[Paul Dougherty]

Might be a flaw in my TC workaround. I haven’t been on FCP for a while but should I expect a problem matching back (via Find command) from a subclip I made from an imported clip?* (matching back to the master clip from the subclip)

*You’ll recall I’m importing because I was not able to ingest the Canon footage via Log and Transfer.

[Paul Dougherty]

reading the fine print I see that… Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later is also required for EOS Movie Plugin-E1
https://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3249

That’s OS is not in the cards for me so I used this workaround. I was able to load in the footage into Avid MC5 via AMA on my laptop, revealing the TC values. Then back in FCP 6.06 I modified each clip to reflect the TC values I got derived from the Avid.

[Paul Dougherty]

Thanks Michael. Did the custom install, still had problems, described in this thread…

https://community.avid.com/forums/p/48766/497048.aspx

but resolved in this one…

https://community.avid.com/forums/p/88771/503984.aspx

EDL Manager is working and delivering what I needed.

Thanks again,

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Thanks for the thorough answer Shane, I appreciate it. “Next time..backup the full card. ” I’ll pass that along to the cameraman. As is often the case, the editor gets what the editor gets. I was given the files this way, sans original directory from a cameraman I’ve never met via a client.

Except in organizations where some post-production grown-ups are really in charge, I suspect file based footage will devolve into a pretty sloppy catch-as-catch-can affair. My worst fear is about archiving… hard drives cry out to be reused. More than ever everyone lives in the “now” unless burned later when it’s “let’s call up that job from last year….” Archiving takes time and diligence. In the era of low budgets archiving can fall by the way side.

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Shazaam! That seems to be true, thanks.

[Paul Dougherty]

Since I can only run MC5 on my MacBook Pro, I did the free trial. Smooth sailing *but* no EDL manager. Though I did an uninstall on MC 4.0.5 first, (also upgraded to OS 10.6.3 from 10.6) it’s not clear to me if the EDL Manager (26.05) that is in my Apps folder is from MC5 or earlier. If I try to launch it manually I get this error. “EDL Manager cannot be opened because of a problem”

I don’t see a separate installer for this (as in the earlier convention of a folder called “Other Installers) Suggestions very welcome as I’m keen to generate a list. Thanks.

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

I tried to copy & modify the preset “h.264 for ipod video & iPhone” but could not change the aspect ration, width & height, all greyed out.

[Paul Dougherty]

Thank you Craig. Now I just have to experiment more with Flip4 Mac to see if I can work up something better looking. Anyone know about modifying the iPhone (Compressor) preset to get it to be 16×9

[Paul Dougherty]

The screener in this case is not a deliverable per se, it’s more interim. Though I asked, I’ve found the vast majority of my clients don’t have a clue what they would want as a screener, unless they can point to the last file that worked for them. In the recent case the client is on the other coast and I can’t look at their files

[Paul Dougherty]

By restarting & re-exporting the Qts & replacing the older Qts in the AE8 proj I was able (so far) to get around this intermittent error msg