Bjørn Holmgren
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We have similar problems with HDcam material – and HDCam SR. We have offlined on Avid using the J-H3, and onlined on FCP using the SRW5500 Hdcam SR machine. The offline is off by 1-12 frames on some clips. On these, it is definitely the timecode reference in the Avid that is off.
Another problem is FCP related. On some clips, Final Cut is starting to record from the preroll point instead of the in point. If we have set the preroll to 5 seconds, the clips are 5 seconds out of sync in the online! Really bizarre.
The source tapes for this is HDCam SR, two cameras recorded simultaneously on one tape.
We are using Decklink cards.
All in all, we have a lot of manual tweaking ahead of us. -
It can take a long time to build the raid – mine took over 24 hours. The throughput increases a lot when the build is finished.
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Shake would be perfect for this. Shake have high quality scaling with lots of algorithms to choose from. If you want the best quality, you can also use the new optical flow-based conversion – that can also change the frame rate.
it is also very scriptable – just about everything in shake can be done from the command line.
regards, Bj -
If I have understood you correctly, you can use the “Paste Attributes” function. Start with the last clip in your sequence, adjust opacity, position and scale for each layer until satisfied. Then copy the clip on the first layer, select all clips on the track (TT on your keyboard) and Paste Attributes (alt-V). Repeat for the other layers.
If you have Photoshop, you might consider doing the layering there and import the file to FCP.
Another thing: If your sequence starts with one clip with 100% opacity, then the next with two layers, the top having 99% opacity, it will look like a cut for the first few clips…Is that what you want? -
Shake4 with optical flow works very well with interlaced.
Actually you’ll get much smoother motion with interlaced than with progressive, since the frame rate is double.
regards,
Bj -
Change the tape name for every other line in the EDL before importing?
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Have you tried eliminating the PNGs? I have seen the General Error only with incompatible or corrupt media.
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Strange – I have only seen this with CMYK images. Why doesn’t batch conversion in PS work for you?
Regards,
Bj