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I was able to find the info I needed, but thanks anyway, Ty!

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Wow, this worked great! Thanks, Connor!

Btw, I had another question. (Couldn’t figure how to email you directly.) I want to create clips of my captured footage in its uncompressed original format. Do you know what’s the best way to do this? My original footage was in HD, 1080 24p in Quicktime, with square pixels.

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Hi Darren,

Thanks for the link.

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Hi Steven,

My DP chose 24p instead of 23.98. I’m not sure why. Since everyone’s been beating me over the head for that choice, I think I’ll ask him why. I just figured he knew what he was doing.

How do you separate the audio from video in Quicktime?

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Thanks, Darren. I didn’t think of trying F900 forums. I think I will.

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Hi Steven,

Thanks for checking with your friend! These are my responses and questions to your friends comments:

My budget being all the way spent, I want to just rent out the capture deck, the Sony JH3 for just a weekend if I can. That’s why I want to capture everything at once then go back and look at everything and delete what I know for sure I won’t use. So I think batch capturing is out until I’m ready to do a master reel in preparation for actual distribution. Do you know the steps to use PPro to do the deleting? From what I read, it doesn’t actually delete master footage. But maybe you know how…

For PPro, I know I can set a true 24p general setting, which gives me the impression that it will allow me to edit in true 24;however, as I look at the PPro capture settings, it only allows me to capture in 23.98 it seems. Am I missing something?

I don’t have any special effects, but I want to capture in what the F900 shot. I think it was 10 bit YUV, but then there is that parenthetical about 8 bit for compression, so I wasn’t sure.

The reason I hesitate about Quicktime is because it seems it will capture both Audio and Video in one stream (file?) I want to be able to use audio from one take for the video of another, if that audio with that video is bad. Do I have this option from Quicktime if it’s all in one file? That is, to couple an audio clip from a different video with another?

I do plan to remix (refine?) the audio at a post house, should I pick up a distributor, and they front the bill. I’m hoping with the first show reel that I can do a decent job on my own.

I don’t have CS3 yet. I’m thinking about getting it when I’m ready to make actual HD DVD and trailers.

Thanks for all your time and good words.

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Actually, no, this isn’t a test at all. The problem was that I was depending on my Asst. Director, a personal friend, who had some film experience, to help with both directing and editing. Unfortunately, as we started to work together both in production and post, I discovered that his knowledge (and resulting advice) was very limited and probably 5 years behind. Obviously, it was too late after starting to undo everything that we did, and in terms of editing, we’ve had to start over. If you can offer any help, that would be appreciated. This is an honest inquiry.