• Avid Media Composer

  XDCam EX workflow betwen MC and After Effects

  Posted by Adhish Yajnik on October 1, 2010 at 7:24 pm

  I’m editing a sequence in the latest Media Composer in the latest version of Mac Leopard using HD footage shot on the Sony EX1 with the XDCam EX 35 MBits codec/import settings. The footage is 1080p24, and the color space is HD 601-709 (16-235).

  I’ve opened up some of my footage in After Effects CS5 (straight from the MP4s that the EX1 creates natively) and done some effects work without any problem, and now I’m wondering what the best format is to output so that I can seamlessly integrate it back into my Avid timeline without problems.

  My original render settings out of AE were:
  Quicktime
  XDCam EX 1080p24 (35 Mb/S VBR)
  Quality: 100
  Color Management Output Profile: HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235

  When I brought this into Avid, it just gave me black video.

  I’m wondering what codec and color space I should use so as to not create problems later on.

  I also have an XDCam HD codec as well as an XDCam HD422 codec. Would those work better?

  Or am I better off exporting as an Apple Prores or Animation and importing into Avid with the XDCam settings which will get implemented when it converts my files to MXFs?

  And should I just export in the color space I’m using (709 16-235) or convert to RGB and let Avid convert it to the correct color space on import and conversion to MXF?

  Thanks!

  ~ Adhish

  P.S. The edit workflow and codec settings are mandated by my university, so converting all of my footage and editing in a different format is impossible. I’m looking for a solution that works within such settings.

  Adhish Yajnik replied 15 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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