Anthony Dalesandro
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I use Google calendar to track my hours for each project. That way I can access my hours from home to do the invoicing.
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Anthony Dalesandro
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This is true: if the files were not copied correctly from the P2 cards, the whole folder is almost useless. This is why I double-check my card copies in the field by opening Log and Transfer and verifying FCP recognizes them correctly.
Also, I have found with other solid state media that sometimes using Custom Path and drilling one more folder into the copy fixes it…sometimes not 🙁
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One of the things I do is in Compressor in the Inspector palate in the Filters button under the Color tab (phew) I change the Default for Encoder to Preserve Source. That seems to keep the color in check. Then under the Video tab a add a Gamma Correction filter of 1.07 to 1.12 depending on how dark the source footage is. This keeps it from getting milky.
This is my FCS 2 under 10.5 method. Haven’t upgraded to either FCS3 or 10.6 so I don’t know how effective it will be then.
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Of course, it is possible that the cameraman chose to force letterbox into the 4×3 frame, isn’t it? Can you do that on an HVX-200?
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Anthony Dalesandro
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I had the same problem. Is your project 720 60? The card can’t do on the fly downconverts from that format.
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Anthony Dalesandro
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Fred,
I just bought one of the new MacBook Pros. It’s not that they don’t have FireWire; they just ditched FW400 for FW 800. You can buy a 400 to 800 cable and that may work for capturing direct from a camera. Haven’t tried it yet as I’ve been shooting with solid state cameras for the past year.With regard to the solid state or hard disk based cameras, all the ones I have encountered capture from USB only. These cameras usually shoot a codec that FCP can’t natively edit with so the cameras actually mount on the computer as a hard drive as opposed to being recognized as a ‘tape deck.’ You use Log and Transfer instead of Log and Capture and FCP will transcode the footage from the camera/drive into a codec FCP can play with (like ProRes 422 or DVCPro HD). Once you use this workflow, the old 20th century method of linear capture will seem very antiquated!
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Anthony Dalesandro
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I’ve found no less than 4 support sites for Sony all of which claim to have software for the EX1. And, of course, they all have different software! The Cow has better support for Sony products!! This is the ONLY site that has the Log and Transfer plug in. Bookmark it NOW!
https://www.sony.ca/xdcamex/software.htm
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Anthony Dalesandro
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Steve,
It depends on what your final output is. For burning to a DVD, the squished anamorphic file is correct. In DVD SP when you place the QT file on a track it will probably auto-recognize that the clip is anamorphic and un-squish it, but if not, you select the display preference in the Track:General:Display Mode tab.For a playable Quicktime file I use Compressor from FCP and in the settings there you can specify the display aspect ratio under the Geometry tab.
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Anthony Dalesandro
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Even back in the DV only days you couldn’t always pop a tape shot on a Canon camera into a Sony deck and capture. There are little quirks which sometimes prevented interoperability. Use the camera to capture to be certain.
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Anthony Dalesandro
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I’m not sure, but I think the setting you’re looking for is under User Preferences on the right hand side about mid-way down is “On timecode break:” and there is a pulldown menu. Change it to “Warn after capture”
Also, if this is a continuing problem, have the cameramen change from time of day code to continuos code.
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Anthony Dalesandro
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