Michael W. towe
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Perfect!!! Thanks so much for the help on this. I knew it was something simple that I was overlooking.
Thanks again,
Michael W. Towe
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Unless I have broadcast specs that say otherwise I try to have my peaks around -6Db. This of course is just my guideline. In reality you can take it as close to 0Db as you want for web and live event playback, I just like to leave a bit of headroom.
As for mixing music, that is a job for your ears. There are no hard and fast rules that I know of when it comes to setting the level. My guideline is that I always go a little lower than I think it needs to be. I base this on the fact that I know exactly what the dialogue is saying from editing it so it’s easy for me to pick it out.
The only other trick I can give you for music is a channel EQ. Apply the Channel EQ to a piece of music and then set a couple keyframes so that you can adjust the ranges between 200Hz and 4000Hz. These are the general frequencies where the human voice resides. Then bring that whole rage of frequencies down about 3 to 5Db. This basically reduces the level of the frequencies in the music that are in the same range and the voice. By doing this you can then bump the music up a little more so it doesn’t loose it’s impact.
Have fun and remember, use your ears!!
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Yep, I have done the cue up of the export before, was just hoping for a way to batch render the projects. Thanks for the reply!!
Off to Apple to make a feature request,
Mike
Michael W. Towe
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Hey Nick,
Thanks for the response. Just a follow up from my end…
So at first I thought it might be a workflow issue as I was creating an empty compound clip and then editing the footage into it. Then I was applying the compressor and adjusting it, then dropping the compound clip into a project. As explained I we having to bump the audio by +5db to get the levels to match.
You were suggesting create a project, then edit the footage in, add and adjust the compressor and then compound clip it. If I do this the exact opposite happens. Now I have to drop the audio in the compound clip to get it to match. But wait it gets better… If I don’t drop the level of the compound clip, but drop it back into a project the levels are now back to where I set them, even though the compound clip is +5db hotter. Confused yet?
In short, I have a consistent 5db mismatch from compound clip to project. Which way that miss match is depends on when I created it. If created in a compound clip and dropped into a project, the project is -5db. If created in a project and compounded, the compound clip is +5db
I have tried this on 2 system here at my shop and it behaves the same way on both. I would love another data point on this if someone else wants to give it a shot.
Michael W. Towe
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Is this event the only one that FCPX is loading? Or are there other event’s on other drives that are getting loaded? If the answer is the later of the 2 take a look at Event Manager X in the App Store. This little app is a life saver. It will allow you to hide all the other events, and projects as well, from X so that it’s only loading the one event you are working on.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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As suggested it will be cheaper and a hell of a lot less time to just reshoot the green fabrics on blue. If that however is not an option I would look at taking it into After Effects and using the Roto Brush tool on it. It’s going to be a very long and drawn out process and my guess is that half way through you will spend whatever it takes to just reshoot. But hey, you’ll get to learn a ton about the Roto Brush tool in the process.
Michael W. Towe
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Het Erik, The hit on one of the issue I have with Premier. There is so little support for third party effects an transitions out there. And the ones that do work either have some archaic way of implementing them, for instance the FX Factory Pro transitions, or they just take forever to render. The later of those two problems should have a solution coming down the pike as Adobe is going to give developers the ability to access the Mercury playback code.
Specifically on the color correction side of things have a look at Colorista II from Red Giant. I use it all the time for correction in PP and in FCP7. It’s way beyond what you can do with the built in CC effects and you can do it directly in the timeline.
Michael W. Towe
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Hey Greg,
Again I have to agree. I was lucky enough to attend the San Diego Premier User Group last month and it featured a speaker from Adobe to discuss the changes to the next version. I was very happy to see that they are adding in a lot of small features that will speed up the workflow. Simple things like making the icon for a transition larger so I don’t have to zoom in to select it. Those types if simple workflow fixes might not be the sexy stuff, but they make my life a hell of a lot easier. At the meeting I happened to be sitting next to an editor friend of mine who is also a long time Avid and FCP Classic guy and we both found it amusing that this release seems to be taking things that come directly from the Avid and FCP Classic world and implementing them.
It’s apparent that Adobe is listening to the customer base and implementing their requests, and that is a good thing. As I said in a previous post Adobe is now firmly entrenched in my workflow so I m happy to see the changes they are implementing, and the attention to the customer base that they are practicing.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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I would have to say I agree with you Oliver. I do a bit of work for the promo folks at the local NCB station and this is exactly what they did. They were an FCP7 shop but are now doing it all in Adobe. A lot of the work requires heavy use of AE and that was a driver in the decision to make the mover to where they did. So far I have mixed feelings about Premier, to be honest X has become my editor of choice, but premier is firmly now entrenched in my shop as well. I think the days of just owning one edit system are gone.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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No problem at all, I have been there before!!
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
http://www.m2digitalpost.com