Paul Figgiani
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[Julian Bowman] “Ok, will spend a bit of time and try and shift my thinking 🙂 Guess I just got used to QT7 doing what I needed 🙂
thanks for the pointers :)”
Cool. We’ll help you set it up if you need a hand …
-paul.
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[Julian Bowman] “I never directly upload, just my thing. And using QT7 is quicker and easier to do than Compressor, at least it feels like it is. May look into compressor again, but open with QT7 and convert. Only thing that slows me down is changing my settings.”
You’ll find the workflow much more efficient if you take the time to build a few “Presets” in Compressor. In fact you may not need to create Droplets once you have your Settings saved and available. It all depends on how you decide to use it.
As far as encoding speed, not sure about that. I know that QT7 is legacy software. And, I think Compressor is still heavily based on the old QT API’s. In fact to my knowledge it’s still a 32 bit application.
So yeah – get those Compressor settings built and see how it goes …
-paul.
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[Julian Bowman] “can i use those ‘droplets’ in QT7, or does this mean using compressor as my converter?
And thanks :)”
The underlying transcoder would be Compressor. Any reason why you would need to use QT7 Pro instead?
-paul.
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[Julian Bowman] “I use the Pro feature to convert files to Pro Res, and also the h.264 codec for delivery via Vimeo.
Is there a way of setting up my own ‘favourites’ of presets (codec, dimensions, kbps rates) so I can just click on a favourite each time i ned a convert rather than having to manually set them up?
Can’t see one, but thought i’d ask in case anyone knows.”
Julian,
One alternative would be to build presets in Compressor (they are referred to as “Settings”) and save them as Droplets. Once you have the Droplets saved you simply drag files on to the Droplet icon to initialize.
-paul.
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Scott,
Read through Managing Media With FCPX Libraries.
Look for tutorials regarding transitioning to 10.1 and Media Management on the MacBreak Studio YouTube channel.
-paul.
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Vinnie,
I have an older Panasonic AVCCAM (HMC 150). Typically I remove my cards from the camera and use a Panasonic USB Card reader. Never had a problem pulling the footage directly into X. I generate Optimized and Proxy media. These days it’s super easy to flip back and forth between formats while you are working.
Bottom line is I think you should be fine with the AC90/X combo.
-paul.
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James,
System Preferences/Notifications
Master File Export Settings – When Done/Do Nothing
-paul.
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[Chad Greene] “Is there a way to do an adjustment layer for audio (without using compound clips) like we do for video”
Chad, no – and I wish there was. Without audio tracks and buses, adding support for audio adjustment layers would make sense. I’ve sent a good amount of feedback to apple about this. Maybe one day they will surprise us …
-paul.
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Mitch,
Try this:
Make your spot exactly 30 sec. Use the Time Selection Tool to select all track clips, making sure your selection leaves a second or 2 to spare at the end of the piece, like this:
Then Export the session using: File/Export/Multitrack Mixdown/Time Selection …
Now grab the bounced file and open it in the Audition Editor. Trim the end of the piece until your edit is exactly 30 sec. Then save out the file.
-paul.
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John,
In my opinion VO Dynamics Compression and Loudness Normalization relative to the CALM Act and ITU/EBU/ATSC specs. should always be handled independently. Just to be clear I’m not referring to the common Peak Normalization process that most people are familiar with.
You should be careful when using a compressor as a sort of loudness maximizer. If you push the compressor too hard you will be dealing with exaggerated breaths and a very noticeable boost to the audible noise floor.
Use your compressor to tame/manipulate the dynamics of the VO. Then deal with meeting your loudness spec. In most cases this will be nothing more than tweaking the gain of the processed audio. In fact if you have the latest version of the Waves meter – the gain compensation feature is built into it. If you need to increase the gain, just make sure you adhere to the True Peak level in your spec. Again, your meter will handle this with it’s built in True Peak limiter.
Bottom line – handle dynamics, apply what ever else you need (EQ, noise reduction, etc) – then address loudness. The processing techniques are almost always subjective. It all depends on the condition of the source and the loudness spec. that you are shooting for.
-paul.
