[Geralyn Abinader]

Hi Rafael,

Many thanks. I thought that I had changed all the parameters to the correct ones, but apparently I had something wrong. I did, however, just upgrade to 6 and found to my wonder and amazement that FCP changed my settings – hurrah.

Best, Geralyn

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

and thank you,Walter, as well. Geralyn

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

Thank you Shane and Dave, this is most helpful. When I produced for the Museum of Natural History (NY), we had an amazing system, full raid array and worked with umcompressed because we usually projected the images very large in exhibits where visitors could get very close.

Wow, being on my own is a different ballgame. However, this is TV bound and we’re using DVCPro HD. So it seems like I can use FW drive if I get a separate FW card.

I really appreciate your help on this.

Best,

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

thanks, Jason. this is exactly what i need. I’m not the one creating the workflow, I only need to figure out how to make it work.

this helps a great deal.

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

Yes, well, I didn’t have a say in the matter, just got the tapes. I also don’t have an HDV deck which may be one reason she wanted to do it this way. I could rent one. I’ll propose it before proceeding. However if we continue along this line, I guess I’ll use anamorphic? or I guess I could use HDV and work with a really crappy image.

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

Hi – I’m a bit confused. In AFX I use the widescreen setting, right?

When I import into FCP and lay the QTs into a sequence that has anamorphic selected, the image gets more stretched out, not squishy.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

this has all been helpful, but i’m missing a link here. Sorry. The film will be ultimately transferred to HD. The final product will be HD. But is the producer wants me to cut the film into the DV edit. She is making DVCAM copies of the film footage – the DVCAMS should have keycodes? Or should the film first be transferred to HD ($$), then DVCAMS made from the HD tapes and teh timecode is the reference? The latter seems the expensive way around, I guess.

But am I missing a concept here or do I have it?
Thanks.

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

Thanks for the answer. How are the key codes determined?

We are finishing in HD. I’m editing in DVCAM. Yes, I’m trying to determine how to reference the frames in the film?

All help is greatly appreciated.

Best, Geralyn

Geralyn

[Geralyn Abinader]

Thanks.

[Geralyn Abinader]

thanks so much. Geralyn