Original Audio FCP 5

[John Fishback]

As I understand the process, exporting omfs from FCP just includes the audio in your timeline or section of the timeline defined by ins and outs. There are a couple of ways to give the editor more options. 1) Greatly increase the handles on export. This will give more room on the beginning and ending of each clip. 2) Drop all the original files at the end your timeline and they will be included in the omf. I’m not sure whether they will have the correct timecode (if they have timecode). 3) Just send the editor aiffs of all the original files.

I’m not sure why he wants these files. What you export (assuming you haven’t eq-ed, compressed or otherwise messed with the audio) is the same as the original files, just edited pieces of them. That’s why adding long handles might give the editor more leeway if he wants to slip tracks or fade them differently.

John

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[Gursimran Dhillon]

Hi John,

Well i did the editing for the film, and i was having a lot of problems with the audio cause there were a couple of fast clips and the audio wouldn’t stick together. So i basically edited to visuals and gave it to the sound guy OMF files for editing and since he doesn’t have some the audio clips he’s having a hard time recreating the sound. So he requested i give him all the audio in OMF so he can take a listed and work with them.
So i have been trying to figure out what to do with this to give it up to him.

Let me know if that makes sense, i was able to give him all sound in AIFF but he wants all OMF.

Thanks.

Dhillon

G.S. Dhillon
Canadian Bollywood Films
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