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Two Quick FCP HD Questions…
1) How do I list p2 clips in chronological order when the file names are not listed in alphabetical or numberical order… in other words, how do I tell it to list the first clip I shot at the top of the browser window and the last one I shot at the bottom so I can edit in a sequential order?
2) When shooting to a DV tape Why is it that I am having better luck importing my footage using iMovie than I am with final cut? Imovie just imports them, separating each clip nicely… whereas Final Cut gives me an error every few clips upon locating timecode breaks… is there anything I can do to help it out here? I mean a freebe program like iMovie performing better than a high end pro software is pretty annoying.
Any help you have would be very much appreciated
thanks
Running g5 tower & intel Macbook Pro – tested the same tape on both apps and machines
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3 Replies
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For dropped or time code breaks
user preferences and turn off abort capture on dropped frames
and right under that make sure the drop down is make new clip
for p2, cant you give your clips a name , just like when you log and capture?
i am sure you can give it a reel number, description ect..
i would click your first clips from the browser,
then log it over on the right, then transfer it.or, you can always order by time code from the browser window in final cut
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1) Sort your bin by the media start point.
2) Log and capture, don’t capture now.
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[lear2006] “user preferences and turn off abort capture on dropped frames”
IGNORE THAT ADVICE! Never ever do that, if you have one iota of care about your final product. If you don’t mind your footage skipping and stuttering, by all means, turn that off. But, if you want things to look right and be perfect, leave that on.
And what Jeremy said…LOG AND CAPTURE. You are running into timecode breaks because you most likely shot time of day code (which I HATE, BTW…makes post a pain…well, CAPTURING a pain). iMovie DOES NOT CAPTURE TIMECODE…so if you lose the footage, you are hosed. No way to recapture and have it all just match up to what you already cut.
And yes…sort by MEDIA START time…like Jeremy state.
Shane
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