[Mauricio Lleras]

Hey Jim,
your approach seems pretty good
if your finishing in HD.
So now that you’ve done some tests
how are you finding Media Express?
I wonder how much you can organize your footage there
in a way that translates to FCPX,
can you send out xml’s?
Or can you create folders inside the app
that reflect on the finder so you could
then import them into FCPX and get them as keyword collections?
I haven’t had the chance to look at it myself,
so sorry if the questions seem a bit simple,
just wondering what I’ll be able to do with the software.

[Mauricio Lleras]

No worries Bill, and thanks again for your replies

[Mauricio Lleras]

Thanks for replying Michael,
my guess is we’ll probably edit and finish in SD,
although that is not yet definitive.
And I definitely will keep a close eye
on the field order issue,
hoping to avoid DV and go all ProRes.
As far as collaboration goes I have done it before
so I am aware of things to be considered.
Also I may be doing the color work myself,
so one less step to supervise…

[Mauricio Lleras]

I think Pro Res 422 HQ would surely be overkill
given the source footage resolution,
as Michael says I’d probably only gain larger files but little else…

[Mauricio Lleras]

Hey Bill,
what happened to the other post you wrote?
I received one notification on my mail
but don’t see it here anymore.
I appreciate your offer and would surely be glad
to talk to someone having gone through that workflow.

[Bill Davis] “If you have the budget, working with a team like FCPWorks would be a VERY smart decision”

Bill, sure, that would be pretty nice, but not in the realm of possibilities for this project.

[Bill Davis] “Re-inventing wheels via personal internet search is sometimes fun”

Well, it is clear I won’t be plunging into the workflow based just on some
loose internet search.
I still have some time ahead of me before the start of the project
and will definitely do some testing.
Just wanted to know what the general thoughts on this
kind of workflow from people having done it were…

[Mauricio Lleras]

Thanks Noah,
did I mention I’m in France?
I’ll definitely do some testing as soon as I can.
As far as the gear goes I think we will be fine,
as far as I know the director has the decks required to read the tapes
and has some brand of Blackmagic Design’s Intensity cards
that should work OK.
Was wondering more about the fact of capturing using Blackmagic’s
supplied software, MediaExpress,
and then getting that into FCPX.

[Noah Kadner] “And yes that was a shameless self-plug”
No worries! All fair game, thanks again!

[Mauricio Lleras]

Out of curiosity,
how’s Premiere doing over there?
Is it picking up or are people
mainly still on avid and fcp 7?

[Mauricio Lleras]

Hey James,
I don’t live in London, was merely suggesting
to contact them as they seem pretty turned towards fcpx,
thought they might give ideas,
as for the facilities I did say I was merely copying
the ones that appeared on their site
and might therefore have some use of fcpx, that’s all…
I don’t seem recalling anyone mentioning 10dot1 in the thread,
just trying to give the guy some ideas…
Cheers

[Mauricio Lleras]

Hi,
what about contacting 10dot1?
These are the guys that have published several whitepapers
on fcpx workflows and they should be able
to point you in the right direction:
https://www.10dot1.co.uk
Their website lists these as clients,
and I’m guessing at least half should be
using fcpx regularly, if not as their main NLE:
BBC Motion Gallery
BD Network
ESPN
Google
Impossible Pictures
The Mill
MUTV
Nickelodeon
Ogilvy
Tomboy Films
Unit
Viasat
360 Production

Maybe call them?

Cheers and have a good trip with you students!

[Mauricio Lleras]

Also, I remember hearing from some guys using Resolve
that certain flavours of fcpxml would pose problems
where others would work fine,
try the different versions (1.5 and 1.4) and particularly avoid
the extended metadata presentation which
I believe was what seemed to pose the most problems,
try using the general or the basic views.
Hope this helps…