[Dan Lebental]

Thanks so much Sandeep.

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[Dan Lebental]

Yes. I will have AAF by then.

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[Dan Lebental]

Lance. That’s fantastic. Thank you for being an early adaptor. I promise that you will see more and more robust and collaborative features.

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[Dan Lebental]

Thank you for the intelligent questions.

What I am suggesting is that we transcode straight out of the camera. The DIT station could handle the transcoding. In the case of Cannon 5Ds and 7Ds it can play the files directly but would still need a transfer station. I am told that cameras are coming out that can make simultaneous proxies as well. Your suggestion of an H.264 recorder off the camera feed would work as well, possibly out of video assist. The real magic will be posting footage on the cloud via dropbox so I can get it simultaneously in the edit bay and have instant access to comment on coverage or eye lines etc. I will be doing a Pilot next month and I’ll let you know how we set up exactly.

I did have it in my spec to have the filmstrips adjustable for frame rate but had to put that aside for now as not to go down one of the many rabbit holes that we went down the last year and a half. I would like to reexamine this once we get past the critical features.

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[Dan Lebental]

Bear in mind that this design took into consideration its use by non-editors. Particularly Directors and Producers and other Department heads who need a simpler interface without a steep learning curve but can still be incorporated into the pro editorial environment. It is meant to be an on set, on the go device and the emphasis is on mobile communication and collaboration. I have been a power user of Avids for over two decades and I do know how intimidating the modern NLE’s can be. This complexity helps for intricate editing but it doesn’t necessarily make for great editing. That inspiration comes from the mind. My goal is to democratize the process and provide a quick and nimble tool that can be used in ways that even a laptop could not and thus ultimately giving back valuable time. Stay tuned for the next update and you will see some familiar features and some other features that are more about mobile collaboration.

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[Dan Lebental]

Actually the problem Scott had is because he had spaces in his file names which fcpxml does not allow. That’s not a TouchEdit thing. TouchEdit relinks very well in FCP if the file names have no spaces. I know it seems weird that Apple put a file name limitation but for now that is where its at.

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