[Scot Walker]

I sent my feature movie to Bitmax using FCP X and it passed. The only issue was the channels weren’t labeled, but they were in the right order. Follow the thread below for the method I used.

Also, I’m editing 5K RED Epic footage in FCP X natively without transcoding and it flies.

[Scot Walker]

I’ve read that it is not available on CC anymore. They axed it.

[Scot Walker]

Wow. Thanks! So I guess to get a true color representation of what the consumer would see (I realize people have different settings on their TVs) I’d need one of those AJA or Blackmagic boxes?

Thanks

[Scot Walker]

Yeah, my mistake. HD not NTSC. 🙂

Thanks so much for the feedback.

So an Apple 27″ for the user interface, a Dell 4K to see it at native resolution off the Thunderbolt bus 2 so it can do 60hz. If it is off the HDMI, I’ve read it only does 30hz.

I was thinking I’d need a consumer Samsung LCD TV off of the HDMI using the FCP X AV/Out option to see what the color looks like for the end user. Is that even necessary, or is what I see on the Dell 4K good enough?

I understand that professional color grading is done on expensive monitors that are calibrated to a precise setting, but the people viewing my indie shorts and features will be viewing DVDs, Blu-ray and VOD on consumer HD TVs, and also on computer screens.

10 TB not enough? Thank you for that! What I might do, to keep the initial cost as low as I can (this is over $10K) is I’ll wait until I get a feature project and then get the 20 TB LaCie. I’d need 2 drives so I have one for backup. The 10 TB should be fine for short indie projects, which is most likely what I’ll be getting at the beginning.

Thanks again for everyone’s time and advice. I greatly appreciate it.

[Scot Walker]

No, I mean an NTSC HD 1080p Samsung TV to preview it in NTSC.

I’m editing indie shorts and features that end up on DVD/Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes/Amazon Instant/Google Play. They are also projected at film festivals on NTSC projectors.

Thanks

[Scot Walker]

Got it.

I’d still need the NTSC TV monitor, though, right? To see what it looks like on consumer NTSC TV? I’m thinking the 27″ Apple display on Thunderbolt bus 1, 4K Dell monitor on Thunderbolt bus 2 for the FCP X viewer window, and then the LCD TV connected to the HDMI for the AV/Out function in FCP X.

Sound right?

Thanks again.

[Scot Walker]

James,

Do you work with a 4K monitor in FCP X? How does the user interface look? I would imagine it’s super tiny but OS X 10.9.3 recently gave an option for scaling the UI. I’m thinking about getting the 27″ Apple LCD for the main monitor and getting a Dell 4K for the viewer, but I could save $999 and just get the 4K Dell if the user interface works well on it. I’d do email, Safari, Final Draft, etc., on that monitor too.

I figure a consumer LCD Samsung TV connected to the HDMI would work for an NTSC preview.

Thanks again for your time.

[Scot Walker]

Thanks!

OK, so instead of 2 27″ LCD Apple monitors I think I’ll research an affordable 4K monitor that’s good and then plug an NTSC TV monitor into the HDMI.

I know the professional color graders get plasma and calibrate it (still learning that trade) but I 99% of what I edit will be seen on consumer TVs and/or projected in a film fest room with an NTSC projector. Plasma creates so much heat in the room and it gets hot here in Dallas in my home studio. 🙂

Thanks for the help.

[Scot Walker]

Is it normal for the LFE channel to be basically blank? Thanks.

[Scot Walker]

OK, going to use CAF instead of WAV since CAF doesn’t have the 4 gig limit. Just updating in case someone in the future needs this info.