Media relinking workflow

[Nick Meyers]

subclips might cause problems,
but then again, they are better behaved than they used to be,
and what can you do about it?

if it’s a movie you want it broken down into slates & takes.
if the Toronto Lab only captured whole tapes, and didn’t break them down for you,
you’ll have to use subclips.

the last time i had weird subclip/reconect problems was back in FCP4.5, i think
however, speed changes could still be problematic.
i cant really say, i m just trying to think of situations to look out for.
it would be a healthy attitude to NOT expect the reconnect to happen instantly.
who knows, it could take a day of checking and tweaking to make sure everything is ok.

you probably know, but FCP uses the FILE NAME to connect.
it cant look inside files and find reel# & TC like avid.

so don’t go changing those File Names, unless you tell the Toronto people about it, and get them to do exactly as you do.
risky

however, call the subclips whatever you like.

good luck,
nick

[Tony Markward]

Thanks for the advice, Nick. So as long as I don’t change the media file names, relinking won’t automatically become a big mess. That’s the answer I was hoping for.

Any other pointers appreciated.