[Adam Taylor]

depends on the context….

if your edit is actually changing the meaning of what was said and you don’t want it be known that is what you’ve done, then cover the offending cut, but be as subtle as you can with choice of covering shot, maybe using a couple of shots as a relevant montage. A single shot will usually look obvious as a cover-up.

If you would rather be honest and say yup, we cut this because they droned on for hours – then use a subtle mix. People will know its been cut, but they also know that as you have visually admitted it, then chances are you’re not trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes.

well thats how i feel about those kinda cuts…..

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

thanks guys…

steven – i couldn’t open the link – says server not responding!…but then i don’t have the time to learn scripting at the moment>

zak – great idea…i’ll remember that for next time. I just finished the job two minutes before your post popped up!!

regards
Adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

thanks Walter – no i/o? well whaddaya know!

The apple screen grab is no use for this job – not enough screen real estate to grab in the resolution i need.

ps. your color dvd finally arrived yesterday, Walter. Very useful….now if only i can convince the powers that be to get me a Tangent panel or an Eclipse !!!

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

if you have just bought them – send them back and exchange for speakers that actually meet your needs.

And never, ever buy loudspeakers without listening to them first!!

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

I agree 100% with Michael.

I also do everything, but its taken me 20 years to get to this point. I have been editing video for 20yrs, but only mixing audio for the past 2yrs. Before i even tried audio mixing, i watched (and listened to) the dubbing editors on our shows like a hawk. Asking appropriate questions when possible.

Some may disagree but i believe audio is a much more difficult subject to get right, because it is more subjective. The subtleties and colours you can add without being obvious are so much harder to define in words.

You can read many books on audio post production & post myriad forum questions but you will struggle to enhance your project if you are trying to learn a whole new discipline with a client breathing down your neck.

You will spend many hours trying (and probably failing) to do the show justice. A good dubbing mixer will have the job done in a much shorter time – no doubt saving you money and will give you a better end product.

It may be worth deciding how much your time costs (on an hourly rate), then discussing with a post house how long they will take to do the job and the cost. You may be surprised!

For comparison – i worked on almost 200 10 minute long animation shows. Each had full lipsynced dialogue tracks, multiple sound effects tracks, atmosphere tracks and music tracks.

With 3 premixes (Dialogue, FX, Atmos) and the final mix, plus layback to digibeta – every episode was finished in 4 hours.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

PMC DB1SA
(https://www.pmc-speakers.com/)

the truest sounding small monitor i have ever heard. They have built-in “Flying Mole” digital amps (which i have been told are as close to Bryston amps as you can get).

I use them both in FCP and Protools, and do all my final mixes with them.

In UK costs around £1000 for a pair, but are worth every penny.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

PMC DB1SA
(https://www.pmc-speakers.com/)

the truest sounding small monitor i have ever heard. They have built-in “Flying Mole” digital amps (which i have been told are as close to Bryston amps as you can get).

I use them both in FCP and Protools, and do all my final mixes with them.

In UK costs around £1000 for a pair, but are worth every penny.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

if you are working in PAL be sure to check the preset for the 10bit uncompressed – there is an error that sets the PAL setting to use an NTSC codec, which causes FCP to try record incorrectly.

If your video starts jumping around the screen wildly when you try the preset then chances are you will need to edit the settings.

(This has happened to my system everytime i have loaded an update from Apple (they obviously are in ntscland !!)

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

there is no real reason you can’t use a mac in a pc environment. The only reason is usually that IT guys are afraid of the new shiny pretty things that don’t need constant attention just to keep them from self destructing. They see a more stable and user oriented machine that just works straight out the box and they panic.

I have 4 macs in a company of pc users. I refuse to use anything else. For me its the right tool for the job. I tell the IT guy what i need not the other way around….after all, i doubt he would ask my advice when buying networking software.

In fact thats not quite true….i don’t let the IT guy anywhere near my system, and he seems quite glad about it. I have seen too many IT guys misuse and abuse macs through pure ignorance to risk having them involved.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

[Adam Taylor]

this m ight not be relevant but when i upgraded i found that if i opened an old project, fCP would tell me the field order was wrong and offered to correct it. FCP was wrong, the fields were correct and for the first couple of times when i said Yes, i ended up with a field dominance problem kinda like yours.

Might be worth looking to see if a shift field filter has been added and if it has try switching it off.

adam

Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK