[Neil Goodman]

i used one for a little while. Fun but IMO didnt speed up editing at all. Was way faster with a traditional mouse and keyboard.

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[Neil Goodman]

Also Media Composer 7 isnt out yet. Sure itll be basically 6.5 with a added features but who knows how those new features will perform

That said, Avid is a tried and tested environment, proven in high end complicated and low end easy workflows all over the world. CC came out yesterday and CS 6 didnt quite infiltrate quite as deep as some might have hoped. Its out there, but not nearly in the scope of FCP 7 and Media Composer. If coming from FCP 7, Media Composer will have a learning curve. Not too steep but its there. CC might be a smoother transition in that sense. Also for now, you actually own Media Composer.

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[Neil Goodman]

[Bill Davis] “My prediction. The new MacPros will be just like FCP-X. Derided – right up to the point you learn to actually use it – then it transforms into something that does what Apple has been doing for years now. “

So we’ll have to re-learn how to use a computer too? geeeezus shut up already.

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[Neil Goodman]

i dont understand the AMD GPU’s.. why have one line (laptops/imac) use NVIDIA and the other line (macpro) use AMD?

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

Yea its great that Jules the original coder is back on board. The way he thought about DAWS was awesome and def ahead of the pack. I hated having to abandon it, but it just never worked right on a mac.

Im so deep in Logic, I doubt id switch back to T anytime soon, unless Apple of course screws the pooch woth Logic X.

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[Neil Goodman]

holy moly. I too jumped in at Traktion 1 and then outa frustration with non develoment and bugs, went back to Logic. Cool to see it coming back. Wonder if i can find my license info.

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[Neil Goodman]

[John Pale] “Did you try using Avid mix and match rather than MPEG Streamclip?

AMA your 29.97 ftg to a 29.97 project and transcode to DNX 36.

Move the bin with the 29.97 ftg to your 23.976 project. Does it sync?
29.97 should sync with 23.976 audio. The big problem is with true 24, which would require pull-up.”

But will i be able to make group clips for multicam with the two different framerates? And will i be able to go back to the original 29.97 clips when going to online quality without having to maunally matchframe, etc?

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[Neil Goodman]

[Lance Bachelder] “Have you tried setting up a 23.976 Avid project and bringing in the 29.97 footage as is into a sequence? The Avid can probably do as good a job as anything else at pulling it down?
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Thanks for the help everyone! Luckily its memorial day weekend and I dont have to deal with this until Tuesday. Also if i had the authority to fire anyone. TRUST ME! lol

This was my first thought, but then will i have to abandon multicam? Theres two 35 minute interviews that will probably ending up being less than 3 minutes, and 2 demos ranging in at 10 minutes a piece. Sounds like a nightmare to do w/o multicam but yea i guess its doable. Also will i have to abandon the offline workflow too? The show eventually goes to Davinci as well, the more i think about the more i hate this situation.

I will also try Compressor to convert a few takes with Jeremy’s suggestions, see if the external sound will link up, This way ill still be able post the show the way im accustomed too. If it doesnt pass at the end of the day its not on me but id like to do everything i can to help the sitch. Thanks again, ill post my results, good or bad. If not, ill reccomend the Teranex.

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[Neil Goodman]

[Jeremy Garchow] “The audio should sync to both of them at their native speeds.

I wouldn’t convert anything.

I’d edit in a 29.97 timeline, let the 24p footage get pulled down and audio will sync with both.

Unless of course, Avid can’t work in this mixed frame rate environment.

Another option is to work in a 720p59.94 timeline to keep things progressive.

The 30p will get 2:2 progressive pulldown, the 24p will get 3:2 progressive pulldown.”

Thanks for the reply Jeremy!

The final delivery is 1080 24P, and there is multicam involved which wont work with different frame rates inside Media Composer.

Delivery at 720 is also not an option, and i dont really have a choice between NLE’s.

Much appreciated but theres got to be another way!

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[Neil Goodman]

[Michael Phillips] “by removing or hiding the Avid MediaFiles”

no need to remove or hide the proxies anymore.Not exactly sure when this changed but can just open all the AMA bins, highlight all the clips you want to relink, also highlight sequence and then relink w/o having to have all the proxies offline. Its come in handy more than once, when something that was supposedly locked, indeed wasnt and needed some more work or comping.

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