Nate Weaver
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On the other hand, XDCAM EX material transferred in 7 has a weird pulsing color shift issue. It’s subtle, but it’s there.
I have not checked to see if it’s there on export. Doing a full-screen viewer I could tell that the engine was taking some liberties with the sharpness of my footage, so it truly maybe a preview issue (something not unheard of in 7, either).
Nate Weaver
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[Chris Kenny] “Flip from ‘Select’ mode to ‘Position’ mode, and clips will go exactly where you drag them”
Oh my god. I had been figuring out a LOT of stuff on my own, and getting to the point where I am definitely cutting faster than I was before, but between this and the other things I learned today, I can take over the world.
Folks, you need to stop complaining and look at what can be done. So far, I have found either a minor workaround to almost every problem I’m finding, or just a flat out better/faster way to get things done.
Thanks so much, Chris.
Nate Weaver
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Buy a damn copy of FCS3 on Ebay. Sheesh.
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[jake blackstone] “FCPx contains code for XML as well as Python scripting capabilities. There is no GUI for it, but third party developers will be able to use that to build additional features for their products. An example of that would be something like BM building “send to Resolve” button right inside the FCPx. No EDL or XML needed.”
This seems to be just as forward thinking as the rest of FCP X, and I believe you, but can I ask how you know?
Public reading, or just of the record beers at NAB?
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Maybe look at the refresh rate for that second desktop?
If you have a 24p timeline see if there’s a 48hz refresh rate for that monitor/desktop, and if it’s a 29.97 timeline then maybe 60hz?
Its the timebases of the Mac desktop output not jiving with what the AJA has to convert it to to make an SDI out. Closer they are the better, I’d think.
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I bought it, full well knowing that it was $300 for educational use and that getting any work done in it is not going to happen.
There’s no XML, in or out. Nor EDL. XML I have hope for. EDL, I’d say it’s a good bet will never happen.
There is also no video card support. Between the two, XML and video out, I can barely believe it…I think they needed to get this going before release.
I also went digging in the bundles/folders containing the FCPX projects, hoping that the file that actually contains the Project was simply just an XML file. Not the case.
Other than the fact that there’s some really important big things missing, the program is really cool and forward thinking, and I look forward to using it. But it’s going to be a while.
Nate Weaver
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[Greg Jones] “I’m actually not sure who will use this.”
Despite the fact that it doesn’t have some things I need right now, there are some people I know that do professional work in a corporate environment that this is perfect for.
There are TONS of new media depts, in house production depts (that don’t use tape)…it really goes on and on.
Nate Weaver
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Already seeing some things missing.
Getting ready to party like it’s 1999.
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I use it more than here and there. I still need real time. My understanding Quadro 4000 alone is not as good as 285/120 combo, right?
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Holy cow, this got way more complicated than it needs to be. I had a longer more detailed response the other day, but a refresh issue in my browser ate the post and I walked away in disgust.
Dave, the camera makes MXF files with variant of MPEG2 as the codec. They are 1920×1080 in resolution.
The method that FCP uses to work with the files is that they are browsed in the Log & Transfer interface, and imported there. Upon import the files are given new Quicktime wrappers as file types. They are still the same codec, and are NOT transcoded in this step. The process goes VERY quickly, as it’s essentially a file copy.
So it is these FCP-ready QTs that Resolve can use. I’ve done it many times, they work great.
If you do NOT have FCP, you can still work with the native media. Here’s how:
1-Go get the latest version of Sony’s XDCAM Transfer software for Mac. This is the software that used to be used to being XDCAM into FCP, before they came up with the plugin. It is a standalone program. Get it here: https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-software-model-PDZKP1.aspx
2-Beg or borrow the Apple MPEG2 codec and install it in your Quicktime folder. It is installed with FCP, so if you just move it off a legit FCP machine you haven’t done anything too terrible.
3-Use XDCAM Transfer to load up the original camera media folders “BPAV”, select which clips you need (or all of them), and hit import. It will create new QT media in the folder you specify in the prefs.
Nate Weaver
Director/D.P., Los Angeles
https://www.nateweaver.net