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output to DVCam
Hi all. I have a silly little output question. I have a one day gig coming up soon and I know that one of the things I’ll have to do is output to DVCam from FCP4.5. To save me any embarrasement once I get there, I’d like to have a basic idea of what to expect.
Is it best to Edit to Tape? Is Print to Video an option? The tape will already be black and coded and my guess is that they will want to have it start at a specific timecode. I don’t have a deck setup at home, so I can’t see the Edit to Tape options/steps/etc. Can anyone talk me thru what I should expect?
Thanks,
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[Suzanne] “Is it best to Edit to Tape? Is Print to Video an option? The tape will already be black and coded and my guess is that they will want to have it start at a specific timecode. I don’t have a deck setup at home, so I can’t see the Edit to Tape options/steps/etc. Can anyone talk me thru what I should expect? “
Perform an Edit to Tape. If the tape is blacked and codec, start your Timeline at the same timecode the tape starts at. Then you start your video at the proper timecode specified by the client. For instance, if the blacked tape starts at 00:00:00:00 and your client wants you to start the project 2 minutes in, then you create a timeline that starts at 00:00:00:00 but your first video appears at 00:02:00:00. For those first two minutes you’ll probably lay bars, slug and slate. After your edit is complete, you will probably set an In Point in your timeline at the start of the bars and then set a matching In Point in the Edit to Tape Window. Since the tape is blacked, you can perform an Insert Edit.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Thank you. This helps a lot. Just what I was looking for 🙂
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[Suzanne] “Thank you. This helps a lot. Just what I was looking for :)”
You’re welcome. Just read up on the procedure before you get there and I would put a bookmark in the manual on that section in case you have some problems. If you get the opportunity to do a test Edit to Tape, then do that as well.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Also…
Find out which DVCam deck you’ll be using. Not all work the same for insert editing.
If you are going Firewire to the deck, make sure the deck has a Firewire input and know where the menu setups are for switching the inputs. If it doesn’t have Firewire, be sure that you have the hardware to output from the Mac to the deck.
Try to give it a test run before doing the job for real.
And…when trying to match timecode, don’t forget to allow time for preroll when doing an edit to tape!
Tom
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