Michael W. towe
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I would start by deleting the render files and then re-render. Next I would try a compound clip. And finally I would try a compound clip with just the generator and text and then drop the logo over that.
Michael W. Towe
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That settles it, it’s 10bit. Thanks Jeremy this is a great resource,
Michael W. Towe
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Aaaaaand once again the internet strikes back with contradictory information. I’m going with the 10 bit answer as that’s what I originally thought it was, and Wikipedia confirms this and we all know Wikipedia is never wrong. I’ll be running some tests with Abredeen as well since this is the first time using them. I’ll report back with the results.
Mike
Michael W. Towe
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Excellent! I was under the impression that all PreRes respected the original bit depth. In this case I am happy I was wrong!
Thanks again!
Michael W. Towe
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Thanks James, I was unaware of the Organize Event command. The reason it’s important is more of a personal preference than anything else. I like to have everything copied to the event folder so that I have one nice neat package to work with when it comes to archiving the project. I’m annal that way.
Thanks again!!
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Not sure I follow. The files are not offline since the drive they were first imported from is still attached. The issue is that the files in the event are just pointers to the drive they were imported from. What I want to do is restart that copying process so that the files in the event folder are the actual files, not just pointers.
I hope that makes sense,
Michael W. Towe
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Stumbled on to this and found it an interesting approach to batch naming of clips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ql241Qytg&feature=player_embedded
I have just started using it on the first project and so far it’s pretty nifty.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Hi Craig,
I use SotPut Pro since it will allow me to copy to multiple drives at the same time. Additionally it will verify the copies to make sure they were done correctly. If you do go to ShotPut make sure it is the most current release, I believe it’s Ver.5. Previous versions had issues with Lion and Mountain Lion where the copy speeds were unbearably slow. The latest version has the speed back down to about a gig per minute.
To answer your question on 1080-59.94i/60i… That frame rate is actually 30 or 29.97. The 60i is referring to the 60 interlaced fields, not frames, per second. The 30PN you are shooting is 30 or 29.97 frames per second but is shooting progressive frames not interlaced. I would suggest staying with the 30PN as progressive is so much easier in post. If you have someone that requires a 60i master then just drop your final edit into a 60i timeline/project and render it out. I do this all the time for the local NBC folks who want 60i
As for ProRes over ACVIntra… To be honest this is a bit of a carry over from FCP7 for me. I had a habit of getting everything into ProRes before editing. The knowledge I have gained from this thread has me rethinking that workflow. On my next project I think I will skip the transcode in X and just work in the AVCIntra format. If it works fine I’ll go that route and save the time of transcoding/optimizing.
Lastly for your need to go to compressor to get to AIC, I am afraid I can’t be of any help to you there. Not having used iMovie and having to do that in the past I am ignorant of the process of getting the P2 files into compressor.
Michael W. Towe
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[Craig Alan] “So when I want to get the P2 files into compressor from the P2CMS database, how is this done? I’ve used compressor after exporting self contained QT files, drag and drop, and now I’ve used it by sending it to compressor from FCP X. Whoosh, done for you!”
Hey Craig,
Not sure why you would need to go to Compressor from P2CMS to create ProRes files, that is an extra unnecessary step. Here’s my workflow with P2 into X.
1 – ShotPut Pro to copy P2 cards to two portable drives.
2- Import into X from portable drive telling X to optimize footage (This will transcode to ProRes however the inspector in X will still show the file as ACVI or ai5p. You can check the files in Quicktime Player by opening them and than looking at the the inspector (cmnd+I) it will show them as indeed ProRes 422)
3 – Edit away.The only thing I use P2CMS for is to check playback of copied files once ShotPut Pro is done copying from the cards.
Michael W. Towe
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Yep I noticed that too. In the FCPX inspector the footage always shows as AVCI, even if you transcode on import and it is linking to a ProRes file. I think you’re spot on with the bug comment.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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