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Large quicktime delivery method
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Send them a .tif or .tga image sequence for the picture and a .wav for the audio. Then you won’t have to worry about how the drive is formatted, since no single file will be anywhere near 4GB, and you won’t have to worry about compatibility, since the image sequence can be imported directly into most pro edit systems. Except FCP, for some reason.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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[Arnie Schlissel] “the image sequence can be imported directly into most pro edit systems. Except FCP, for some reason.”
Sure FXP can import sequential files, but it won’t collapse them into a single clip like many apps.
David Roth Weiss
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Dunno that this is the “best” way to do it, but Toast 8 will automatically span data over multiple DVDs for you.
Select Data DVD for “Mac & PC” and drag the items you need to burn to Toast, and the software calculate how many disks you’ll need. Feed it blanks until it’s done burning, and mail them off.
Your client will insert the first DVD and some sort of autoplay function will pop up and take them through the simple (but rather slow) process of offloading the data.
I’ve only done it twice now – from my FCP system to a PC with WinXP – and it’s worked fine both times. Not as professional as I’d like, but it could probably get you by in a pinch.
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[David Roth Weiss] “Sure FXP can import sequential files, but it won’t collapse them into a single clip like many apps.”
Right. If you want to do this in FCP, it would probably be best to open the image sequence in QT first, & then export it as a single movie.
It’s possible that whoever is receiving the show from Tim may have to do something similar, or maybe they can import the image sequence directly as a clip. Without knowing which NLE or finishing system Tim is going to, it’s hard to be specific for him, though.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog
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