Mitch Ives
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[doka15] “Was this the problem when switchign from 5.0.4 to 5.1? I have heard there are problems with the switch but I have not heard what the problems are?”
No, we had the problem in 5.0.4. We’ve had it from day one, actually. It was being reported by several of us. It occurred when importing 24pn footage from P2 cards. It would duplicate frames at times, resulting in a noticeable glitch. The most common was coming out of a dissolve… there was a distinctive “sticking” as it duplicated the last frame…
We were eliminating dissolves in some cases to get rid of the worst ones. Some times it would do it on a straight cut. We were checking disk array speeds and a whole host of things trying to track it down. As usual, only a few of us diehards were reporting it. It was so obvious that clients were asking about it during playback.
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[Don Wilson] “I too get the “not optimized for Final Cut” warning on my footage and all was brought in correctly I believe. I do not delete the duplicate frames when importing 24pn footage as there are no frames to drop. But alas, the footage edits just fine so far though we’re early in the edit of a feature length doc. I’m curious as well.”
I have not seen that message when importing 24pn footage, and we’re doing that about every other day. Not sure why you are seing that. Perhaps your sequence setting choice is incorrect?
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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5.1.1 fixed the problem for us. The trick is that you need to reimport all the files into your project from the original MXF files. It is perfectly smooth across dissolves now. Man, I’m happy… that was a real problem, as the video “stuck” coming out of the dissolves…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[Rene Hazekamp] “It’s a great app and worth every penny, even when it was 2999.
It has great keyers, and the image stabilizer is amazing.
And it has blur filters that make image bluring a feast (optical defocus), -it’s true and I’am not using drugs
and it has a film grain filter”As some one else said (was it Walter?)… a couple of basic uses and it’s paid for…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[Dom111] “Thanks for the insight Mitch.
As a longtime SATA user, is it posible, real world, to edit uncompresed 10bit HD footage in realtime using a single Sonet Fusion 500p enclosure with 5 drives or would I need to double up to achieve this?”If you’re talking 1080 uncompressed 10 bit, then I think you’ll need to double down and get two cards, two enclosures, and 10 drives. A single 5 drive combination will do 10bit uncompressed SD and will have no issues with 8bit 720p…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[Noah Kadner] “FCP has been the most up to date with Panasonic gear for several years now. Highly recommend it over Avid for HVX200 editing.”
I’d have to agree. FCP always seem to be right there. I’m into the proactive companies… not the ones who finally get around to something after it becomes obvious that they have to. Avid made some great announcements this week. I applaude all of them, especially since we’ve had most of that capability in FCP for almost 2 years now…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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All excellent points Lars. All I’d recommend is keeping and archiving the native P2 files… and then converting those to work in FCP. When you’re done erase the FCP files and archive the native P2 files. I think this will solve your problems and is the workflow we use…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[boydmcc] “Kevin, what skills would you recommend? (I would imagine actually being able to tell a story would be one 🙂 “
I’m still wrapping my mind around that. Kevin has a way of “cutting to the chase” which is probably why we get along. It used to be assumed that an editor had “story-telling” skills. Video production is at it’s core “storytelling”, regardless of the application. Unfortunately, as Kevin pointed out, with the onslaught of editors, its somehow been lost in the stampede.
I remember Kevin and I talking at NAB and complaining about the lack of “editing skill/storytelling” in the Apple Certified Curriculm books. In a stroke of luck, we managed to relay that to Patty Montesion. I can’t speak for Kevin, but I was surprised to see the revised books contain an entire volume (the second) on just that. Kinda scary.
It’s just my opinion, but I think storytelling skills are an absolute requirement. It’s often the difference between an effective and an ineffective piece. Video editing isn’t listed in the Bill of Rights… and perhaps not everyone should be trying to do it? If you can’t tell a story or a joke, you might want to start hanging out with people that can.
I’ll close by saying that certain tribes seem to have an edge in the storytelling arena. The Irish in partiular come to mind. As a mix of Irish and Scottish, it comes natural to me… which might explain Kevin’s grasp in that area.
Kevin, if you’re still reading this post, remember… “If you ask me would I rather have been born lucky or beautiful… I’d say Irish!”… 🙂
That one’s for you too Horton…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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[walter biscardi] “[Kevin Monahan] “As you go forward, it might be wise to gain skills that other editors do NOT have. My 2 cents anyway”
Good point. One thing I’ve done is to learn color correction, graphics, compositing, sfx and DVD authoring so the client stays right here and he knows he’s getting more options for his project than through someone who just knows their NLE.”
Absolutely Walter and Kevin. This has been my business model since 1995. It pays off. Since our switch to HD, it’s paying off even more. I can’t tell you how many clients tell us they are here because they can get “everything” done here. Being an “editor only” these days will hurt you. Being an “editor” these days seems to imply that you can do color correction, graphics, audio, compositing, some animation work, etc. Times have changed… probably for the best. Not only does a “one-stop” shop save time, but it usually saves the client money… and gets a more cohesive result…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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We’ve been using internal RAIDS and external SATA RAIDS longer than most people, and have yet to lose a RAID on an OS update. First, it isn’t always required to reformat a RAID with a new OS. Second, backing up RAID data is something that (hopefully) is done more often than an OS update.
I’d do some research on the RocketRaid card before you buy it. That has a very checkered past and has more bad press than any other RAID card. I’m sure they are on their game by now, but I’d go into it having done some research first.
The Sonnet boxes main advantage comes from using their card. If you’re buying their enclosure, you should seriously consider using their card. Perhaps Walter and some of the others will post their experience with what seems like a really nice choice these days…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5