Michael Hancock
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I’m not sure if you can do exactly what you want, but here’s a way to accomplish it within Avid.
Import each still into a bin and sort by name ascending to put them in numerical order.
Switch to Frame view, select all the stills in the bin (Ctrl+A or Cmd+A), hit I on your keyboard to mark an In point, hit 2 three times (which should be Move 1 Frame Forward on your keyboard), then hit O on your keyboard to mark an Out.
This should give every still an In and Out mark for a 4 frame duration.
Now, with all the clips selected, open your sequence or make a new one, select your bin again (and select all the clips in it), and cut them into your sequence from your bin (you may need to enable this in your settings – it’s called “Enable edit from bin” or something like that). Avid should now take four frames of every still and put them one after another. Shouldn’t take more a few minutes.
Let me know if it doesn’t work.
Michael
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What’s your source footage, and did you check “Use Avid Codec” in your Quicktime Reference settings?
Michael
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[Bob Flood] “Whether the AE user has a PC or Mac, the latest version of QT SHOULD give you all those codecs. “
That’s decode only. You can’t encode to ProRes4444 without FCP installed.
I’d do as Dave suggests and go with image sequences.
Michael
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If you don’t want to get into Advanced Keyframes yet (definitely do when you get the chance though), just adjust the acceleration parameter of your keyframes. It will help ease in and out of your movements.
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For DV footage, yes.
Go to your Capture Settings and click on the “DV&HDV Options” tab. Check the “DV & HDV Scene Extraction” box, and choose whether you want it to add locators, create subclips, or do both.
EDIT: Actually, I may have misunderstood your question. If you use DV Scene Extraction, Avid will create subclips for every time the camera was stopped and restarted. If you want Avid to make new clips everytime there is a timecode break, you should be able to just capture the entire tape. When Avid hits a timecode break it will end that clip and make a new one with the new timecode.
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If you choose to work with DVCProHD and you export a quicktime reference, make sure you choose to use the AvidDV codec on export. The DVCProHD codec only shows up on Macs with FCP installed. Everyone else has to use a decoder – Avid has their own that will wrap the reference file as an AvidDV100 file (it’s basically allowing quicktime to read the DVCProHD media as AvidDV100).
Also, if you use the P2 media directly through AMA, I don’t think you can export a Quicktime Reference, so you’ll need to transcode regardless if you’re definitely going to be exporting reference files, or you’ll have to turn AMA off and use the old Import P2 Clips to Bin method.
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Do you have a MojoDX or NitrisDX attached to this system? If you do, that box will handle the uprezzing of DVCProHD (it’s a thin raster format, so this will save your CPU some cycles, since the BOB will do the stretching to full raster).
You should be fine running the DVCProHD native, but if you’re going to copy to your media RAID you may as well transcode. Our system gets much snappier playback of DNxHD footage then DVCProHD, but we don’t have a MojoDX or NitrisDX to help.
Can you get some footage to test your playback before the edit?
Michael
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What kind of mic do you have and how is it lined into the computer? Are you running it into an Avid breakout box (Mojo, MojoDX, NitrisDX?).
Michael
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Most of our clients are dream clients now, but I’ve worked for some really bad ones in the past.
Off the top of my head, my favorite clients share this in common:
1. They trust our expertise. If they make widgets, we trust they know what it takes to make a great widget. In return, they trust we know how to spend their money wisely to produce a product (video, print piece, etc…) that sells their widgets.
2. They respect us, and we respect them. While we may disagree sometimes, the conversations are always civil and typically result in a better product at the end of the day.
3. They pay. Some are giant corporations that take longer to pay, others pay immediately or within a week or two of receiving an invoice. But overall, they pay and we don’t have to harass them for it.
4. They ask our opinion and take it seriously.
5. They’re genuinely nice people. Working with a jerk makes the day too long. We’re very, very fortunate that so many of our clients are genuinely nice.
We have a few clients I consider my favorites. One has asked for 1 revision only, and we’ve done about 15 projects with them. The reason we’ve only had 1 revisions is because the client is so clear on what he’s looking for (without micromanaging) that it’s very easy to do the job right the first time. There’s simply no room for a mistake in communication, so you know you’re on the right track before you even start.
Another, during the first project we did, asked if it was ok if they requested a change. My jaw dropped. They didn’t want to make a change if it was going to inconvenience us. We had to remind them that we were working for them and they could request anything they wanted. This client also never questions our rates, pays on time, and invites everyone out for drinks just to hang out and have a laugh.
Granted, we’ve had some grinders but we’re trying to avoid them. It’s not always possible to spot them right away, but when when we do my bosses are ready to let them go. That’s a huge relief and really makes it a fun place to work.
Michael
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The latest patch of Media Composer 4 is approved with Snow Leopard. Avid suggests you start with a fresh install of the OS, then install MC4.x. They don’t suggest you upgrade your OS then install MC4.x
Michael
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