[Michael Angelo]

Hey Oliver.

When you project the shots in a full size movie theatre, you can really see the difference, so going to take the highest signal path and do everything possible to respect original integrity of the original image.

Thanks for the shout Oliver… Have read many of your thread responses, learned lots of great things from them.

Cheers

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Hey Andy,

If you want to really analyze the difference simply download photos and review, I use difference mattes in Smoke for Mac… Really looking for a solution that respects the integrity of the original image rather than tweaking something that doesn’t. Do appreciate the idea tho and I thought about playing with compressor values but prefer again to use something that gets it out the gate 😉

Hope u r well

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Hey Michael Garber,

Wow 5D2RGB looks cool…

Claims a better conversion than Canon’s E1 Plugin which I have found is hands down the best after using difference mattes and waveforms to compare transcodes.

I’ve already transcoded the entire features worth of 5D for editing, hope it’s not too good otherwise will have to start over for everything. Better to discover this stuff now at the front that’s for sure.

I had seen 5D2RGB in threads but thought it was a setting not a stand alone piece of software.

Will dive into 5D2RGD and Cineform Studio Premium over the weekend.

Thanks so much!

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Yep that’s the work flow and the paid versions do ProRes export tho not sure if they can embed non destructive LUTs.

Looks like a good prospective solution!

Cheers

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Hey Michael Garber

I haven’t tried Adobe Media Encoder or Episode yet, will explore that. As far as working with original MP4s I am concerned about performance, mixed codec compound and multi cam clips, looks like cineform codec is no better:

https://cineform.zendesk.com/entries/20328292-Final-Cut-Pro-X-Import-and-Playback-Settings

Double transcoding seems too lossy and definitely want to keep the full 1920×1080, but like that you are thinking outside the box. I’ve got so much GoPro footage and more coming in that LT seems the best bet, it’s to my understanding that ProRes LT saves 30% on space which is awesome:

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=2%26tasks=true

I’m going to try the trial version of Cineform Studio Premium this weekend and see what’s up cuz if it does a good LT transcode that would be perfect:

https://cineform.com/products/gopro-cineform-studio-premium#meta

I hope your GoPro Project goes well. GoPro is a cool little camera despite some shortcomings. Been working on a battery hack as that seems to be the biggest shortcoming with their latest edition. The footage looks pretty darn good if you record with Protune on and apparently the Cineform Studio Premium and Professional apps can do a variety of non-destructive LUTs, would be interesting to see how all that fits into a FCPX workflow.

Really appreciate you reaching back, it’s such a great think tank here

Cheers

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Sourcing directly from Cineform codec in FCPX not looking so good even per their website:

https://cineform.zendesk.com/entries/20328292-Final-Cut-Pro-X-Import-and-Playback-Settings

To get a quality transcode to ProRes LT however may need to look into the Cineform Studio Premium software, anyone using it?

https://cineform.com/products/gopro-cineform-studio-premium#meta

It does export ProRes:

https://cineform.zendesk.com/entries/515450-Conversion-and-pre-processing-of-QuickTime-Files-Mac-

Really curious what Pro Res out of Cineform Studio Premium app looks like. The stuff I converted to Cineform codec using their free app Cineform Studio looked exactly like originals out of GoPro Hero Black 3:

https://gopro.com/software-app/cineform-studio/

Interesting learning curve to be sure…

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[Michael Angelo]

BTW I’m tempted to use Cineform as it looks the best after transcoding but I’m worried how a “non ProRes Codec” will perform in FCPX with a feature docs worth of footage, having mutli cam and compound clips mixing cineform with pro res etc. I may have to given the way other transcode paths seem to step on the image. Thoughts? Experience with GoPro heavy shows?

hmmmmmm….

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Wasn’t able to edit even before assigning role to any clip but no biggy moving onto other brain twisters

thanks for the shout Andy really appreciate it!

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[Michael Angelo]

Thanks for the shout Andy…

Yep it makes sense that once you have assigned a role to a clip, you can’t modify it. However, before actually committing that role to any clip, it would be cool if it was editable. You could rethink workflow, improve a name, heck correct a typo. No big deal really in the long run, just means a messy Role Menu if you are like me and making lots of roles, building/modifying a new pipeline as you go.

The ability to assign a keystroke to a custom role via command editor, now that was the real beef I was having. It could really save a lot of time going through a years worth of footage assigning roles. I intend to use roles a lot for various mixes and mastering to get around the trackless workflow.

Guess there’s some challenge assigning a keystroke to a volatile menu command, so I get it and FCPX is so new. I’m not a programmer so prolly too user centric in this desire. It will be interesting to see where the product goes. Relational database editing kicks ass that’s for sure 😉

Cheers

MA

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[Michael Angelo]

Found this on the web after some hunting, bizarre but true:

turns out that you have to do the following to delete roles.
Remove the role from any clip on a timeline (FCPX won’t let you remove a role if it’s assigned)
Restart FCPX (Not 100% sure why we have to restart, something must happen on start up of FCPX)
You should now be able to go in and use backspace/delete to the role.

Seems strange you can’t simply edit roles especially if you haven’t assigned them to actual clips just created them

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