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Time Code Breaks
I am trying to capture footage that has time code breaks and after each break FCP will search for the break very very slowly. Is there a setting to speed this up? Finding the break and start to capture again.
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This is why I stress the need to LOG AND CAPTURE. Log your footage…each shot. Then FCP will not hit the TC break. And things will go faster.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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If only this project were that easy. I have 25 HDCam tapes I have to load. Each tape has 10 to 20 breaks each.
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I had 72 DVCPRO tapes to load…that is what I did. I had to, because they were a mix of 24p and 60p footage, and I would get cadence errors if I didn’t log my footage carefully. 25 tapes shouldn’t take too long. But really, the time you spend doing this will save you time in the long run. It’ll make the editing process go quicker, as you can find footage faster.
In my experience.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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[Shane Ross] “But really, the time you spend doing this will save you time in the long run. It’ll make the editing process go quicker, as you can find footage faster.
In my experience.”
Yeah, there’s no doubt about that. Spend the time now and save it later. Logging and capturing is the way to go.
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A huge portion of editing is tracking and knowing the footage. That means a huge portion of editing is clerical. in a perfect world, this should start with the shooter, who should provide detailed notes on what was shot.
However, the deficiencies of production fall on the editor, since they’re the last in the chain of actions.
Tough it out and log the footage. That way you’ll watch it more carefully, and the work will be better. Even though editors sit in chairs, it’s no job for the indolent.
“Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.” ~Henry Ford
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Beautifully said. Thank you, Steven.
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[Johnno3399] ”
If only this project were that easy. I have 25 HDCam tapes I have to load. Each tape has 10 to 20 breaks each.”I have 40 tapes from Thailand all shot on HDV and all had timecode breaks.
Before that I had 30 DVCPro HD tapes from Africa, logged all of those.
Before that, I had 24 HDV tapes from West Virginia, logged all of those.
And I’ve probably logged well over 10,000 tapes in my career so far and figure I’ll log that many more before we totally transition over tapeless workflows.
Everything had TC breaks at some point or another. Logging is part of editing, no way around that.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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and after all that, vow not to work with that shooter again until he/she knows what they are doing.
Jim
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[Jim_M_] “and after all that, vow not to work with that shooter again until he/she knows what they are doing.”
All shooters will deliver some tapes with TC breaks from time to time. If they make a regular habit of it, then you try to avoid them, but in our shop, Producers choose the shooters, not us. So if I want to keep earning money pleasing the Producers, then I work with whatever shooters they use and, of course, log all my footage prior to capture.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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If you can’t choose your shooters, that’s fine.
Most TC breaks are avoidable, and 25 tapes with 20 breaks in each is nuts unless the tapes were logged in the field.
Or maybe I just expect too much anymore.Jim
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