Using Optimized Timeline Media

[Tom Wolsky]

You can duplicate the project using only used clips. This will duplicate proxies and the original clips. You can then transcode the original media to ProRes.

Another method might be just to switch to original media and color correct that before outputting a ProRes master.

All the best,

Tom

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[T. Payton]

I can think of a few options, listed in order of least painful to most painful:

1 – Just select all the clips in your Event Browser and Choose File > Transcode Media. Easy, but could take some time if you’ve got a lot of media.

2 – If you “favorited” all of your clips before you edited them (a great idea BTW). Then just show favorites only in the event browser and choose File > Transcode Media.

3- If you duplicate a project you can create a new event and project with only the used media.

4 – To just transcode the items using in our final project, you’ll need to do that one by one, but it will go quickly. Make sure you are in “Show Clips as Filmstrip View” (there is a bug in list view). Then assign something like option-T to the “transcode media” command. Now From the Timeline Index, show only video clips. Then Select your first clip in the timeline index, hit Shift-F to highlight the clip in the event browser, and then option-T (your transcode command) and then ensure that “optimized media” is checked and then hit Enter. Rinse and repeat for each video clip.

BTW. Were you saying AVID made the project easier or harder?

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque

[Jon Smitherton]

Hi Tim, many thanks.

I think I’ll wait till the picture lock is approved before I dupe/upres the media, then output a master.

I assume there is no consolidation with handles like in FCP7.

In terms of Archiving – can I just keep H264 files (I’d like all the rushes as there may be a possibility of a future TVC) with view to that when I start the project again it will re-create the proxy or optimized media?

Am saying AVID is too work-intensive with its patching – I’m finally thinking Apple had the right idea with the magnetic timeline.

Cheers,
Jon

[T. Payton]

[jon smitherton] “I think I’ll wait till the picture lock is approved before I dupe/upres the media, then output a master.

I assume there is no consolidation with handles like in FCP7.”

You are correct. I believe Apple’s philosophy is that storage is plentiful and cheap, unlike years ago. Also with file based acquisition opposed to tape, you really don’t end up with really long clips like you could with tape. (I used to just capture DV tapes to one gigantic file and then sub clip it). I know for me in FCP 7 the media manager is really hit and miss. I tried to open an old commercial from about 5 years ago and found that media manager just missed about 10 files needed out of about 50 clips. I would much rather have the whole clip than my edit system make an error when splitting clips.

[jon smitherton] “In terms of Archiving – can I just keep H264 files (I’d like all the rushes as there may be a possibility of a future TVC) with view to that when I start the project again it will re-create the proxy or optimized media? “

Exactly. To archive you can safely trash the transcoded media folder in your event, but of course keep the original media.

For what it is worth, our workflow is to copy or original files from camera onto a media archive drive, then set it aside. We then keep a separate copy on our media drive and work from it. We haven’t had a drive failure since we started using FCP X and I haven’t tested to see if FCP X will happily relink files to our media archive drives.

How much footage do you have? Unless it is tens of hours, do you really need to wait to transcode your footage and create optimized versions? Unless you are on a very recent machine, it should help speed up editing. Tonight before you leave, just select all your footage, hit transcode and it will be done by tomorrow.

[jon smitherton] “Am saying AVID is too work-intensive with its patching – I’m finally thinking Apple had the right idea with the magnetic timeline. “

Totally agree. There are things about FCP X that are really frustrating because of it’s lack of maturity and many bugs, but wow I am cutting faster and almost effortlessly, once you get your brain around the concept. I am shocked at the brilliance of the whole Magnetic Timeline.

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque