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MXF workflow
All:
I was recently given a project shot on a Canon XF305 which has now introduced me to MXF containers. My question: how do you manage these things?
Every time the camera folders within folders are created; one of the subfolders containing my video. I must navigater through the folders to get to the clip, determine if it’s what I want, drag it to the timeline and open the next set of folders. The process is killing my productivity. I’ve done some online research in an attempt to improve my workflow, but have been unsuccessful so far. Any sage advice would be welcome.
On the positive side I was able to pull some pretty awesome keys from the footage shot on that camera. Gotta love the improved bandwidth and 4:2:2 colorspace.
I’m using CS5 Production Premium on a Dell 8100 Core i5 – 8 Gigs RAM; Windows 7 64-bit
TIA
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4 Replies
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Just grab the whole folder and import it…i do this with XDcam and P2. Ppro keeps what it recognizes and ignores the rest….
TimK,
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If you want to check media before instead if importing it all then use the media browser panel to navigate to re start if the folder structure. It will recognize the P2 structure an just show you the full list of shot as icon clips to open in source to check and then drag them to the project panel to import them. It’s has auto intelligent folder structure for P2, red, xdcam etc. Really easy way to see shots embedded in a heap of structure.
Jon Barrie
aJBprods
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^ Media Browser Panel is the way to go.
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All:
Thanks for the tip on the media browser. I got back into my project was able to vastly improve my workflow.
Thanks again for teaching an old dog a new (or probably rather old) trick.
Nomr
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