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Movie mashup advice – ripping on Handbrake –> FCP
Hi,
This may be too general of a question, but i need some advice before diving into my next project. I’m a beginning film student (re: noob) w/ access to to Final Cut Pro v 6.
I’m making a video mash-up wherein i’ll need to rip and import into FC scenes from about 20 DVDs. I plan on ripping w/ HandBrake, converting the mp4 to .mov in quicktime, then importing.
I’ll be using a mix of wide and standard screen DVDs to rip. For instance, I started w/ Rushmore (widescreen) and the Shining (standard?) tonight – here are their picture settings in HandBrake
Rushmore Shining
Source: 720×480 720×480
Output: 720×272 640×480
Anamorphic: 640×272 strics noneBoth had FPS of 23.976 (NTSC)
So my basic question is, how should I be ripping my clips in order to make combine these various films? I suppose it’s fine for the image size to be changing throughout my mashup w/ a black background, if that’s a possibility.
Also, what video/audio settings should I apply to my FC project in order integrate these rips?
Thanks a TON for your advice
-Vince
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6 Replies
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Handbrake is for ripping for your iPod, not for ripping to a codec FCP can use. For that you need MPEG Streamclip or DVDxDV.com
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As a beginning film student, you should be aware of these concepts:
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FYI
Last year I had a client send me some rips from Handbrake, I had to use MPEG Streamclip to convert them to files FCP could use, and they looked marginal at best. They did work okay in After Effects, but Handbrake is really lousy for professional work.
Have a wonderful day.
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copyright shmoppyright, he’s a student. That’s fair use:
https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
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thanks for the advice!
vince
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Mactheripper and Cinematize work great together, rip it, then in Cinematize you can make selects, customize the format/codec and frame rate you want to work in, and load it up in FCP. You can export to anything from DV to HD depending on which version you get.
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