Reuben Fink
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Well I did a batch rename to all the MTS files so each one had a unique name, before I started editing. I created ProRes duplicates from these with the same unique naming convention. This eliminates the issue of duplicate file names. I will try the XML idea but I have a feeling FCP will still look for an exact name with .mts extension. If it doesn’t then we might just be on to something. I’ll take a stab tomorrow. What I’m really looking for is some combination between reconnect media and similar tools used in batch renaming apps such as name mangler or bridge.
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
Sorry I think my subject title is misleading. I’m not actually trying to merge multiple clips into one clip just multiple clips at the same time but keeping them separate. The workflow is such. I’m using plural eyes to replace audio on clips then importing that XML into premiere. So now I have 20 clips on the timeline ready to edit with the second sound linked, but what I really want to do is get those clips into the project pannel as merged clips so I can organize and still retain the audio link. What I want to avoid is having to select each clip individually and merge them one at a time. In FCP you can select the 20 linked clips and drag them into the, equivalent of the project panel, and they all become separate merged clips. All in one step. Is there a similar action in Premiere Pro?
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
I’m interested in this thread since I’ve been working with PP more over FCP recently. As far as I can tell you can’t scrub the play head manually with avchd footage as fast as prores. Currently I’m working on a 2008 Mac pro, 20gig of ram, GTX 570 2.5gig card and the footage is coming off of an internal stripe 0 raid configuration. I’m getting 350mb a sec. So definitely faster than your MBP but I am having similar problems. Although different from your experience the system can keep up when I hit the L key 4 times maxing it out. So I can either attribute it to the Raid speeds or the GTX Card or the combination. I’ll have to test further. What’s interesting though, is when I hit the J key while the footage is playing forward the system chokes. Also after hitting the L key if I hit K then J in quick succession it takes about 2 seconds for the footage to catch up and play backwards. Where it really falls appart is when I need to scrub with the mouse quickly. This has posed a big frustration as you have mentioned. I’m sorry but hitting the L key to it’s max is just not fast enough sometimes when you’re scanning hours of scratch footage and are on a very tight deadline. I’m currently doing a feature film EPK edit and it’s been a real pain to track footage down on a scratch timeline as quickly as I am used to in FCP. I’ve also tested this out on a much more powerful Windows machine with quadro cards and I’m seeing the same problem. But note this is not a PP vs FCP issue. It’s a highly compressed vs not so compressed issue. I rendered the same footage out as ProRes and it’s lightning fast in premiere pro. So yes I’m a little disappointed that I can’t edit AVCHD as fast as I had hoped but on the flipside I’m able to cut footage immediately when I have a director showing up in 3 hours and need to show him some dailies. This is I think is invaluable. And probably a trade off. I would like to know what configuration anyone has come up with that does work with AVCHD compressed footage as fast as ProRes if there is one. Maybe it’s striped SSDs? Or Dual SLI Cuda cards?
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That seems to be the case. Thanks.
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
I have the same 570 card. Did you feel that the MacVidcards upgrade was worth the extra cost. I was under the impression you would only gain boot screen advantage not a noticeable speed increase after the upgrade. Did you notice quite a change?
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
Ha sorry about that. I was half asleep when I posted. I’ll do that.
OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer -
Found a perfect fix and it’s almost instantaneous its called keyboard maestro. Records any keyboard actions for any program.
OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer -
I’ve tried that to no avail. Have you had success with this method?
OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
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Ok so I found success with using an obscuration layer.
Check here:
https://youtu.be/Fb-sjS3fZw0I’m happy with the look. The only problem is that at full rez the edges of the obscuration layer are sharp and aliased looking and doesn’t blend in. Is there a way to soften the obscuration layer? I tried putting a soft blur on the layer but it didn’t do anything.
OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer -
Thank you for all your suggestions. I’ll take a stab at them all and see what works best.
OSX 10.6.4
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS5 Production Bundle, FCP Suite 2, Avid Media Composer