Neil Patience
Forum Replies Created
-
Hi
ProRes HQ is capable of better quality than LT however you wont really notice the difference with JPEGS.
If you have decent media storage drives, minimum firewire 800 then you should be OK with HQ. But you might get the odd dropped frame. LT is not going to produce such large files and will be less taxing on your system.
Remember don’t try to playback ProRes HQ from a USB drive or a DVD drive on the day – you will need at least a firewire 800 external to handle that.
I would check what happens with the projector in terms of a 1800×1200 image. I would imagine the projector is expecting either a SD (720×576 or 1024×576) or HD (1920×1080 or 1280×720) image so it might distort an 1800×1200 which is much closer to 4×3 in aspect ratio.
I have used PAL frame sizes but same principles apply to NTSC.
I would still be tempted to resize them to a proper TV format, probably 1920×1080 since they are close to that size anyway or at least test what your projector makes of 1800×1200.best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
The problem that you have is that the size and aspect ratio of those stills do not match any TV format.
Check the pixel aspect ratio of the stills and make sure your sequence matches it. I created a still that was 1800×1200 square pixels and then edited that into a custom 1800×1200 sequence with square pixels and it was fine. ProRes LT would be fine for JPEGS – dont use Proxy.One thing – how do you plan to show this film if its on the web then the custom size wont really matter but if it is on TV DVD or BluRay or a projector then it will as it is not a TV standard and you will get some distortion/black bars.
You may be better off resizing them to 1920×1080 and while you will lose some image you will be in a standard HD TV format and that might save you hassle later.best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
You cant import OMFs into FCP directly but you could try the now free
https://www.automaticduck.com/products/download/
Pro Import for FCP lets you import OMF.As Michael says usually FCP OMF is usually solid – I am not really sure about Soundtrack Pro though so maybe if you can use the Duck option at least you can compare to the pics right inside FCP and it will be easy to see if anything has shifted/truncated etc etc
Hope that helps
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
Since you have iMovie then I am pretty sure ProRes is not an option for you. Do not use MP4 use the DV option.
So use MPEG Streamclip to DV then you can edit the DV nativly without any futher loss of quality. However you will lose a bit of quality when you have to re-encode for your new DVD but that is the best route for iMovie.
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
Yes you are correct MPEG to ProRes. Handbrake is still around although you might want to have a look at MPEG streamclip. Its a free download and will convert to ProRes quite happily – its a useful tool for all kinds of little easy conversion jobs. (Assuming DVD is not protected of course.) I would only be guessing in terms of how long – depends on what Mac you have to a degree – shouldnt take more than twice realtime but you can do 2 pass options for better quality which takes longer obviously.
Either way shouldnt be too horrible in terms of time.
Prores LT easily good enough for DVD quality.best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
Once you have determined the size that you wish to convert everything to, which as Shane says will depend on what you need to end up with, you can use Compressor to resize and convert to ProRes or you can use MPEG Streamclip which is a very useful little tool and a free download.
ProRes LT is probably a good starting point unless you have footage from something like a RED where you might want to look at the HQ option.
You just need to end up with a common frame size and frame rate.
If you dont have a specific delivery requirement I would choose whichever format you have most of as the basis to convert the rest to.
You will lose quality if you have to upres all the 720×576 to 1080 but should be fine the other way around.best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
Hi
I have that 5770 card in an old MACPRO 1.1 and it works perfectly with FCPX. You might want to add a bit more RAM as FCPX is 64 bit and is able to utilise that. Otherwise I dont think there is anything else you really need to get you going.
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
You should not hear the handles when you play the sequence – the handles are only there, as you say, when you pull out the clip.
So it should be your exact sequence as you hear it in FCP but with 10 secs extra media available at the start and end of every clip.best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
I think all you can do is edit your progressive footage into a 1080i.50 sequence. However you will not see “interlacing” in this instance its still an interlaced signal.
Since interlaced footage is made up of two fields a 50/sec apart there is a temporal difference between the fields which is often what you see when viewing on a progressive screen. (jagged horizontal lines)
In putting your material into a 1080i/50 timeline each field is still there but they carry identical information since there was no temporal shift during recording.
This should not be an issue technically, just think of all the 1000s of film movies shown on good old interlaced CRT TVs – worked fine.
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv -
As Glenn says Avid Unity is the correct way to address this. You can then have multiple editors working on the same project each able to open each others bins and sequences. The Unity sorts out all the sharing and permissions so that people cant accidentally overwrite others work etc. You can assign drive space to certain projects, clients etc and modify those drive sizes live.
So project sharing needs something like this.
Another option is EditShare which is a third party Avid sharing system. I have used both and while Unity is the better product EditShare does OK so maybe worth looking there.There is a company called Small Tree that have some media sharing options too, not quite the same thing but may help.
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv