Michael Hancock
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Which camera are you using? If the MXF format you’re shooting in is supported by Avid, you can drop the MXF files onto your media drive in the Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1 (or any numbered) folder. Open Avid, open your Media Tool, choose to show Master Clips, drag the master clips to your bin and your media is immediately online.
If you’re using P2 cards a newer version of Avid, there’s a P2 Import function. You just import the master clips directly, choose the ones you want to keep, the do another P2 Import Media and it either transfers it directly to your media drives or transfers and transcodes it to DNxHD–your choice. There are benefits to both.
We need a little more info to give you a really solid Yes or No answer, though. Which camera exactly, what resolution and framte rate are you shooting, what version of Avid, etc…
Michael.
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I really can’t think of an easy way to select just one color of clips in a timeline–it’s just a matter of going into segment mode, holding shift, and clicking like crazy.
As far as setting clip colors by tape name–make sure you’re in Text view with your bin, and make sure you have Tape Name set to display as a heading. You can right click and go to “Headings” to select it if it isn’t already displayed. Then right click the Tape Name heading and choose Sort Ascending (or Descending, your choice). This will put all clips with TapeName01 together, then TapeName02, etc… Select all the TapeName01 clips, set a color, select the TapeName02 clips, set a color, repeat.
It’s really just a matter of sorting the clips in your bin by tape name so you can quickly select all clips with a common tape name together to assign them a color.
Michael.
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[Richard Barber] “I’ve seen instructions to first export the sequence as a Quicktime reference file. When I try to do that I get a message: “Long GOP media cannot be exported using Quicktime Reference.”
Sounds like you’re cutting HDV footage. This can’t be exported as a quicktime reference unless you transcoded it to DNxHD first. So just export a quicktime movie like you have been doing. It’s a good way to go.
[Richard Barber] “Is there a way to export as a mov file and then convert to an m2v or m4v using Sorenson Squeeze?”
Yes. Export it as a quicktime movie, open Sorenson, drag the quicktime into the program and either select a preset for m2v or m4v (if there is one) or make a new present and customize it.
[Richard Barber] “A final novice question: how can I best determine before the last minute that when I uploaded it via Yousendit.com that the recipient will actually end up with an m2v or m4v file?”
Once Sorenson has compressed your quicktime to an m2v or m4v, that’s what file it will be. If you upload that file to YouSendIt, that’s what they’ll get.
Michael.
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Is it a video only clip? And audio only? Use Autosync. Mark an In on the Video and Audio where they sync, then choose Autosync, by In Points. It will make a new clip with audio and video together.
Michael.
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You can mark locators while you capture. Look under your capture settings and you’ll see what the hotkeys are. I think it’s F2 or F3. You have several options (F3 – F10 maybe?) for different colored locators.
Michael.
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He needs to playback 1080P. AppleTV maxes out at 720P, right?
Michael.
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If you’re on a Symphony you can color correct the source clips, but if you’re using Media Composer or Xpress Pro you can’t.
I’d just throw one shot of each tape into the timeline, color correct them to match, then save the effects to my bin and label them by tape name. Edit, then make each source clip a different color according to tapes. Tape 01 may be red, 02 blue, 03 green. You’ll end up with a three colored timeline. Go into segment mode, select all the red ones, drag the Tape 01 color correction effect from you bin to the selected Tape 01 (red) clips and the effect will apply to all of them. Repeat with the other two and you’re done. Shouldn’t take too long.
Michael.
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If you don’t need HD, look for a used DVCPro camera that can shoot DVCPro50. You’ll get your 4:2:2 colorspace, and if you can find a nice used ENG style camera you can get gorgeous pictures out of it. Many shoot 4:3 and 16:9 too–ours also shoots progressive.
You may also be able to find a used Beta cam–I’ve keyed a lot of Beta and it’s not too bad. Like it was mentioned before, though, good lighting is the key (pun intended).
Michael.
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[Michael De La Cerda] “Do I need to upgrade my Avid software?”
Yes. Xpress Pro will never run under Leopard. For $495 you can upgrade to Media Composer 3.0.1 (the purchase upgrade will say 3.0), which will also give you all the third party software, which includes:
Boris Continuum Complete Effects 5.0
AvidDVD (PC Only version)
AvidFX (Boris RED renamed)
Sorenson 5.0
Smartsound Sonicfire ProHere’s the full list:
https://www.avid.com/products/Media-Composer-Software/specs.asp
It’s definitely worth the $500.
Michael.
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Look under the Tools menu, I believe. You’ll see an option for console. It will open up a box with a text line where you can enter commands. I think the shortcut is Ctrl+6 on a PC, so that may be CMD+6 on a Mac.
Michael.