Ricky Barrow
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Make a special transfer bin, put sequences (or copies) into that bin and replace the bin when back at work, or create a new bin at home and import/copy that bin into the project back at work. If you create renders, or new media at home, you must copy those files into your Avid MediaFiles\MXF\# folder at work. You can create a new numbered folder for this if you want to keep them separate.
Ricky
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AMA Link and subclip the portions you want (or edit portions into a SEQ) then transcode only those portions.
Ricky
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Can’t see anything you’ve missed but I am still on MC 7 – you do not have to do a mixdown to see waveforms.
Ricky
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Possibly a spanned clips error – make sure you have the latest Canon AMA plugins. Just a wild guess – maybe worth researching.
I guess i should ask, can you see all the footage when linked before transcoding?
Ricky
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Probably several ways to do this, here is one way: Stack video, sharpen top layer with effect of your choice then add Animatte effect which allows you to cut out and feather.
Ricky
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A way to force Avid to put media files into a specific folder can be done by project but requires a bit of a manual process. On a fresh start when you stop working on project 1, rename numbered folder “1” to something Avid won’t recognize like “1a” or “1_ProjectName” and create a new numbered folder. Yes, this takes a couple of minutes and you must do this every time you switch between projects AND you must keep up with numbered folders associated with specific projects but it would work.
Would be great if Avid, which allows you to specify drives, would also allow this choice down to the level of specific numbered folders … but you would still need to keep a list of numbered folders as related to projects.
Ricky
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Not really any rules per se – I have taken footage in at DV25 before … the general “rule”, if any, is that you want to keep the highest quality and resolution until the final step, in your case, until the final compression that happens when you transcode to MPG2 which is the spec for DVD. At the point of compression/transcoding, the quality or bit-rate will be limited/determined by: 1-Length of footage, 2-DVD 5(single layer) or DVD 9(dual layer0 3-Audio type (PCM or AC3). If your footage is short enough in length, your compression/transcoding will be limited by the DVD spec (roughly 9 MB/s) – in practice, it is recommended to never exceed 7.5 MB/s (generally aiming for 6.5-7 MB/s)
Ricky
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To keep best resolution I would do 1:1 MXF.
Ricky
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Create 24p NTSC project, AMA link and transcode. This will be progressive (perfect for computer/web.
NTSC (DV/DVCPro) is 720×480 pixels – this is 4×3 aspect ratio. If your video was shot anamorphic your video will look squeezed, everything will look tall and skinny – what this means is you can stretch it out to be visually correct at a 16×9 aspect ratio. If your video looks normal then it is standard 4×3.
I haven’t uploaded to youtube lately and don’t know if they stretch 4×3 to fit 16×9 (in which case you will need to add black pillar bars and export 16×9).
At any rate don’t get confused by that yet, just create project, link and transcode and edit etc. You can always come back to the forum for more info. on the next stumbling block!
Ricky
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What is the frame rate of the original? Is it anamorphic? Are you wanting to up-res to HD and if 4×3 (non-anamorphic) do you want pillarbox or pan and scan?
Hare are thoughts to consider:
Typically you should ingest into MC in a project type native to the footage (NTSC and frame rate) then change the format of your project to HD format or open that bin/footage from another project type you want to finalize.
If file based you should AMA link and transcode. If only going to DVD then stay in NTSC format.
Ricky