[David Palmieri]

can you be more specific as to what you mean about codec and media container?
thanks

because for some reason as i have it now, when i type in custom project settings of 810 pixel horiz by 1080 pixels vertical, it is making a square frame. which makes no sense to me.

[David Palmieri]

yes, please see my last reply.
i have done that.
on the X drive i have 2 root directory folders with all the files in them:
Final Cut Events and Final Cut Projects.
its recognizing the stuff in the events folder. still not recognizing the project file.

[David Palmieri]

its not startup drive. to simplify, i created a new folder on drive 1 called “Final Cut Projects” and placed the project file in it. (so everything is now on 1 drive).
The folder Craft 15 copy only has the project file in it and a folder called backups with one backup file of that project file in it. thats it.

[David Palmieri]

Yes. no assistant editor. It is a friend project. I am aware of how much people should be getting compensated for their work. I consider this an art project. My main concern here is, again, efficiency. And for the editor to actually create a good cut of the film, not spend all his time prepping and no time editing. It is an abnormal process due to its size, I know.

So now it seems I am down to 2 options: use davinci resolve and manually sync up my native clips with audio OR use pluraleyes with autosync.

Does anyone have a preference as to which is a better bet? for those that have used both? I have heard people say that pluraleyes doesnt always work. is that true?

thanks.

[David Palmieri]

Shane,
Thank you for the informed response.

Let me fill you in on some further details with regards to my project, if you have the time to give me some further input.

It is micro-micro budget. So, the money that they are paying the editor is miniscule. So, in order to make it feasible for the editor to say yes to the gig, one of the stipulations is that he would not have to do any of the audio syncing.

Me, as the director/DP of the project, racked my brain in regards to how I could shoot this on a camcorder type camera with XLR audio recording straight to the video file. I tried my damnedest knowing full well that what I would have to deal with later with external sound would be a s%$t show. Alas, given the resources at hand, i was just forced to use my 7D and external sound recorder for principal photography. all the other camcorders that I had access to would not be able to handle my low light situations on set, etc, etc.

So I made the conscious decision to suck up what would be this monumental post production nonsense.
* Note: the project was for me to direct and shoot 3 feature films in 9 days by the way. 🙂 hows that sound! haha, nuts, i know. But it worked. So far. So this next task, doesn’t seem as ominous as it maybe would to someone else. but I do want to go about it the most efficient way possible.

I am not too concerned about being able to point back to original footage. i will rename each file so that the editor can find stuff easily. I will create 3 new backups of each file so that the footage is safe and presumably noone will ever have to visit that original source footage ever again. (i have done this process before for one of my editors…minus having to sync up the audio files and deliver in prores.)

This is a post workflow learning experience for me as well so I will chalk up all this to that experience. I normally just dump all the raw stuff onto an editor’s plate.

what else….ah…ok, so in pluraleyes, it may be better to use the native 7D video file to sync with the external audio file? in that case, i should try to do the syncing first? then prores export?

i have not yet used pluraleyes either. unfortunately, i have to update my OSX first, so I have a whole other batch of issues in regards to backing up my laptop stuff before i even do my upgrade.

I do appreciate all the feedback and info that you have supplied and possibly will supply further. Thank you.

David