Hector Berrebi
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hi Ronen 🙂
one way is through the media tool. if you select the right drive, media tool will see the files and you can drag them to a bin
second would be to make a new folder for the files in your MXF folder, put them all in it, let avid scan it… and then i think you need to drag one of the msm files to your bin
also, there are software that play MXF… i believe mpeg streamclip does… and its free
is the new job good? send me an email, let me know
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hi riaz
ok… you picked the one i never tried 🙂
this will require testing prior to crunch time
i would do this.
1. capture in FCP to highest prores available in HDV capture
2. these files are now your masters. keep them safe
3. ingest to Avid via AMA link. depending on the strength of your station and
storage Avid will behave better or worse.
don’t link from an external USB/FW HDD. if your station works well enough
with Prores, edit your offline and online with it. that will probably not be
the case
4. in Avid, you will have to select all your files, and transcode to DNXHD36
5. put the prores masters on the side for now and edit smoothly with DNX 36
6. at the end, relink sequence to original AMA files to send to DS, or make
some image sequence export.AGAIN… i did not tested this workflow. and it is not an official Avid workflow in any way, i suggested it as a third, curious option that might work well for you. you MUST test it on several files before you chose it.
BTW… what do you mean by: “HDV is just for timebeing,”
once you’ve shot it… that’s what it will stay
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so compressor still around… and exports to DVD or blu-ray too…
and imports of iMovie projects and event libraries? …
no sign of XML imports/exports yet
its probably hiding somewhere…
and it looks like the pre/post-roll options are still buried in settings…
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[Sohrab Sandhu] ”
What promotion does adobe have?”this one…
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[Craig Seeman] “See this as a possible direction.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/2090“damn…. 80$… way overpriced in my opinion
tangent device makes one for free that works with color
https://www.tangentdevices.co.uk/products_vwave.asp
its fun to use with a lap top, or on small short projects
and i show it to my classes to emphasis the benefits of a color control panel. the part in the lecture where i pass the iPad around and people grade what’s on the projector using it always brings out the WOWsHector Berrebi
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[Walter Soyka] “With this new visual representation of the color manipulators, it’s not unreasonable to question if a professional control surface will work. It would be a big step down to lose the use of a panel for grading with Final Cut.”
3 wheels style tools can still exist as filters or 3rd party plugins within FCPX, and they could probably support control panels… so as long as its safe to assume that there will still be 3rd party plug-ins (and a sleek in app purchase system for plug-ins).
Baselight’s FCP tool for one… does it support control surfaces?
if there is a vacuum, someone will write software to fill it. if color dies great new tools will compete to take its place.
I still give a chance to a new approach that involves multi-touch…
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[David Battistella] ”
I have always found going in and out of trim mode in FCP a bit, well, Clunky.I liked the four image trim in AVID, something FCP never really had.
I’m as fast in FCP and I prefer it now because it has SO many advantages and the image quality is better.
The scrubbing tool is better in AVID as well.
“Double clicking a cut is ok… It’s the way you easily lose the tool by clicking anywhere that aggravates…
🙂 people do like the 4 image display…
actually, the scrub tool in avid kind of got worse with recent versions… (except for the strange but useful multiple frame scrub) and if you saw the FCPX presentation, they showed AMAZING audio scrub that even got the crowd to cheer …
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[Brian Mulligan] “Looks like more people should look at Autodesk Smoke. It has had integrated tools and a single viewer interface for years.”
🙂 SMOKE has been my new escape plan for a while …
I really like what it has become in past years, and it trully earns its “high-end” badge.
Price is still a turn-off so are requirements (at least when comparing to the others)But I’m definitely looking in to it more and more
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[David Battistella] ”
FCP is fast for breaking down the marble block but not as good at the detailed edits as AVID (was, and I mean was). “In my opinion, the only true advantages Avid trim tools have over FCP are:
better play-loop options.
avid stops at left of cuts, and trims and sees the left side of the cut (I hope version X will finally learn this complex maneuver) .
and Avid behaves logically when trimming two sides that are not on the same track (FCP shows black on one side…).There obviously are other differences, but I don’t think they are crucial (like 4 screen display …)
Beside these ,on current FCP, using a good keyboard layout and the trim tool, I am just as fast as I am on Avid. I even think apple added a few features to trim that Avid should look at adopting (multiple frame trim for one)
I am curious… What avid trim options do you lack in FCP?
hector
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[Walter Soyka] ” I’d add that these are finishing features, though, and all the high-end workflows you referred to start in offline, where FCP has been a contender.”
If FCPX can’t do proper offline it will be very bad… I don’t even consider it a possibility… Not before I see it.
I was only referring to people’s issues with “high end” 🙂Hector Berrebi
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