Don Greening
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Hi Beom and welcome to Creative COW.
[Beom Koh] “Is this because my computer is slow? “
Possibly, but no one will know for sure until you tell us what kind of Apple Computer you have and how old it is.
Processor type and how many.
Amount of RAM.
Editing with a separate media drive or is media on startup drive.
Connection type with any separate media drive(s).I’m sure you get the idea. Post back when you have all this information.
– Don
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Instead of us both trying to figure it out it might be faster to do something like export the audio to Soundtrack Pro, save it and send it back to FCP. Sync up the new audio, mute the original and print to tape. Since the STP audio file now has a different filename FCP may leave everything alone.
Just a shot in the dark.
– Don
PS – you did try trashing FCP prefs first, right?
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Damn. You’re right. Thanks for the heads up. I wonder what the story is.
– Don
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But, just in case Ashley has her heart set on FCP Rescue 6 she can find it here:
https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
– Don
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You could send Adam Wilt an email and ask to pick his brain. Be forewarned though: he’s a very busy guy. Last summer he shot a feature length movie with a couple of EX1 cameras.
https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/awilt/story/maelstrom_production_part_1/
– Don
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I did a quick search of this forum using the phrase “wide angle” and found this:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/142/862123#862144
If you go to the Fujinon web site there are lenses categorized specifically for XDCAM HD cameras.
https://www.fujinon.com/Broadcast/ProductCategory.aspx?cat=27
Maybe some of this will help you in your quest.
– Don
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There’s a great 3 part article by Kevin P. McAuliffe called “How To Get The Most Out Of Your Easy Setups.” I’ve been waiting weeks and weeks for permission from the author to quote him for purposes of clarification on this very topic but my request has been ignored. By the lack of a response I’m now going to assume that it’s okay to post the quote as long as credit is payed to the author (which I have now done).
In Part 2 of Mr. McAuliffe’s 3 part series he states the following:
“RENDER ALL YUV MATERIAL IN HIGH-PRECISION YUV
This is pretty self explanatory, as it makes sure you cover all your bases. Any YUV material will be rendered with 32-bit float. Again, longer renders with better results.
One thing that is important to keep in mind is that 32-bit float (or high-precision YUV) will not make your actual footage look any better. You need to talk to your DOP or graphic artist about that. All it does is give you better quality on your effects work.”
Anyone who wants the link to the actual article can email me offline.
– Don
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You can use the vectorscopes in FCP to get your colours and exposures close between the 2 cameras. There are also broadcast monitors you could rent that have built-in waveform monitors and vectorscopes. Connect the two cameras to the monitor and adjust the cameras until they read the same. The Panasonic BT-LH1760 is one such monitor. I believe it also has a split screen function.
Even if you don’t end up renting a reference monitor such as the Panny if you go to the link above you’ll have a better idea of what’s available for you on set.
– Don
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[Alvaro Perez de Madrid] “My other concern is that we are shooting on a very low key lighting situation, and that makes the director pretty nervous. I know the way to go would be doing tests beforehand but there’s no budget for that. “
If it was me I’d be doing lighting tests regardless of whether they’ve “budgeted” for this or not. What happens when you have to re-shoot a whole day of acting because you didn’t get the exposure right the first time? A needless expense that would cost much more than some preliminary tests.
If you’ve decided to shoot your dark scenes without a lighting kit please reconsider. Even if the effect you want is very dark you still need to light your subjects to record them. Lighting is critical and if done properly it will still look like there were no lights used. If you don’t have someone already get a lighting person because they will save your movie.
You might get faster responses to your transfer to film question if you posted it in the Cinematography forum.
– Don
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If you export an rendered sequence “Using current settings” it should only take a few minutes even if the movie is a couple of hours. If you export using anything else FCP will re-render everything even though the sequence is already rendered. This takes forever to export. Maybe this is what’s happening to you.
– Don