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updating clip metadata WHILE another editor is using project?
Hi everyone –
I’m working my first job as an assistant editor for a TV show. We’re using FCP (3 editors, all working at the same time, accessing footage off a server). The schedule is extremely rushed and as a result I usually don’t have time to give editors a project that is properly logged to my own standards. I’ve been asked by my supervisor to keep logging the footage while the editors are using the FCP project. I couldn’t figure out a way to do this, but my superiors simply rebut that “we do it all the time in AVID unity – find a way.”
So, here’s my question to you FCP experts out there: Can I update the log notes, change REEL names, or even add bins/footage WHILE someone else is using the project? Any help would be appreciated.
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4 Replies
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FCP is not Avid in this regard. Are you using FCServer?
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FCP is not Avid in this regard. Are you using FCServer?
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No, not using FCS. Would using FCS enable those options I listed?
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Well, I’ll say it again, FCP is not Avid in this regard, BUT, FCServer will allow metadata editing/tracking much easier than FCP. The probelm with sharing FCP projects (even with FCServer) is that only one person can be owrking on a project at one time. In FCServer, an editor physically checks out a project to prevent overwrites and weirdities, but that doesn’t mean a workflow couldn’t be developed involving multiple projects. The metadta tagging in FCServer is much more robust that FCP, but it’s not without issue. There’s a FCServer forum here on the cow, perhaps you should swing over there and ask some questions about how it might streamline your workflow.
https://forums.creativecow.net/forum/finalcutserver
Also, take a look at Editshare.
Jeremy
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