Steve Eisen
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Tapeless workflow takes awhile to get used to. I’ve been doing it exclusively since 2008 and have never looked back.
Make sure you offload the camera originals (P2 cards) onto either a RAID 5, RAID 1 or to 2 separate hard drives. If you ever have to come back to the project, it’s like grabbing a tape off the shelf. Never delete these files unless you know you will never touch the project again.
Once you are done editing in FCP, you can delete the QuickTime files. I only make a self-contained movies for project less than 20 minutes. Most of my stuff goes on the web so I usually have copies of 720p 6Mbs h.264’s.
Always save the FCP project file, grfx, sound FX, VOs, music or any other assets used in the project and back them up to DVD.
If you ever need to re-edit your FCP project, all you need to do is open the project
connect the hard drive that contains the original P2
open Log and Transfer, select hard drive
Select Batch Capture and FCP does its thing.Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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If L &T can not see them, you will need a third party app to see if it sees the clips. It is very important to offload tapeless media the correct way. Finder copy sometimes misses hidden files.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
What are your sequence settings? This may shed the light on your problem.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
Hire me with my cameras. HPX-500, HPX-250 and HPX-170 all have HD-SDI out.
I would recommend the Cam Wave. Contact me and I know where you can rent the Cam Wave, RF Central 24BDMFPK, or the AValon RF COFDMPK in Chicago. It’s not from Fletcher, Bexel or Magnanimous.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions, Inc.
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https://www.eisenvideo.comSteve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
Nope. It would take to long for me to offload. I love my PCD-35! If I need to offload, it comes with me. Offload to a Mini G-Raid.
[Dave Felder] “I’d presume the speed should be a little faster because there’s no moving parts.”
If it were an SSD. Only USB 2 connection. That is slooowwww.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
I believe ProRes HQ is overkill. Most people couldn’t tell the difference between the two. AVC-Intra 100 looks great on the HPX370/250.
Unless you have a very fast RAID, I wouldn’t use HQ.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
[Luke Chu] “Now I finally have footage that is able to conform to 30fps in Cinema Tools!!!! However, this workflow is CRAZY INEFFICIENT. There must be a better way!”
FCP X, Premiere Pro CS 6 or Media Composer 6.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
[Himanshu Bhatnagar] “What I have got now is some MXF and CIF files directly given to me in a hard drive”
They need to give you the COMPLETE CARD STRUCTURE from the camera.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
[Matthew Taylor] “I cannot find a solution to this anywhere. Can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial about setting up my IMac so all this software can communicate? Or offer any advice, its so frustrating.”
I will point you in the right direction. See if you can figure it out. Hint:Computer display and Video display are different.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/fcp_faq.php
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
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Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group