Ben Holmes
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You can capture DVCProHD on a firewire 800 drive or similar – the G-Raid is a cheap and reliable solution. DVCProHD is 100Mb/s so around 12.5MB/s – this performance is easily achieved from a cheaper array. It looks great too.
If that’s an HD Decklink card, and it has a preset for DVCProHD via HD-SDI, then you may be in luck. I know the Kona 3 and Kona LH do this encoding and can play back to your HDCAM deck from a DVCProHD timeline. Depending on your project requirements and mastering standards, you may be suprised how close DVCProHD gets to HDCAM quality. Many people edit and master in this format.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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The camera either outputs DV or HDV – you need to set the output to NOT downconvert – simple as that.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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You can boot your Macbook in ‘Target disk mode’ by holding down T when you boot. This allows you to run a firewire cable between the machines and lets the G5 see your Macbook as an external drive.
Of course, many people will rush to let you know why you shouldn’t use your Macbook internal drive as a scratch disk. Most of them have done it once or twice anyway…
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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My guess from your question is that you were able to make the nest (‘cos I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t make one) but couldn’t figure out how to apply a filter to it.
You can open the nested sequence in the viewer by control clicking on it and selecting ‘open in viewer’. Having the nest selected will, of course, allow you to apply filters to it, however, you need to have the nest loaded to the viewer to see the applied filters and alter them.
Maybe this helps? Not sure what else your issue is.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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Is your laptop Intel and previous system G4/5? Could be the problem, but I have projects started on a G4 laptop that open fine on my MBP, so I don’t think it’s a problem in every case. Possibly a combination of FCP version and OS/hardware COULD cause this problem, but it’s just as likely to be a problem with the project. Try deleting all the render files associated with the project to see if that helps – a corrupted file is often the cause of these crashes.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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You may have a corrupted file – either project, render or media.
The first is most likely – but first trash your prefs and try to open FCP again.
If that has no effect, open a previous version of your project from your autosave vault. If you have trashed prefs, FCP will open with no project, and you can browse to the latest autosave (listed by date/time) in the autosave folder and open the previous version. That usually works for me. Save this autosaved version as the current version and redo the last ten mins of work you did.
You do use autosave don’t you?
All the best,
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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Your alternative is to output the alpha channel as a matte. Drop into layer below the rendered comp and set comp layer (in FCP) composite mode to ‘travel matte luma’.
Just mention it if you’re struggling and up against it. FCP has some issues dealing with Alpha channels (exporting particularly), but the method you describe SHOULD work. I would check the After Effects export settings again – as I am sure you have already…
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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[dantewaters] “Other option is a cluster.”
Not in FCP.
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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If it’s a pro project, you want a good b&w film filter for the proper effect. The DFT 55mm filters are excellent, as are Sapphire. Magic Bullet has some beautiful preset b&w ‘looks’.
If you can’t splash the cash, see if you can get some render time on a system that has one of these installed. Making video Black and White is not as simple as desaturating it – it’s about contrast, film gamma, etc. I have not used the Natress set, although you will find many fans here. With some of the more expensive filter sets I have mentioned, you really do get what you pay for.
If this project matters to you, render it out as is, then run it though one of the above.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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The G-raid (and associated products with varying speed/size) are excellent – and quick. Also rugged and nice to look at next to MBP!
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.