David Eaks
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Admittedly, I did not read the Apple Developer NDA thoroughly, anyone know if it is OK to discuss the Mavericks Developer Preview now that its gone public?
I’m still waiting on the public release to download…
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In preferences, do you have “Create optimized media for multicam clips” enabled? It will create Prores files for every clip added to a multicam clip, eating up drive space.
Assuming you do, one way to reclaim some storage space and still get good editing performance would be to delete the optimized clip versions and then generate proxy media. Then switch to proxy playback preference. Oh, and turn off optimize multicam clips.
You might even check the transcoded media folders from old projects, there’s probably 100’s of GB of other optimized media you no longer need.
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I definitely picked up on the movement you are describing, just viewing on my iPad mini, so you’re not just seeing things or crazy (or at least you aren’t the only one who is).
Like Todd said, the camera operator tilts the camera slightly throughout the move.
It definitely doesn’t have the “feel” that you get from a perfectly smooth dolly/truck move. The motion somewhat jumps out at me, by referencing stationary items like the bottom of the couch, drum kit parts, or the picture on the wall. Their relative distance to the top or bottom edge of the screen reveals the slight tilt movement readily. Not necessarily staring right at one particular object, but by observing the framing as a whole. Without the camera operators movement, objects would approach the edges of the screen at a perfectly constant rate (even if the constant may differ between each edge of the screen). This gives that “perfectly still” movement you mention. When the camera tilts up, the objects near the bottom approach the bottom edge a bit quicker while an object near the top will approach the top edge more slowly, stop its approach, or even move away from the edge, depending on the amount and speed of the tilt relative to the speed of the dolly in. I see it and assume that the fact it is noticeable is an unwanted flaw in the overall move, not a creative decision (as if I actually know, or am in any position to judge).
I imagine a DIY slider/dolly rig, a tripod head mounted to it with pan locked in place. The camera operator tilting the camera up/down as slowly and carefully as possible to keep the framing throughout each dolly in/out.
I suppose you could slightly crop in and keyframe the movement, if you’ve already done the shooting and actually want the look. Which might even be a better way to do it, because if you change your mind, it’s easy to get back to the nice smooth original shot, opposed to trying to stabilize a very slight movement in the original shot.
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I’ve had a similar issue as well. When a “Private” folder from a Sony NX5 was placed into a client folder, along with all kinds of other files. FCPX sees the file structure of the camera originals and (I assume) thinks everything in the client folder is part of the cameras file structure.
The solution was to simply drop the private folder into a sub folder, “CAM 1a xxxxxxx”. So the rule of thumb is to always backup camera cards into their very own folder, which nothing else goes into or out of.
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Spatial conform should do it, select the clip(s) and choose the appropriate option. There’s fit/fill or stretch/crop or similar, don’t recall exactly. I would think it does what you’re wanting, though I haven’t tested with DV Anamorphic myself.
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I’m not at my computer, but isn’t there a preference option for the inspector to display either pixels or percentage?
On the other hand, there are the spatial conform settings in the inspector as well. Does one of those option just “do it right” for you?
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Matrox MAX, hardware is $500, needs a PCI slot or thunderbolt, needs Compressor, exports h.264 in just over real time, maintains high quality.
Maybe not what you want to hear, but I don’t know how I’d ever get by without it. When I was still using FCP7, I had no trouble using reference movies to bring into compressor, adding to the time savings.
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From the last paragraph on the page linked below, it seems that the video files are unaffected by the iPhones slo-mo UI. Just import, optimize, conform. If so, Perfect!
First short shot on the 5s, “Streets of Milano”-
Boarding my flight for home, anxious to sit at my Mac Pro and play with some clips!
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I wasn’t able to attend due to vacation activities. Will it be posted for on demand viewing? Doesn’t look like it has been posted on the livestream page.
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Yeah no problem. I got this knot in my stomach, thinking “why would you do that?” Then I couldn’t sleep once I finally put my head down and had to post. ; )