[Dominic Richardson]

Hi Ian

Thanks for your response and pointing me to the correct forum.

The version of transfer i am using is 2.12. I actually found a workaround which involved just copying the files onto the hard drive and then transfering it. I don’t want to clog up my drive with .mxf files so it would be useful to copy them to another disc but I tried this and it didn’t work. I’m not sure if I’m missing something here.

Many thanks

Dom

[Dominic Richardson]

I have rendered the graphics on a sequences set to both DV 50 and uncompressed 8 bit and that cetainly helps. Are you saying that dv footage wouldn’t be improved by capturing in the above ways, unless it is then imported into motion and worked on?

Thanks

Dom

[Dominic Richardson]

Bless you for that David, that does the trick with the graphics. I think I have discoverd the limitations of my sub-system though. Even though the graphics played back fine at uncompressed 10 bit, some of the dv footage looked pretty ropey, especially on pans. It worked fine at DVCPRO50 though.

I don’t have ProRes yet but hope to upgrade to FCP6 sometime soon although I imagine it comes with the Kona LH. I only hear mention of ProRes in the context of hd, is it used for sd editing?

Incidently, regarding the Kona LH, if I am better off editing dv footage as a dv pal sequence, I presume I am best still capturing it through the firewire. Also, what would be the best route for mixing footage from Beta SP on the timeline when captured via a Kona LH, I understand that the FCP 6 allows you to mix footage on the timeline.

Questions, questions…hope you don’t mind.

Dom Richardson,
Nottingham, UK