John Heagy
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[Oliver Peters] “I’m curious what you are doing.”
I’ll have to get back to you with specifics as a colleague did the modification. I do know it was linked media and did work despite the uid. I was a bit surprised it worked too.
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We’ve done a bit of experimenting with the basic xml export in FCPX. By simply changing the file name and path of the files in the xml we’ve been able to move media onto the timeline. The only thing that is missing is a an xml export that completely represents the FCPX timeline minus any “spinning plates” like auditions.
We’ve formally requested this along with the ability to select which metadata fields, from the long list supported by FCPX, are exported in the xml. We’ve also requested that the embedded QT “reel” metadata be read by FCPX which currently isn’t.
It’s frustrating having to sell Apple on their own tech.
John Heagy
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The thing I like about FCP is how one can really create custom workflows. There so many tools one can apply to an xml/QT based workflow. Avid is much less flexible, tho that has changed a bit. I suspect without FCP’s pressure the rate of change will slow to a stop, lets hope it doesn’t reverse. Maybe PP can keep the pressure on.
Creating a workflow with Avid will be like drawing with just red and black sharpies compared to a box of 64 crayons with FCP7. I know BMP used a wide range of colors in their workflow.
Of course without robust xml support, FCPX already has a limited palette.
John Heagy
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[Walter Soyka] “FCPX, even as it is today, still doesn’t really fit the Apple mold. Apple is pushing it toward the mass market, but they have still included features that the mass market will never need. Will FCPX ever become an everyday tool for everyday people? (For that matter, will it ever become and everyday tool for professional editors?) “
This is the “two headed” Apple conundrum that I need clarified by Apple.
Apple’s FCPX presentation at NAB started off with an image of the Alexa, arguably the best feature “film” camera, yet it can’t open a FCP 7 project but does an iMovie? Apple needs to balance that equation!
Apple’s assertion that it can’t figure out a way of importing a FCP7 project into FCPX is BS! Taking a series of clips spread out over time and moving it into FCPX, with some limitations ala Duck, is completely doable. Apple’s decision not to do this is un-comprehendable to me.
It’s unfathomable decisions like these, including FCP7 EOL, that are the most concerning to me. Anybody remotely familiar with how video production is done could have predicted the current backlash. Why was Apple ok with that?
Who was the emperor and who was telling him he had clothes? If Randy was the emperor, then the Pro Apps team didn’t have guts to tell him. The only one who could crown Randy emperor was Steve.
Assuming any truth… Does Tim have the interest or knowledge to rectify this and pick a course?
John Heagy
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My big trust issue with Apple is the way they launched an incomplete backward incompatible replacement for FCP 7 and at the same time killed FCP 7. In what universe does this make sense?
Three scenarios, and none are good.
1) Apple’s Pro Apps team actually believed FCPX was a valid replacement and that people don’t need to open old, even days old, projects.
2) Apple Pro Apps team knew that FCPX would be a nightmare for current FCP 7 users with any kind of collaborative workflows and simply didn’t care.
3) Apple Pro Apps team knew that FCPX would be a nightmare for current FCP 7users with any kind of collaborative workflows and wanted to keep selling FCP 7 and take the time to make FCPX backward compatible but were prevented by management.
I suppose #3 is the best scenario and maybe the huge backlash translated into a big “I told you so” from Pro Apps. If it was # 1 or #2 then I’ll let Bill Paxten sum it up…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY
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Is this DVCProHD or AVC-I P2? If AVC-I you will need to install the Panasonic AVC-I codec. FCP 6 doesn’t support AVC-I out of the box.
John
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[Jim Shafer] “using the “QT Export” option (not Compressor or QT Conversion or anything else) to to convert 24p to 60i (via the “HDV 1080i60 setting) yields a clip that, to my eye, looks quite good.
Is the 3:2 pulldown being added automatically as part of this process? Is there any reason not to do it this way?
“Hi Jim,
In short… no. What you are doing with QT Export will produce frame based 4:2 and repeat every 4th frame. You will need to use Compressor to produce proper field based 3:2. The only place 4:2 is desirable is for online/web content where interlace footage is not supported.
Below are the Compressor settings to convert 1080p 23.98 to 1080i 29.97
– import 24p footage to Compressor
– apply Quicktime encoding profile (usually ProRes 422 or Uncompressed)
– in Encoder tab of inspector, click Settings button and under Motion, change frame rate to 29.97
– in Frame Controls tab of inspector, turn frame controls ON, set output fields to upper, select “Fast (Nearest Frame)” for rate conversion, duration is 100% of source
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It depends on your goals. If you just want to match frame rate for multicam and preserve each camera’s look I would add 3:2 to the 24p and turn it into 60i. If you want the 60i to look more like 24p then yes convert the 60i to 24p. Since your deliverable is SD you will need to add 3:2 to the 24p footage in the final seq regardless.
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The Sony Z7 doesn’t record 720p but does 1080p. 1080p25 “fits” in 1080i50 just fine so it’s odd they require 1080i. The future off broadcast is web and tablet devices which only supports progressive formats. Requiring interlace is very short sighted.
There’s really no good way of converting 25p to 50i. You are missing half the temporal info. The only way would using optical flow to create 50 images out of 25. That’s a tall order. You can try it in Compressor, After Effects or Twixtor. If there is a lot of moving/crossing objects in your footage you will get image tearing and warping as it tries to morph new images.
John Heagy
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[Carlos Madaleno] “my question is very simple, is there a way log and transfer the prores 444?”
Simple answer… no.