[Samuel Frazier]

Thank you for that. I’ve been doing something similar w/ Prelude and an app called NameChanger to help come up w/ meaningful names for clips rather than what the cameras create them as. But, I didn’t want to delete my originals b/c I don’t really understand the purpose of the accompanying metafiles and thought I should leave that door open.

Glad to hear you are satisfied going back to the native formats for your online and thanks for letting me know. For what it’s worth, I did my own experiment w/ some pretty extreme color correction on a native GoPro clip vs its ProRes and Cineform YUV versions. It was very slight, but if anything the native had less noise and better color reproduction than the other versions. But, this is only one filter and it would have to endure subsequent renders for various outputs.

[Samuel Frazier]

Thank you for that. I should have said that my concerns were:

– getting good enough playback so the edit isn’t bogged down
– hopefully not spending a lot of money on a huge storage solution. I’ll do it if I have to though.
– having the correct formats in place so the footage doesn’t degrade when it’s time for color correction and other effects.

As for the last bit, I read many people say editing the native GoPro files would degrade pretty quickly. Some though, say it’s fine. I’m not sure what to think about this.

What about making ProRes versions of the GoPro, DSLR, and drone files then making an offline from there so I’d go back to the ProRes for the online fx work and render?

[Samuel Frazier]

Wow! That is surprising and great to know. Thanks!!

[Samuel Frazier]

THANKS!! That really helped a lot. I’m still going through it and testing as there are a few issues (like artifacts appearing randomly in previews), but it’s usable now. Will test more and get back if I find anything severe. Also, I changed the settings so the media cache will be deleted periodically. Guess this is sort of the PPro version of FCP’s delete the preferences.

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks!! I’ll give this a try. Didn’t know they accepted such calls.

[Samuel Frazier]

So, y’all are running ok on the New Mac Pro? I’ve been looking around and haven’t found much information.

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks and will do!!

[Samuel Frazier]

Very sorry for the delay. I missed this somehow in the midst of shopping, migraines, and a birthday. But thanks very much for the link. I found them too and was considered a few of their options. Actually think we’re going to go with one of them. The only problem is, we may have to blow up one of their sets for a closeup, so I may have to buy the higher res version for $300 more. Not crazy about it, but oh well.

Thanks!

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks very much for the help! I was wondering if just a little of test footage might be a work around. Not ideal though. I’m very surprised there isn’t a more direct and easy way to do this.

Thanks for thoughts on the Zaxwerks software. Unfortunately, it looks to be a bit out of my league–especially before Sunday. I have a friend who’s supposed to be helping with the SFX and setup of the shoot, but he’s always working and very hard to reach.

Do you know of any sites that sell quality sets like I’m looking for? My searches are not yielding much.

Thanks again!

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks very much for the feedback. Strange how you were getting that error though. But, I’m set on the Retina and, unfortunately, you can’t upgrade its RAM.

I’ve been working with DSLR files converted to ProRes, but, as I transition to PPro from FCP, that might change. Most of my movies (short docs for the festival circuit) are around 15min. Also, I do a lot of Ken Burns type motion of stills, text animation, and plugins to help with these elements. Do you think 8GB RAM will work for this or would 16 really be recommended?