Scott Cole
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Given that DF timecode drops 2 frames each minute, the drop points take you to even numbers. Editors (as in software, not the person) can interpret the minute mark as hh:01:59:28 or hh:02:00:02, going to 59:29 or 00:01 would be an odd number of frames. Most editors I’ve worked with, including CMX and Avid and Lightworks used the 59:28 as the minute mark (i.e. rounded down). Only Sony editors use the 01:02 for minute marks. Quite frankly I always find it very annoying. If I’m cutting a 10 second spot that starts on the non-existent even minute, the old CMX method, which Avid uses, lets you use 01:10:00 as the correct end of a 10 second spot. But using the Sony Method, a 10 second spot would have to end at 01:10:02. This to me is a major PITA.
One other note, DF does not drop any frames at the 10 minute marks, including hours.
M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
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In this case, no, just either swap sources or change the “key in, Key out” selection. It may make a difference in more complicated cases.
M. Scott Cole
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You can use the Animatte effect, under the Key category in the effects palette. Either image can be on the upper track, just draw your keyshape, for lack of a better term, and then choose “Key In” or “Key Out” till you get the effect you desire. With Animatte, you can create multiple key objects, move them independently, and you can feather the edges.
M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
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Better yet, just right click on the track indicator light (I’m pretty sure it’s the record side indicator)and select “Match Frame.” You don’t have to turn off the other tracks.
M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
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IMHO, if you are a finishing editor of any kind, working on interlaced projects, it SHOULD be mapped to your keyboard. I constantly find field 2 flash fields in the work handed to me by other editors, and those two keys are very very helpful.
I have them mapped to Shifted A and Shifted S.
M. Scott Cole
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FYI, Windows. Problem went away on its own.
M. Scott Cole
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After spending the worst part of an afternoon trying everything, including retrying the things suggested here and re-starting both MC and windows to no avail, I came in this morning, re-started per normal, and the displays in question were bolded again. Go figure.
M. Scott Cole
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Richard,
You would think that would be the case, but at least in V5.5 and lower, it isn’t. I can change the size and fonts of the sequence or source names, but not the timecode displays or center duration. Very frustrating, as I can’t find the setting for it. And I can see what I had on another system, which is the same font but bolded.M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
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Graphics can be made with either RGB values or 601/709 values. You must select the value the graphics were made in with the import dialogue. If you do this correctly the imported values will be correct. If you aren’t sure, import one graphic preferably one that has base blacks and peak whites, and check them on your waveform monitor. If those base blacks don’t hit 0 and the whites don’t hit 100 then you need to choose the other setting. If the results are either over or under those values, change the setting and re-import, confirm that is correct, and then import the rest. That’s assuming they were all made the same way.
M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
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I’m not sure why you would say graphics are never in range. If they are created correctly and imported correctly they should have no problem being legal. The same is true with color correction. If your colorist can’t make legal colors, then I’d suggest you find a new colorist. Regarding effects you may create with both the graphics and the color corrected material, you need to read the specs, have a waveform monitor and vectorscope, and you need to understand the specs of your network. That’s part of your job as a finishing editor. That being said, and having delivered a fair share of network shows both to CBS and other networks, on occasion something may be kicked back for an infraction. You either fix the infraction, or you justify the infraction, “that hit was on the original material, and it’s intrinsic to the footage” as an example.
M. Scott Cole
Senior Post Production Editor
60 MINUTES
CBS News, NYC
sc6@cbsnews.com
mscottc@comcast.net