[Frank Lombardi]

Thanks Herb-

Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I tried it again and was able to get it to work just as you said.

However, I am still wondering if there is a way to sync the play head to jump to the same point in the primary clip, as it is in the multicam edit, if that makes sense. (This is not necessary now that I am editing correctly in the multicam clip, but I am just curious).

I appreciate the help.

[Frank Lombardi]

Yes indeed they do, Ed.

I don’t know if it’s just my old-school feelings about a Mac Pro and its expandability, but about a year and a half ago I bought the last silver tower-style Mac Pro, 6 core, 3.33 GHz. I upgraded to 32 GB of RAM, swapped in a Mac version of the Nvidia GTX 680, and run everything on a separate drive… SSD for apps, 1 HD for Media, 1 HD for Output, and another SSD as a scratch drive.

I wish I knew where my machine stood in todays standard of what constitutes a “fast/powerful” machine, but I know one thing… prior to this I ran an earlier silver iMac, 27″ 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo with 8GB of RAM, and one drive. It was a terrific machine… until one day it wasn’t. That was when I got to the point of doing multi-cam editing, and started learning After Effects. With the RAM maxed out, I felt I simply hit the “wall” with that machine. Perhaps I could’ve added a RAID array of drives, but beyond that, my upgrading options were limited.

I suppose now, with the new Mac Pro’s lesser ability to be internally upgraded, much like an iMac, the choices lie in the “brass tax” info that Larry Jordan is putting out there.

Glad I could be a little help.

Cheers,
Frank

[Frank Lombardi]

Larry Jordan has done some speed tests with both hardware and video compression software. Take a look at some of his findings, and maybe you can make a more informed decision.

Start with watching the PLAY DEMO video in this link:

https://larryjordan.com/store/162-faster-video-compression/

Within the video, Larry references a link to more articles related to the same topic.

Hope this helps.

Frank

[Frank Lombardi]

Thanks John,

I’m standing by! Hopefully 2015 issues will get resolved before the 2016 version is released ;-P

[Frank Lombardi]

Thank you. I notice that if I transcode, I can scrub through the video much more smoothly than if I scrub through straight H.264. It also obviously “unzips” the raw footage into larger transcoded files. BUT… Does transcoding speed up final render times? Especially if rendering to a more lossless / higher quality master? (as opposed to working with original compressed footage)

If I understand, then best practice would be to render an AE project in AE, as a higher quality master, and then use AME to render a distributable lower quality?

[Frank Lombardi]

Ok, thank you Todd!

[Frank Lombardi]

Thanks,
Perhaps I’m missing something, but when I right click the clip I have the choice to open in angle editor. It opens in the timeline, and I can select all the clips, then change spatial conformity to NONE. However, when I close it back up, and begin editing it in the timeline, nothing looks different, and spatial conform once again says FIT. Scale remains 100%. If I change FIT to NONE now, the same thing happens, and my clip shrinks to show a black edge all around.

Can this all be remedied by leaving everything to FIT, and zooming between 100% and 133.3% (I’ve even read 150% max) ?

[Frank Lombardi]

Ok! Well it’s show day and I am super-nervous… Here’s my plan, and a few last questions… Suggestions welcomed!

CAMERA SETUP:
-Sony HDR CX150, in sound booth center, for super-wide;
-Canon Vixia HF G10, left side of auditorium for medium- wide left shot;
-Canon 60D on edge of stage- right, where I can reach it to start/stop it every two songs.
-Canon 5D III on monopod in my hands, as I float in front for close ups.

I plan to start the 2 camcorders and walk away from them. QUESTION: is it still best to try to set manual exposure/focus on those two, since I really have no one monitoring them? The lighs shouldn’t be varying too much, but I really won’t have much chance to check/adjust them.

I have all cameras set to tungsten WB and 24p (Sony handycam is 60i and set to indoor). DSLRs are set on Neutral Style, with sharpness & contrast dialed all down, saturation 2 clicks down. (I can’t change the Sony)

The show is two sets of a bit over an hour each set. I am following the great advice you all gave about doing a featurette, but they also want the full video when all is said and done. I think I’m running out to buy a few more higher capacity memory cards now too just to be sure.

Any other lat minute advice about settings, camera placement/function, etc?

Thank you all for your wonderful help. I will report back with the outcome.

[Frank Lombardi]

My iMac is a 2008 Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4 GB, maxed out. I hope the editing isn’t too painfully slow. I’ve been watching many FCPX tutorials on multicam, and there are some great tips out there. I will keep you all posted as to my progress. Many thanks!

[Frank Lombardi]

OK! I will search it! Thanks Steve.