[John Pale]

As native MXF Avid media, Pro Res seems to work fine, however I am not editing a huge project with it. No difference is noticeable. This is not like AMA.

[John Pale]

Michael,

Interestingly, linking via AMA and transcoding was slower than Fast Importing. That seems to indicate its re-encoding.

Toke,

The Alexa shoots Pro Res 4444, correct? There does not seem to be an option to import or transcode to Pro Res 4444 MXF…there are only the other flavors of Pro Res. So you will be re-encoding no matter what.

[John Pale]

My mistake.

I neglected to change the import setting to 601/709 rather than RGB.

Now it fast imports…

Sorry for any confusion on my part.

[John Pale]

Toke, I think you are better off working with DNX HD, if possible.

You really don’t get any real benefit working Pro Res, just more hassles. Avid and DNX are pretty bulletproof. Maybe down the line, Pro Res support might be improved, but with FCP’s relevance in the post world becoming more diminished, I don’t think it will be much of a priority for anyone in a couple of years.

[John Pale]

1) Importing a Pro Res file as Pro Res MXF is NOT a fast import (just said Creating Video). Even with a 30 sec spot as a test it was quite slow (a little less than real time), which indicated re-encoding.

2) Transcoding a Pro Res file to Pro Res MXF was quite slow, similar in time to importing.

I think we can say its re-encoding, not just rewrapping.

[John Pale]

Just tested on a Mac. Here’s how it works.

Pro Res media linked as AMA does not Consolidate…you get an error message telling you that you need to transcode. It will not re-wrap as MXF.

ProRes media imported into Avid as Pro Res MXF will Consolidate…no need to transcode.

Have not tried with tape media captured as Pro Res, but I would guess it would be the same as imported media.

[John Pale]

Awesome. Thanks Shane.

[John Pale]

Just ignore it. Your file is correct. This is a good explanation from Blackmagic Design (it applies to everyone, not just BMD hardware users)

https://blackmagic-design.com/fr/support/detail/supportnotes/supportnote/?sid=3945&pid=3985&os=mac&isSDK=0&snid=13131

[John Pale]

Moving Picture requires you to be organized and do this from the beginning.

I’ve struggled with this onlining projects done by other editors who put their photos everywhere, including local desktops.

the best way to work, is to have a central folder for all photos, and also to use the same photo imported into Avid (using standard import) as your placeholder clip that the Moving Picture Effect piggybacks on.

You can manually gather all your photos, and then reconnect each Moving Picture effect to the new location. That is kind of risky, though, if any are now missing. Sometimes reconnecting causes the move to get messed up, too…especially if the project is consolidated with insufficient handles.

[John Pale]

Thanks for the update. Really good to have this info out there. I think the last time I had to deal with it , it was 720 footage, so it wasnt as painful.