Shane Ross
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Any reason you are specifically looking to shoot on a cel phone opposed to an actual camera?
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The Avid YOUTUBE channel is a good place
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVITunXO_-YkVUx-DrshzDg
And there are many tutorials at Lynda.com
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Yup. For stuff like that you’ll need a full res export from FCX of those GFX. OR…do what I do, and ask for a full res textless export of the whole project. I use that to patch areas like this, or where there are stills with moves, or any number of things.
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How long does it take? Well, it takes as long as it does for someone to hire you as an editor. Some people never assist, and only edit, some assist for decades. All you need is for someone to trust you enough to hire you to edit. Now, this might take a few years of working with a company, and being handed a few things to cut while you assist. Or, for you to cut side projects on your own. But you need to prove in some way you have editing ability. Me? It took 4 years….and side projects. But mainly, being an assistant who was allowed to cut scenes. After one year at that company of doing that, the next show I was hired to edit.
[Warren Marshall] “Making a late career change to video editor and trying to decide whether to learn PP or Avid.”
Both…and more. I know PPro and Avid, cut major projects on both. Also know Resolve, but that’s because I online too. I SHOULD learn FCX, but I can’t grasp it. But if those are the two you mention, know both, well.
[Warren Marshall] “Does it taker longer to become an actual editor using Avid in the film/tv industry?”
Longer than if you use PPro? The edit platform isn’t what makes people hire you as an editor. It’s your storytelling ability. If they use Avid, they ask, “Do you know how to edit with Avid?” If they use Premiere, they ask “Can you cut with Premiere?” If you know them, you get to say YES..and knowing more than one, means more job opportunities.
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Dave…there is 25fps footage in the mix…
You can’t do SAME AS SOURCE if you have multiple codecs and frame rates. That only works if you have one frame rate, and one consistent codec. So if you do a VIDEO MIXDOWN first, then you can export same as source. I do this all the time.
But Dave is right…24p to 29.97p will repeat frames…same with 25p to 29.97p. No way to avoid that…no interlaced frames to help blend this out. There are hardware options that do a far better job, like the Alchemist. I have to resort to that quite often. But that would mean sending all your 24 and 25 footage to them, have them convert, and then you bring it back in. 59.94 to 29.97 is easy…just lose every other frame.
SO…internally, in any NLE, 24p to 29.97p will repeat frames. Twixtor WILL help with that…but that means buying that plugin, and using it with After Effects. WHich is good, just adds more time and money to the process.
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First off…you need to be clear on your frame rates. 29fps, 23fps, 59fps…that’s incorrect. 23.98 (24p)…29.97 (30p or 60i), 59.94 (is that 60p, which is 60fps…or 59.94i, which runs at 29.97fps?) 25fps is correct, but the others…exactness matters…as there is no 29 or 23fps…unless you shoot with a variable frame rate device, like an iPhone, that might do 23.47fps.
Second…what are your project settings? 1:1 indicates that you are in an SD project setting. You should be in an HD project setting. ANd what frame rate are you planning to deliver as? 23.98? 29.97? Interlaced? Progressive?
Mixing down to DNxHD and exporting a QT in that format is perfectly acceptable in most cases. It’s not a proprietary Avid codec, like 1:1 tents to be.
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FCP looks at four bits of metadata to link to the files. Clip name, timecode, duration, reel number. If your files lack any of those, relinking won’t be able to happen. You’ll have to re-import and then manually cut into the sequence. I hope you have a recent output in which to see what is what.
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Yeah…for massive files, hard drives are still the go-to way to go. As Oliver said, who ISN’T doing this? If you don’t have access to high speed internet, then huge files via web servers seems like a non-starter. It’ll take you longer to get the footage that way than if a drive was shipped to you.
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THat’s what I like about these forums. You can find the answer in a GOOGLE search. Too many people are going to Facebook groups and asking questions, and those don’t pop up on searches. Making it harder to find your answer, without asking it again…when someone asked it last week.
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What format of video are you working with? Codec, container…all that. Stored on a SINGLE drive, or a RAID of drives? Internal drives?
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