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using locators while digitizing…
Hi everyone,
On the old media composers, you could hit the locator key while digitizing and type in info about that clip, or just hit the locator key and when you watched the clip (while digitizing). Then once the clip was in your source monitor, the locator was there where you made your mark. I tried donig this on Express pro, but no luck. Is there a change or is not possible to do this anymore?
I’m on a big project here and was trying to save some time. By hitting the locator while digitizing would cut my workload in half!
Thanks everyone!
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In Capture settings there’s a new tab called Keys for assigning a rainbow of locators to your function keys. Still works just fine.
Check there and also your keyboard settings to make sure you’ve got a key assigned for locators. -
I went into the capture settings and di not see a “Key” tab. I saw a GENERAL, EDIT, ETC. I running 4.3 express pro. What version are you using?
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Ah, well there you go. I know that version doesn’t allow locators when digitizing.
I have it at home on my older system and just confirmed it.FWIW, version 5.6 has the same locator functionality as Media Composer, so did 5.x. I can’t remember if it worked this way in 4.8.x, I think so.
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Riddle me this,
The project I’m working on is 24P (shot on a Panasonic 24P camera). I’m getting different opionions that I should digitize at 23.97, others at 29.97. Do you have suggestions?
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To me the end product usually dictates the method used to get there. I’ve done several projects shot on the Panasonic 900 series DV50 camera at 24p. They’ve all finished to NTSC video 29.97 digitizing from an ajsd93 deck at 29.97. The deck does the pulldown. The look from that camera is especially good – great color profiles and a surreal motion somewhere between video and film. I’ve only done 30i or 30i matchback projects. Certainly there’s more to think about if you intend to do a filmout, or if you’re going to be generating a cutlist and finishing on film.
For more info, I hear 24p.com is a good resource.
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