[Nick Price]

Hi Jay,
Dupe Frames was a big problem with FCP4.5, Search back on the forum, i have answered this problem at least 10 times! You only need to change sequences in projects that are open! Honestly, this works. I bet my house this is what it is.

…admittedly the house is in the UK, but hey you might want a holiday….

nick

[Nick Price]

Bob,
yeah if its the whole sequence, then i would use media manager. That what its for. It will duplicate your entire sequence, or part of it if you want, create new clips with just the media used, plus handles if you want. It can either duplicate the media saving you having to recapture, or make an offline version which you then recapture. Media Manager…..does what it says on the int.

cheers
nick

[Nick Price]

Hi there,
Thank is right bout the rendered audio files…although check why they need to be rendered.

In term of the clips in the browser, you can select all hthe timeline clips and drag them into the browser and there they will be. and you can check the “offline” audio clip that way too.

Alternatively use media manager to remake the sequence, with just the media used. I guess yu should do this anyway for the posthouse.

cheers
nick

[Nick Price]

Hi Bob,
well if you are doing a whole sequence of clips, then you need to use media manager to “consolidate” your timeline into a new version with just the used media (plus a couple of secs handles if you need them). If its just one or two clips, then using the capture tool, i would remake master clips using the in/out points. Look at ken Stones website for using Median Manager properly

cheers
nick

[Nick Price]

…and if it is for the BBC, it will want to be in PAL. Not NTSC.

nick

[Nick Price]

Surely this is ‘the old dupe frames’ problem. If you have ‘duplicate frames’ turned on in the sequence settings, for ANY sequence, open or not, then it will produce this lag. I have had this loads. But you will need to turn it off on ALL sequences in any open project. …repeat…ALL sequences. You should find it magically up to speed. This is fixed in version 5.

best wishes
nick

[Nick Price]

Hi,

1. Sounds like the clips havent reconnected to their proper files on te hard drive maybe. I would check lengths and names in the FCp brower, and then the respective file in the finder. Moving from 5-6 shouldnt really affect the project. Or you could try using media manager in version 5 to make a new consolidated project, then open that up in version 6?

2. Complete the cut then duplicate the sequence and change sequence settings to 8 or 10 bit. Any graphics titles yo have will look much better, plus if you have put colour effects etc they will look better too. Just check the fields are in the right order too, otherwise you will get a juddery effect on any moving images. Use the shift fields filter to sort this.

3. Exporting an OMF will be absolutely fine for protools. Does what it says on the tin. Done it hundreds of times. But dont export with transitions cos it can mess up.

cheers
nick

[Nick Price]

…of course you can also have several canvas windows open at once, again just pull the tab and you can see two seperate canvas windows

nick

[Nick Price]

Justin,
I agree with everyone that Decklink and AJA are the way to go. YOu shouldnt have any problems with either. For Jeremy, who suggested not needing a card due to editing with DV, i strongly suggest you need a proper TV output that is in sync with the computer screens, therefore you need a capture card. YOu can watch your DV on a TV if you have a deck or some other sensible way of getting the pics out through firewire, BUT there will be a 4 frame delay which isnt really acceptable if you edit professionally, and by that i mean using sound as much as pictures…….and ‘feeling’ an edit point…..

just for what its worth…..
best wishes
nick