Avid. Using 3.0.5 on a MacPro, Adrenaline box… I’d like to import it as DNxHD36 or some lower res file, rather than full 145…as that might take forever, and eat up a healthy chunk of space, as this is an hour long file. But when I look at the import options, I don’t se DNxHD36.
Do I need to make a new project with those settings, then import, and bring over the bin? Will mixing resolutions like this work? Or is there another thing that people do to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Shane
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Shane,
I think you can just go to your media creation settings and change you resolution to DNxHD 36. Do your 1 hour clip import and then change them back so that everything else you bring in is not at a lower res. Note, you can’t use DNxHD 36 on 60i projects though, just 145 or 220, so maybe use at 10:1 or something else small. Good Luck. -
Ahhh…that’s why I don’t see it. 10:1 isn’t an option, only 145, 220, 220 X, 1:1 and 1:1 10b.
Guess I’m stuck with 145…
Thanks
Shane
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Make sure you’re in an SD project type to see the SD resolutions.
Michael
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Who cares about the 145?
Datarate is still very well managable, and the total amount of data aint that much…
(145 is less than uncompressed 8 bit SD…)Bouke
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It takes time…that’s the biggest thing. It took a LOT less time to get it to 10:1 that it would have to 145. Time is money, and this is just a REFERENCE QT to see if all the shots are right.
I got it figured out.
Shane
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If you don’t mind sharing, Shane, what did you workflow end up being?
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I made a new project, settings of 30i NTSC, and imported the video file as 10:1. But on the Avid forums (the ones on the Avid site), it was suggested that I change the settings in the project to 30i, import the file, then change back to 1080i. That would have been slicker.
Shane
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This may be too late for you know, but for next time: (or for anyone else)
If possible try to export the reference shot file from your offline machine in an avid codec. That way avid will do a ‘fast import’ which is massively quicker than the normal one. A fast import will just change the file’s wrapper to MXF and move it into the Avid Mediafiles folder.
You need to tick the 601/709 aspect ratio/colour space in the import options for this to work too.
And you may remember this from your old avid days, but another good way of checking shots that I used to do is to put the reference video in the source monitor, line it up with the sequence in the record monitor, and gang the two together.
Then use >> (fast forward) to quickly jump to every first frame of each shot. (make sure ignore track selectors options is ticked)Actually I guess this might work on FCP too.. 🙂
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DNxHD36 is only available in 23p/24p/25p projects.
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