[Gordon Henry]

Hey,

many thanks as always … a fountain of knowledge that you share very generoulsy!!

Cheers,

G

[Gordon Henry]

Hi dave,

I am currently finishing off a multi clip edit which was shot on 2 cameras… one of the cameras looks quiet different in saturation and colour match .. how can I apply the grade to all the clips from the same camera on the multi clip timeline … the show is about 45 mins long .. yes I am very new to FCP 7 multiclip grading so excuse the fact i am sort of asking for step by step instructions 🙂

can you please explain the procedures for doing a colour match grade .. also is it possible to apply the grade to only certain amount of the footage as I noticed the last 3rd of the act … ( it a kids theatre show.. ) the colour balance seems a lot better and evenly balanced between the 2 cameras… not sure if the operator switched camera white balance settings.

As ever thanks in advance .. oh wise one

DN

[Gordon Henry]

thanks Shane,

shame however

EDITREADY seems to be working a treat and suprisingly faster then i would have thought.

Cheers for your assistance on this one

Best

GH

[Gordon Henry]

thankyou shane …

as ever much appreciated…

is there anywhere you think i may get the transfer plugin?

GH

[Gordon Henry]

Hi Shane,

you seem to be a guru on this site so may i ask you a quick question? I have a lot of footage which was shot a canon C300, so they are MXF files, can you advise what is the most reliable and easiest way to convert to pro res 422 as we want to import to FCP 7 and work with 422- we have have about 400 gig in total and MXF files seem to be a major headache importing to FCP 7 from what i have been reading

Someone has suggested third party software- if so can you recommend any please? Any pro and cons ?

Finally apologies if i have not followed protocol in starting a new thread, fairly newbie to this site and you seem a fountain of knowledge so thought i’d drop you a line.

Thanks in advance

GH

[Gordon Henry]

Hey Todd,
thanks for this… this was the road i was going to go down, with the cinema preset… just thought i’d put it out there to see if anybody perhaps had any other thoughts and potential set ups… by any chance have you ever used an external recorder like an Atmos Blade?.. just mulling over going down this road.. if you have , any thoughts, tips…
thanks

G

[Gordon Henry]

Hi Christopher..

thanks for the reply.. that heads was really helpful…and will certainly help my issue of footage volume putting through Compressor etc.. excuse my slight naivety as not as experienced as you with compressor and DVDSP path.

in a breakdown… of my work flow am i correct in saying

1 )When i have finished my edit and rendered it fully..( FCP 7 )

2 ) make a reference file as appose to a self contained QT Movie.

3) import that Reference file into Compressor and convert the file to Mpeg 2 which allows me to use it with DVDSP etc

4) make my master dvd

5) then also somewhere along the lines make a Self Contained Movie for future archives etc

is this correct??

can i ask is there any difference in quality from the self contained QT file and the reference file?

Also curious what would you recommend as Self Contained movie for your archives ….H264? It has to be of high quality but also not use too many gigs!!

Thanks for your time..

G

[Gordon Henry]

Hi Christopher,

thanks for the email and info.. it is a mind field and does my head in.. but it had occured that it maybe sofware upgrade related.. though in fairness it was doing it randomly befor ethe upgrade but not as bad.. and as i use it now and then when i have this type of project i lived with it.. but this time round, i have been at my wits end…

do you think i would be just better of upgrading to the new version of compressor… any thoughts fellas..?

Thanks again…

g

[Gordon Henry]

hi Roger,

Thanks for your reply..

i do agree.. the whole process of exporting QT file whic is about 50 gigs and then having to send it to compressor is very time consuming.. but always seems to be a traied and safe bet FOR ME .. however very time cosuming… though as you quiet rightly mentioned the payback of it being very quick to wrap up at the final build and burn stage of DVDSP is worth that grief…

Is it me that only thinks that DVDSP is very rock solid once you get your head around and very reliable ..where as Compressor is the weak link in the FCP,Compressor, DVDSP chain?.. i have read a few people mention digital rebellion on these forums so i will check it out.. i am just finally finishing this project after a lot of stress and going about it in a very long winded route due to the glitches with compressor.. once its all done i will dowload/purcahse it.. though a litle concerned that it may have any side affects with FCP?

thanks

g

[Gordon Henry]

Hi mark,

thanks for the reply .. i have never sent to compression via FCP as plowing through these forums the genral consensus as been to make a self contained QT movie then send that to Compressor.. so to avoid any glitches … so i have always done that… slow process but seesm to work when compressor works that is…

In respect of my disk issue… defo use a seperate disk as a scratch disk and i always use a 1T for each project then when it is all done… i dump the rushes etc.. can you please provide more info about trashing renders… are you talking FCp renders or compressor renders.. ermmexcuse my ignorance but i am presuming compressor has no renders? if so where?? i have recently updated to El capatain.

i try to keep the quality work flow as high as possible all the way through as the final disk is used as master to duplicate to around 2oo disks so that is why i use pro res 422Lt the poin that to compressor

amy thoughts welcom and thankyou