[Ed Cilley]

If you are creating the file in AE, you could render with the Avid codec and then you would import straight into the Avid. If not, you would invert the alpha. And yes, it does work with most types of QT.

Avid will also import a PNG sequence. Select the first file of the sequence and then in the options box, choose “Autodetect Sequentially-Numbered files”. Again, you will need to choose to invert the alpha.

Hope that helps.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

Brendan,

It’s always best to have your media on an external drive. You can plug in a FW800 drive to your iMac and get good results.

A couple suggestions about drives. Don’t just buy an external HDD from a big box store and expect a device that will hold up to the demands of video editing. https://www.caldigit.com/products.asp has some good products. You can look at the “Ideal for” column to find a drive that fits your needs. Another company that has good video drives is https://www.g-technology.com/products/products.cfm?interest=all You can click on the “Video” icon and find the best drives.

There are several online stores that have good prices for both of these brands.

Hope that helps.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

You’re welcome Bob. Sorry we kind of highjacked the thread. And with that said…

Grinner, How does that work for me? Well, I just got a referral from a fellow editor. The new client called and asked about an edit on his system. After talking with him about the project, he asked my day rate and I told him. He didn’t say, Oh my God how much? He said, sounds good. I know I charge more than some editors in the area, but if a company doesn’t want to pay it, they’ll go find someone else and that’s fine. I don’t need grinders.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

[Ed Cilley]

Check Settings>Capture>MXF Media Files

There is a ‘Maximum (default) capture time’ setting. It’s unusual to have …04:06, but I’ve seen stranger things.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

[Bill Davis] ”
DON’T SELL TIME!”

Bill,

I completely agree with you. Don’t sell time. But the point I was making related to the original question, what is the hourly/daily rate for an editor? I know guys who are making $250/day and others who are making $600/day. Who do you want cutting your program? If you say 250, then you know going in that the project will take longer since the editor is most likely still learning the ropes. If you say 600, you are counting on that editor bringing more to the table – including speed and quality.

Since I’m fast, I shouldn’t be penalized and make less money, true. But in fact, what is happening is that because I am fast clients are willing to pay more and get more quality programs completed. Is that bad for me? Only if the pool of clients is small and the number of projects limited.

When preparing a budget for an hour long doc, he needs to bill the time accordingly and shouldn’t sell time, but the project. And the only way to do that is to know how much time every step of the process takes.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

[Bob Andren] “and was wondering what the hourly/daily rate for an editor cutting on either FCP or an AVID would be for this.

I know rates vary from person to person, and are dependent on how much footage I will have and other variables, but I’m looking to get a general idea for a rate to include in the budget for a project like this. Most or all the footage will be HD.”

Bob,

A couple other points. Once you determine the hourly/daily rate, you will need to estimate how many hours/days the edit will take. That can vary widely. Of course, the more projects you create like this, the more accurate your estimate will be.

The other thing to consider is the speed of your editor. I’ve had clients cut down the number of edit days because of a fast editor (which is good and bad – something we could talk about at some length). However, if I were you, I would be looking for a fast editor who can keep the project moving forward and the budget on target.

As far as all HD footage, that really doesn’t change the edit time – but does affect render time. The edit itself shouldn’t take any longer for HD vs SD. Of course there are many variables to take into account when dealing with a mix of video flavors, i.e., uprezing SD footage, handling progressive and interlaced, etc.

Hope this helps a little,
Ed

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[Ed Cilley]

[Bryan Roberts] “something I do in FCP just about every single time I use the program”

Bryan, I agree. I use both programs and LOVE the sample plot in the source window – before I edit it into the timeline. However the suggestion earlier in the thread allows you to switch the timeline between source and record.

Sample plot in source window – feature request.
https://community.avid.com/forums/t/75214.aspx

Ed

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[Ed Cilley]

Bryan,

You have some good advice here. Here’s another tip to take some ideas mentioned a little further.

At the bottom of the timeline is a View Menu (between the red Segment Mode arrow and the Source/Record Mode) that is super handy for switching between your personalized settings. I think it is labeled as “Default”. It’s a boring timeline to begin with, but you can change it all you want.

For audio, I go to the timeline hamburger and choose Audio Data>Sample Plot. Then I highlight the tracks I want to enlarge (let’s say A1&A2), deselect all others and hit Ctrl+L to enlarge those tracks. Then I click on “Default” and choose “Save as..” I type in “Sample 1&2”. You can repeat this for other track as you see necessary. I also make video tracks smaller by activating them, and clicking Ctrl+K.

I have about 10 different settings for various editing needs.

By the way, my default setting is labeled as “Don’t Click Here” – ’cause I can.

Hope the tips help.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

[Ed Cilley]

Go to Settings>General>Default Starting TC

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

[Ed Cilley]

[Bryan Sanders] “2) He used some sort of film adapter (I’m assuming a lens adapter to get a 35mm look and depth of field) which results in the footage being upside down (I believe, horizontally mirrored as well).”

Start as Paul suggests. If you already started a project (which it sounds like you have), you will have to make a new project – choosing the 24P option. You shouldn’t have any problem bringing in the clips. Keep in mind that 24P doesn’t play very nice with other frame rates and can cause a real headache.

Also, something different from FCP is the option to change the Composer window (the source and record monitors) to 16×9. You can do this by right-clicking in the gray area above the source or record window and choosing 16:9. The other way is to go to Settings>Composer>Window and select 16:9.

Hope this makes your project smoother.

Ed

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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield