Al Bergstein
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Yes, I wasn’t being clear, I do know that you allow editing within a window. Other boards do allow long term editing ability. Facebook and Twitter are limited to such a short message length, while being aggravating, is not that big a deal to retype. But I understand that it could have to do with system resources at your server farm, etc. Stuff that I’d be unaware of from this side of the screen.
Anyway, at this point, the quality of the boards are what keep me coming back.
thanks for the fast turnaround.
Alf
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Thanks Todd. Ok, I updated the product to 5.5.1 (to be clear, there did not appear to be anything in the update docs that would lead me to believe that it would help in this situation). I then relaunched all the various projects that I was doing on this last night. (this included crash recoverys). While I haven’t yet had a crash this morning (maybe that’s what was fixed???) it did not alter the affects of importing the video. I deleted the render files that I created last night. No change to what you see in my screen shot. The footage on the right side is dramatically different than the footage in the clip previews on the left. Also, audio tracks are significantly degraded (sound levels extremely low for example). This is all based on a totally working and finished product, done in FCP 7.0.3 which you can view at:
https://www.vimeo.com/12452315I reimported the project again this morning, with various changes, mainly not importing the master clips. Same results but no crashes.
- export FCP project to XML Version 5
Options Include Master clips outside the sequence,etc. tried both ways.
imported to PremiereThe log says that as far as audio goes, there was clamping added because some of the tracks had audio above 6+db, but on FCP it never seems to go above -12db. Also there is no peaking on the FCP footage. The track is composed of a voice track that, if anything was low to begin with, and a sound track that was professional done in one of the best studios in the Northwest (it was my band’s professional CD recording). I can’t tell in the audio preview what the levels actually are. Is there a way to turn on some way of seeing the db levels in the preview screen (left side window). Perhaps I can remove the clamping on the audio in Premiere? I can’t seem to find a way in the menus to do that.
ALso, it shows that the clip you see in my example, had the three way color correction was approximated and should be removed. Other clips of her are better than that, which is odd… It appears that I will have to redo the color correction on her, as well as some, but not all, of the other clips.
Also, there is a still photo of a log grader about 56 seconds into the video, and it is totally washed out (overexposed) on the Premiere right side viewer (but it is *blue* in the left side viewer!). There was color correction added to this still, but the overexposure is odd.
To be clear, Larry warned us about titles not coming across right, and yes, my titles will need to be redone (they all are left aligned upper left of screen).
I put this all out here to both get feedback on my problems and to help others that may be thinking of moving their FCP projects to Premiere.
(I have numerous other FCP projects I would like to transfer in, but now I have to weigh the cost effectiveness of doing this).My needs are pretty simple. Documentaries shot with a single camera, still photo imports, minor color corrections, and relatively well done audio imports make up the bulk of the work I am trying to save.
I do want to commend Adobe technical support. That I got an answer on a Friday night to my question posed on Friday night, and the fact that we see you folks on here regularly, makes me all the more happy to have made the switch. Now to learn the differences in the tools. But thanks for making the investment in your tech support.
Alf
- export FCP project to XML Version 5
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I routinely use a Teleprompter with a Canon xf305 on a Manfrotto set of carbon fiber legs, and a Libec RH-25(0) head. I would spend the money on a setup like this, you will have it for years, longer than any camera. I would recommend even getting the better head, the 350 I think. I don’t think that particular tripod is going to be satisfactory for your requirements.
I did not like the Manfrotto heads. they don’t pan as well as the Libecs. Been there, done that. Libec legs in the price range you are in don’t seem to be worth it.
A good review on Libec’s by a working pro is found here.
https://www.dvuser.co.uk/content.php?CID=228
He really hit the nail on the head as far as I was concerned, laying out some very good positives. I would buy the 350 if I had to do it over again, but I got the 250 on Ebay, at a significantly discounted price. It’s been great, but I do prefer my Manfrotto CF legs to the Libec legs, the are a bit lighter, and more sturdy in high winds, which I get a lot up here in the Pacific Northwest on the coast.Alf
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Sorry Todd, I can’t edit these things after the fact. Meant to say you not ‘Terry’
Alf
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Don, I have to say that I don’t think it’s FCPX. It’s the larger economy and the forces of low cost video in general. As Terry so aptly points out, the business community, especially outside the west coast, appears in a death spiral. Less government spending, less consumer demand, all my friends in the Pacific NW running smaller businesses are hurting. The only ones surviving and keeping us afloat are Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks with their satellites of companies that cater to them.
I feel for someone like Terry, great depth of experience, huge investment in equipment, staff, etc. and yet the phone doesn’t ring when it used to. It makes it damn hard, and I doubt that his business is going to an 18 year old with a T2i. My buddies out here in the younger set are mainly finding work in special effects, sitting in front of an editing/SFX computer and occassionally shooting some stuff on 5Ds in the studio. But I don’t really have a handle on the Ad Agency world anymore.
My ex-partner who sold what used to be our video production business a few years ago, left for NYC and I chatted with him today. He says the area still has a strong demand for video services. So while the centers thrive, the outlying areas die. We are likely to be in this mess for another decade. There seems to be no light yet at the end of the tunnel. And don’t get me started about our politicians, who seem only capable of making things worse at this time.
But keep plugging away, and when you don’t have work, remember this is really a business about relationships. Keep making them, and keep the ones you make, and you’ll likely find something to do.
Best of luck!
Terry, great web site! I certainly wouldn’t spend much time worrying about that aspect of the business!
Alf
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Try looking on lynda.com or elsewhere on the cow. You might also let us know what computer you are trying to do this from. You can post system info on your profile.
Alf
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So it worked before you did system restore and now it doesn’t? Try reinstalling vegas.
Alf
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Well, it all sounds ok, but MP4 is a delivery codec rather than an editing one. I would try converting to something that is better for editing and see if that does the job. Cineform is a good place to start, but there are others. Maybe just bring it into Vegas and convert it to MXF and see if gets more stable?
Vista seems to have been very problematic for me in general, and much of my problems with it vanished with a move to Win7 64 bit.
But I don’t think that this is the problem, as much as 32 bit Vegas. You can download the 64 bit version and run it side by side, but would need to upgrade to W7 to do that. Do you have a second machine you could try it on? Like a laptop? I use my laptop for all new versions and try editing copies on it to see if it’s better or worse. e seems to be stable.
Alf
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Luke, my experience with 9 on 32 bit was that it was quite buggy, depending on the footage. What is the base footage you are using? From which camera and was it AVCHD, MOV, etc? What version of the OS?
Has the crashing just started happening or has it been going on for a while? Did you change anything lately? Add new antivirus software?Without upgrading, you might try transcoding all your footage. Getting it all to a standard editing codec might help.
My experience with Vegas 10, running 64 bit on 64 bit Windows 7 has been much better, especially with the recent . releases. I’m looking forward to 11 as it appears that the team has been working on foundations rather than simply new features.
I rarely get crashes, without needing to transcode footage. I just laid in 1 hour of footage into a timeline today, with multiple tracks, and did not have any problems. I’m not saying I don’t, but it is much less frequent, seems to come, when it does, after I have closed out all my projects and am closing Vegas. But I do still frequently save, and save multiple versions to make sure that a corrupt file doesn’t take me down.
I am also very cautious about using Windows updates. I usually check with Windows Secrets and get their take on how necessary they are.
Alf
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The list of features is excellent, as if they have been seriously listening to us. I’m impressed. Looking forward to trying it out. Hoping that, while my stability has been good, it will get even better. Good work Sony!
Alf