[Phynalkut]

Hi everyone

I will be the assistant editor on this feature when it gets made, so first of all I’d like to say thank you to everyone for all the suggestions made so far.

What we are really looking for is a way to be able to share both media AND project files, so that I can be working on one task while Jon works on another.

The idea of trying to combine the various different pieces of work into one “good” project at the end of each day – say I’ve been marking all the shots with evidence of an intermittant camera fault and putting them in a new bin, while Jon is cutting together scenes – not only sounds a bit dangerous but also is not as efficient, as Jon may want to have a look at what I’ve found in between cutting.

Basically, we want EditShare. But we don’t want to pay that much for it. Final Cut Server sounds like it might be good… but no one seems to know when that’s going to be shipping.

Anyone have any ideas? Either about Final Cut Studio, or about a cheap 2-3 person alternative?

Cheers all

Phynal

[Phynalkut]

Cheers Simon.

I guess I will just continue to ask for uncompressed files, and have the client make the call on whether they want to run the risk. The problem I have is that clients generally want me to just give them yes or no answers on whether files are ‘broadcast quality’- and I don’t want to look like I don’t know what I’m doing with this, as I don’t want them to start worrying about my competence generally.

I guess if there is no definitive answer, then I can’t give one. Now I just have to try and explain that to my clients…

Thanks for your help

Mark Trend

[Phynalkut]

Cheers guys- that’s a weight off my mind.

[Phynalkut]

Yeah but the pitch changes too in this conversion, and for film I’m sure there is a way – although I don’t know what or how expensive it is – of keeping the pitch the same so that people don’t sound too shrill.

I’m going to try converting to NTSC and then from that to PAL. I’ll compare the two and post the results here. Apparently the reason for shooting 23.98 instead of 24 is for easier conversions to NTSC so although I am going an extra generation away from the original I’m hoping it sorts out the pitch problem.

It might not be such an issue for dialogue but this is a music promo and I just know it will come back to bite me if it sounds any different

Cheers for your help though,

[Phynalkut]

Nope, that didn’t work. Or, it did, but it’s just running faster rather than having converted to a different format.

And when I convert in compressor, it stutters.

Any ideas?