Gary Askham
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Do you mean projects or sequences?
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My maths might be completely wrong but you do realise that your trying to create a folder containing 128160 image files on a laptop. And you’re wondering why your computer is struggling?
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How well do you know Compressor? Do you have a cluster or multicore computer?
If so then the fastest way would be to bring your footage directly into Compressor and export a 320×240 Mpeg1 (fast to encode, compatible with Windows and Mac systems).
Compressor has it’s own Timecode Reader which on it’s own is crap because it can only be one colour – so it can sometimes blend into the footage. But if used with a cleverly placed Watermark overlay (created in Photoshop) then you can create a black box to go around your timecode.
It might take 10 minutes to set all this up but once you have done you can reuse the preset over and over.
This way you don’t have to render anything – and all the processing is done within Compressor which is multi-processoe aware (if set up properly).
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They’re Sony XDCAM EX Files – probably from an EX1 or Ex3. You need to use XDCAM Transfer or Sony Clip Browser.
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I’ve had issues before with white viewer and canvas windows. And it’s not because the video is set to show Alpha only (although that has caught me out before).
It’s definitely an FCP bug as the video plays fine in QuickTime. I think it has something to do with the graphics card. Sometimes disconnecting and reconnecting the cables to the card fix the problem. Other times it’s a full system restart.
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Just follow Shane’s video. It tells you everything you need to know to get your footage in.
This really is a common topic – but I guess there is so much misinformation out there that some people do get confused. Just follow Shane’s video.
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I personally wouldn’t recommend the workflow in that YouTube video for any professional jobs. Yes, it’s fast – but that’s about it.
First of all he takes the files from the card without mentioning anything about backing up the card or retaining the folder structure of the card. He then uses Mpeg Streamclip which has it’s uses but for transcoding Canon footage I would always use the Canon EOS E1 Log and Transfer Plugin. First of all it adds a Reel name to the footage (allowing it to be media managed in the future) and it also adds timecode to the clip (again for media management and any reconnecting). I’m also not sure why he chooses to Deinterlace the video – the Canon camera’s shoot progressive – why deinterlace it?
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I’d go with the Quicktime route. It has been designed for dealing with Image Sequences.
Bringing a few hundred images into Final Cut Pro is a sure-fire way to bring it to it’s knees.
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Think of it like this…
if you shoot something on your mobile phone you can convert that footage to uncompressed HD. But it will still look like it was shot on a mobile phone. But it will now take up about 10GB for ever minute of footage.
If you shot DVCPro HD, then edit DVCPro HD, and export DVCPro HD.
(the only reason you might want to go for a higher quality codec is if you have a lot of graphics or titles which have been added in post – these would then benefit from that extra quality. There are also a few plugins that can cheat better quality colour space but they add render times and sometimes don’t add anything)
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FCP and Avid Technical Support
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Mistika recognises both the source DVCPro HD files from the camera and the DVCPro HD QuickTimes in your FCP. Don’t bother creating TIFF’s – give them what you already have.
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FCP and Avid Technical Support
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Shoreditch – London