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Sony Vegas to FCP legacy – what should I have them give me?
Getting ready to work with a new show that has previously worked with a Sony Vegas Editor. He has the show open, close, and some other elements that they still wanna use. He says he composites in Combustion an edits with Vegas Pro. What format should I request the stuff in so I can either use it straight away, or transcode to Prores? I’ll be working in a 1080 Prores timeline for the edit.
I do have Avid and Adobe Production Premium as well. Thanks so much for your time!
Tony Brittan
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Well, that would be the obvious answer and one that I would love for him to be able to do, but he can’t do that. Prores isn’t available to him on the PC.
Tony Brittan
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BTW, thanks for taking the time to answer!
Tony Brittan
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I’ve actually got an old version of Episode but I’m not sure how that’s gonna help (also have Adobe Media Encoder, etc, etc). I’m a bit of a tech geek with the software so I’m loaded for bear on that front. But the problem is on his end. Using PC, Sony Vegas, and Combustion, he can’t really output what I desire…being Prores in any flavor but Proxy…so I’m kinda stuck. I could have him give me DVCPRO HD as most all NLE systems have that codec, but that is 720p and the footage I’ll be working with will most likely be 1080i. Some will be 1080p from GoPro cams but that’s beside the point 🙂
I guess the best thing for me to do at this point is to have him output 1080 h.264 files and I’ll go ahead and transcode to Prores. Well, that’ll work for the open and close but I think he’s got lower thirds as well. Maybe he can give me those in animation codec.Tony Brittan
Island Shore Productions
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