Michael Garber
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I would check the DVD to make sure the total file size seems correct. Mount the DVD in your computer. Select all files folders and hit cmd-opt-i. That will tell you how large the files are on the disc.
Michael Garber
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Have I mentioned that you rock??? Just tried it, works like a charm. Thanks!
Michael Garber
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Craig – I have been using ARD for years now. I absolutely love it and it is one of my keys to running a small, efficient post house.
Once you figure out your strategy, please let us know. I’m very curious to see how this works for you.
I discovered that, if you open the sparse disk image and hit info on the volume, you can deselect “ignore ownership of volume.” This allows you to have the disk mounted on one station at a time. But I haven’t done any tests beyond that, yet.
Now, if I can figure out how to increase the size of the image when necessary… When I mounted the image in Disk Utility, I was able to resize it, but not without reformatting it, due to the need to expand the partition. Anyone know any workarounds? Andres – any way to add this to your utility?
Michael Garber
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Andreas – thanks!!! That is a great helper app. So, the key with sparse bundles is that you can’t expand their size, only shrink, correct?
Michael Garber
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I find turning off “show reference waveforms” can speed things up a little. But yes, it’s frustrating how FCPX constantly has to rewrite the waveforms. It’s quite similar to FCP7.
Also, hiding waveforms in the event library can help the timeline redraw quicker.
Premiere seems to have this one in the bag. Waveforms seem to be persistant through the timeline when scrolling. But I haven’t used it enough to verify if it works with zooming in and out when playing (which X does not, unfortunately).
Michael Garber
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When I’m working with a couple layers and don’t want to compound or nest (wasn’t nest just easier to say?), just place a custom black generator on top of the white clip and video (essentially v3 in ol’ skool terminology). If it’s a fade in from black, add an opacity change ramping the generator down to 0 – or just put a cross dissolve at the end.
Michael Garber
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Depends on what you’re re-rendering. Variables include native clip size, project settings (does clip need pull-down added), clip length, changes to clip (vis-a-vis motion properties – zoom, crop, etc…) and any filters added.
Michael Garber
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If you are exporting the timeline multiple times, in the case of a client wanting little tweaks, then I think it makes most sense to render first and then export. This being dependent on how much rendering needs to be done in the timeline and how complicated the effects are.
I’d rather render it overnight or in the background/spare time (assuming what I need to render isn’t changing while I’m rendering). Then, come crunch time, I know that my exports will take a fraction of the time they would’ve taken. For example, I had an hour-long timeline with color and bcast safe – took a couple hours to render (rough approximation). But once rendered, it took 8 minutes to export. I was able to afford the render time upfront. But when the changes started coming in – boy, those 8 minute exports were nice (although QT reference movies were ooohhhh-so-much better).
I think we might have just a different workflow – or you might have a much faster processor than on my system for exporting.
Michael Garber
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It works going straight out of FCP, but I have found quicker render times in Compressor if you export from FCPX first. I recommend rendering the timeline in FCPX as it allows for quicker exports.
Also, you have the added benefit of using Quickcluster encoding if you export first. But that’s a whole ‘nother thread… 🙂
Michael Garber
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agreed re: proxy. just making a suggestion of a workaround to get you, well, working 😉
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company