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P2 transfer to Final Cut Pro
Hello,
I am working on a short TV/Web series, and we’re working with a Panasonic Camera with P2 capability. I was wondering, when I transfer from the P2 card to Final Cut Pro, is there anyway to have the sytem automatically generate the name of the shot and take, or do I have to do it manually each time? I.E. when I am in the” import panasonic P2″ window under name I always switch it to 35-01 (35 being the reel number, and 01 being the take)…is there anyway I can have this done automatically or do I have to continue doing this manually? thanks in advance for the help.
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Get Raylight.
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Raylight can automate this process for you, if you use the Type II metadata User Clip Name feature. The camera can generate a unique name for each clip based on what you specify, and auto-increment a counter (so you set a base name of, say, “Day 4 Shot “, and the camera creates “Day 4 Shot 1”, then “Day 4 Shot 2”, etc).
FCP doesn’t use the metadata. Raylight can use that metadata and name your clips according to the User Clip Name. It may not be a perfect solution, but it will certainly get you closer.
For info on the User Clip Name feature, see this article:
https://dvxuser.com/jason/P2-Name-article/For info on Raylight, see http://www.dvfilm.com/raylight
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Barry, can the naming be done from the remote control unit or only at the camera? It would be great if someone would come up with a way to do this with a bluetooth keyboard.
John
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… or a USB keyboard… but no, none of that is possible. On the HPX2000 there’s a software keyboard that pops up and lets you type in a name. Kind of clumsy a bit, but hey, at least it’s there.
On the smaller cameras you have to load the name in through the SD card. You can pre-load some metadata files with the base names you think you’ll use throughout the day, and swap to the appropriate one by just loading new metadata off your pre-loaded SD card.
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Thanks, Barry. I think I’ll stick with that old tried and true favorite – the slate. At least that way the clip icon has meaning.
John
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You can change the clip’s icon too, of course. P2 Viewer lets you assign the clip’s icon from anywhere in the file. P2 Viewer’s coming to the Mac soon, as part of P2CMS (P2 Content Management System). I’m pretty sure P2 Log lets you assign a new icon too… er, well, at least I think it does…
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I’m trying to transfer a large clip (over 2 hrs at 720p) from my Panasonic HPX170 into FCP 7. I’m doing the usual Log & Transfer workflow but when I drag the clip into the transfer window it begins transferring
for about 30 seconds then goes “idle”…any suggestions much appreciated…I’m under a tight
deadline…many thx!Laurence Wallace
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How is the drive you are using as your Capture Scratch formatted?
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