seperate files vs. sub clips CS3 on Mac

[Ryan Quan]

Unfortunately, I have not found a solution for this problem. I have since moved to a tapeless workflow. I’ve come to the conclusion that Adobe will not address this issue. With hard drives being so cheap now, I feel it’s almost a non-issue storing raw footage data. But good luck in your quest, keep us informed if you figure out a solution.

[Corbin Gross]

I’m still using workarounds as well. Still on CS3, but I’m using OnLocation on my MacBook Pro (booted to Win). With OnLocation recording directly to disk, there’s no problem with big clips. I know you can’t record to the laptop when you’re running around, but it works great in the studio.

To tell you the truth, I’ve gotten so used to CS3 that I don’t’ even notice the weird stuff anymore.

Corbin Gross
Creative Services
Marketing
SanMar Corp.

[Danny Mccorquodale]

I did a test capture w\ iMovie ’09 and it breaks scenes into separate .dv files. Although the files are automatically pulled into the “iMovie Events” library, they can be accessed and relocated/sorted, and appear to import into Premiere CS4 w\ no issues.

Can any of you think of drawbacks to this approach? I am still new to Mac and not familiar with pros/cons of .mov (Premiere default) vs. .dv (iMovie). Any reason to choose one over the other?

Thanks,
Danny

[Corbin Gross]

That sounds good to me. Unless it’s compressing the video again, but it’s already DV when it comes out of my camera, so…

Thanks for finding the work around