Andy Neil
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Photobooth was not the right tool for the job. You know that you can actually record web cam footage directly into FCPX? That’s what I would have done. Then you’re not messing with off formats.
I looked at my photobooth and saw that it records H264 and AAC audio. It’s possible that FCP X didn’t transcode it properly when you made “optimized media”.
Try converting it in compressor to ProRes 422 and AIFF audio.
Andy
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[Marcus Samuel-Gaskin] “For the stuff that’s ‘on site’, Lockit Boxes and a Sound Devices rig are used”
But for a Lockit Box to be of use, don’t the cameras have to be within a certain radius of each other? In your earlier post you were talking about cameras breaking away from the main action to follow something else.
I suppose if you have two at one location and 2 out and about, you just need to worry about the cameras near each other maintaining sync in most cases. But I’m curious about the range of the Lockits if you’re shooting on a large set like a mansion where the cameras could be hundreds of feet from each other upstairs or downstairs.
Andy
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[Marcus Samuel-Gaskin] “we don’t create all those sublcips or use aux/tc. Its a red herring as far as I’m concerned.”
I don’t get it. How can you use the Auto Sequence feature without AUX TC? You mentioned that your cameras shoot TOD which is never perfectly synched across multiple cameras. AUX TC helps to ensure that the offset from one camera matches the offset of another when TOD TC is in use.
I guess I feel like I’m missing a step in your workflow somewhere between your sync map and the finished multiclip.
Andy
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Aux TC in Avid multigrouping is assigned TC as I recall. In reality, most times I’ve seen it, the various cameras shoot TOD (time of day) TC to get them all in the neighborhood, but none of the cameras are typically jam synched because they need to float around and can’t be tethered.
The AE takes the TOD TC and drops the camera angles into a 24 hour timeline, manually synching the angles with each other and the audio (if shot separately). This can be automated somewhat by finding the synch points on each camera (slates or clap slates) and assigning aux TC to the other angles and then creating the multigroup from the aux TC.
Basically, it’s an archaic method for synching footage. FCPX can sync the angles without the need for all the extra steps that they take in Avid.
Andy
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You’re right. I misspoke. I was replying from memory. It wasn’t notation that I can’t do without the mouse, it’s marking a to do marker as completed in the timeline index. Unless you know the shortcut for that?
Andy
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Well, hell it’s about damn time. I want to know who thought that anyone who was going through the trouble of making TO DO notes for their sequence wouldn’t want to do that with a keyboard shortcut…SINCE THEY HAVE TO TYPE THE NOTE ANYWAY!
It’s still not a perfect solution until they make TO DO MODIFY an assignable keyboard shortcut though. Would be nice to be able to add the note in the Timeline Index as well since I’m asking for the moon.
Andy
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You’re not doing anything wrong per se. It’s annoying to me that if you have two clips in a keyword collection and you choose to sync them that it drops it in the event instead of assuming that you want it in that collection as well. I would definitely send a feature request (I have). They do read and listen to them.
Now, to help you with your issue. I’ve found that I can solve most of these problems by using Smart Collections. When I’m initially organizing a project, I’ll create a folder (that I hide later) which contains a number of smart collections and keyword collecions specifically used for organization purposes.
For example, if I’m shooting video only, and double system sound, I’ll place the video and audio elements in a single keyword collection to be synched. I’ll also have a smart collection which will gather any clips with both audio and video elements. It’ll be empty at first, but when I sync my audio to my video, the resulting compound clip with drop right into the smart collection where I can find it without having to sift through all my other clips.
You can customize smart collections in a variety of ways, even using keywords to limit and sort what they hold. They are super handy, and I don’t think enough people use them.
Andy
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First Question: You can scroll in the event browser while in list mode, but not in thumbnail mode. But that feels more like a bug than a design to me. I would file a bug report with Apple using the Provide Feedback option in the Final Cut Pro menu.
Second Question: Shift + O to jump to OUT point. But what you’re looking for is CMD 1. CMD 1 and CMD 2 will make the Event Browser and Timeline active, repectively. When you drop a clip into the timeline, the Event Browser stays active. Hit CMD-2 to activate the timeline and edit away. When ready to jump back to your previous clip at your previous spot, hit CMD-1.
Andy
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I’m not sure (because I don’t use it), but it sounds like your relink error might be related to Plural Eyes. I still don’t feel like I have your complete workflow. I’m not quite sure how you end up with a lot of events. Does Plural Eyes make a new event for every tape you sync or are you doing this in pieces such that a new event is created each time? Like I said, I don’t use Plural Eyes because FCPX’s sync feature works well for me.
[adam chesbrough] “Where do you guys keep that source media? Do you keep it in the original media folder that is created by FCPX or do you create your own?”
It depends. As a long time Avid and FCP editor, I’m comfortable with both approaches. If I’m working with new media, especially if it’s tapeless, I usually let FCPX keep track of it. It works well and everything stays in one place.
If I’m reusing old material, or something I worked on in FCP 7, or else has a lot of moving parts that are going to more than one place (ie: After Effects, Motion, etc.), then I typically like to organize things myself.
Andy
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