[Matthew Skeris]

Hi Catalin, I am curious if you have had any luck with the Sharpness slider- that’s the look I need the most. Good luck- I’m sure we’ll get some advice here.

[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks, Jan. It’s a nice machine all the same.

[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks once more. Relinking FCP-style that’s an area to explore.

In the meantime, I feel it may be better for me in some cases to upconvert as much raw footage as possible prior to rough editing. Getting stuff quickly to tape for screenings is expected and I don’t know that I want to waste time on tech stuff that could be better spent tweaking the edit.

I’m thinking that maybe I can get about 20+ hours of 30i footage upconverted in a week’s time if I have the Mac running each night and over a weekend.

[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks, again. Good to learn that conversions can be done so quickly.

Do these upconversions need to be done and re-inserted prior to outputing to tape?

Also, can the converted files be somehow relinked to all instances of timelines that included the 30i pre-converted version?

[Matthew Skeris]

Shane, thanks for that Compressor tutorial, it was very helpful. You mentioned that it’s best to wait until picture is locked which makes sense considering that the sailboat render was about 20 Minutes for what seemed to be a 16 second clip. I am curious about the integration between Compressor and FCP’s final timeline. Does the new HD 24P footage automatically link/replace itself? Can Compressor do a batch process (overnite rendering)so that a series of clips can get converted? Finally, ignoring cost for the moment, does the Compressor do a better looking job than Teranex going from 30i SD to HD?

[Matthew Skeris]

hi arc, it seems you are saying that shooting & editing in 24P progressive will not look very good if in the end the program must be delivered interlaced for broadcast. (e.g. 1080i)Do I have that right? What then is the best way to achieve the filmlook I see all the time on different cable shows? Is this done inside FCP or with an outboard converter?

[Matthew Skeris]

Here’s a pair of fairly recent blog posts that I bookmarked on the same topic-

https://www.capria.tv/category/editing/page/5/

https://www.capria.tv/2007/06/19/prores-422-after-effects-gotcha/

[Matthew Skeris]

I’m going to play around with this next time I get my hands on an FCP. I hope that a 3rd-party floating macro palette is possible- one that could not only nudge the Ripple or Slip, but also place the cursor just where it needs to be in order to play the sound of the resulting 1 frame change.

As far as the normal operation of Play Around Current- I agree it’s vital. I also hope that the macro palette can include a button to access the FCP setting & quickly re-instate the proper Pre-roll amounts. Might work might not, but I just have to ask if anyone out there is into exploring this possibility.

Cheers,
Matthew

[Matthew Skeris]

Hi again- yeah, that’s me alright, old dog soon to learn new tricks. I am looking forward to being in Mac land again.

I’m sorry to hear my mini Pre-Roll concept doesn’t quite work- what was the shortest Pre-roll and Post-roll allowed?

[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks, Martin. On my other software, I somehow managed to get by without its Extend feature, I guess I just didn’t like using it. Instead, I either dragged the trim rollers or sometimes used the Enter key to quickly drive my Roll (or Ripples) way forward- the beauty being the Rollers would stop at the next available editpoint- so it was a kind of all-purpose forward extend, but with the advantage of keeping the interface in Trim mode for further tweaking.

Sounds like I’ll need to explore Extend on FCP.