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Renaming clips and frame accuracy
In FCP 6 does it become a problem later at the redigitizing stage (for online) if you rename clips in a bin after digitizing at the offline stage? Or are you asking for trouble doing any modification to the clip names when editing? I’ve read about possible problems with the media manager when doing this. I want to be able to put a tape in (HDCAM), hit record and have FCP make new clips at the TC breaks (free-run TC) automatically, with sequencial clips names eg: tape 1.01, tape 1.02 etc. But we might want to rename these after digitizing.
Also, is FCP frame accurate when printing to tape or doing insert edits through RS422? -
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There is a new function in FCP6 that allows you to rename media files based on the clip names you create in FCP. Be careful of this in networked environments and also if renamed affiliate clips. The media file will take on the last affiliate file you did this with.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Tom
What do you mean by affiliate clips?
Any experience with the frame accuracy question?
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FCP is frame accurate with RS422. Accuracy to tape is a function of the control protocol and the machine ballistics of the deck.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Guy,
As Tom points out, FCP is as accurate as the deck you connect to it. If you’re ONLY going to use RS-422 controlled decks for off-line and On-line, then you can be assurred of a fairly accurate transition. I say “fairly accurate” because you can bet that in a one hour show, with hundreds of edits, there will be some shots that are off. If you take the time to run tests, calibrate both input and out put decks then you’ll have a good experience. If you skip this step, you’re gonna be cursing the day you “had to switch” to FCP.
Finally, speed ramps, still frames, and in general, “non-timecoded material like GRFX etc” do NOT make the transition very well. This doesn’t mean you can do it, it just means you have to know the workarounds. Again, I would caution you to plan on more time than you’re used to to figure out these quirks.
Mark
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Mark
Just curious…what would your workarounds be for recapturing motion effected clips accurately?
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Accurately? Not gonna happen.
We call it “flying it in”. Essentialy, you’re finding the start code and the end code and digitizing that length of material. Reapplying the speed ramp and walking it in. We’v also found that sometimes if you open up the “motion” tab on the clip in question you will find a single key frame that is obviously out of whack. Delete that keyframe and you should be good to go.
This is where the “extra time” goes. Unless you’ve done this before, you’re not gonna know what hit you and you’re gonna spend a lot of time cursing the system. Please, take my advice and do some test in advance of your finish to see how YOUR SPECIFIC SEQUENCE translates.
Mark
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