Alan Langdon
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COW Coins
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Thanks so much, Ian… This is all a master class for me! I have been using FCP for 12 years, but never (!) had to deal with EX material. So I am learning with you all… Gracias again!
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First of all, many thanks to such speedy and detailed answers.
In the meantime, I have done some deep digging and found some tutorials and through them founds SONY’s website’s hidden plugins (I say hidden because things are spread across the different sites: https://www.pro.sony.com and https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com.
And within the sites, finding the right path to the right files was tricky and not tag-name-friendly, in my opinion. But by watching what the tutorial guy found (a tutorial here at creative cow, Tapeless Workflow in Final Cut 7), I was able to locate the drivers.I found what I think what was missing, as now I have Log and Transfer XDCAM card capabilities.
Funny observation: when I try the preferences for that specific format (called MPEG2 Consumer Cameras), it only lets me choose Apple Pro Res. But then once things are ingested, they are actually XDCAM EX 1080p24 (35 Mb/s VBR)…?
For now, this is fine, as 1 hour takes up 16 GB, not too bad. But I was curious to know why I can’t choose other even lighter options like Pro Res Proxy or Apple Intermediate Codec. And why is it not in fact Apple Pro Res 422 (although this would be too heavy for me now, it is curious that it didn’t really ingest the way it said it would).
In short, thanks for all the input, it has guided me to what seems to be a better approach. But a few things still make me curious to know if I can do better / different.
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Question 2, if anyone wants to help further: if I edit and master in the XDCAM EX 1080p24 codec in which the ingested material came in as, am I working (and finishing) with less quality than I could have been?
Seems to me that the native codec is as best as it will get, unless I start addinf effects, etc, which I won’t. I just want to know if by ingesting in this (native?) codec, I am editing at the native quality and therefore not loosing quality.Many many thanks!!!
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You say that FCP has a plugin so that one can Log and Transfer folders (cards copied to the hard drive) within FCP? I have heard of it too, but have been unable to find the plugin. I am running FCP 7.0.3 on Lion OS X. SO far, I can only ingest media via conversion in SONY’s XDCAM browser/ transfer program, which is outside FCP.
My problem is that I want to ingest media in large quantities, using Apple Intermediate COdec, and then Batch Capture (Transfer) in Pro Res only the footage used in the final sequence. Editing “Offline”and then going “Online” at the end. Is this possible? Where can I get the Log and Transfer XDCAM plugin?Any help much appreciated!
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Hm… Strange. I thought I was possibly renderig in 23,976 but actually all comps in AE are 23,98 fps, as well as the Final Cut timeline… What could be going on here?
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A-ha. I suspected this. Why didn’t I try this then? I will, now. Thanks a bunch, I’ll get back and let you know if it worked.
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I am currently converting using the CONVERT option in Toast 11. The 720p resolution output seems to be encoding to Apple INtermediate COdec, not the most professional but OK for now… I’ll post back if something goes wrong.
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My favorite tip is to use the GLOW effect under Stylize. I play with threshold, radius and intensity and it usually gets me a good o’l stroke effect!
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Wow. I knew it was something simple… thanks a bunch.
I use that one a lot too, as a “save as” command.
Curious me: how is Media 100 these days? I worked at a production house back in 2000 that used it but soon went over to Final Cut and Avid…Many thanks!!!!
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OK, so I started to delet layer by layer and found a Text layer conflicting and killing those two settings.
The text layer is not 3D, strangely enough, but if I delete it, those options in the Serpentine effect are back and usable.Anybody know why this happens?
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Many thanks for the info, I will try Toast 11.02 Pro.
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