[Todd Gillespie]

Shane already told you. Drop your HD sequence into a SD sequence.

I would recommend just using a SD sequence at 29.97 and master to DVCAM. But it may not look the best as it would if you render through Compressor with the Frame Controls, but should be good enough for CC people.

Todd

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the info, but I don’t see where there’s that choice?

Under ‘new sequence’ and ‘editing mode’ there’s no choice for ProRes or QuickTime desktop?

Thanks,
Todd

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

Hi Julienne,

No you can’t modify the default for vignette, but you should be able to create a ‘favorite’ with the vignette settings you like and just drop that onto the image. (although that’s still a lot of extra work)

Yes, you’re gonna run into rendering issues with that many stills. FCP can use RAM for still images up to a point, then you’re going to need to render. There’s a slider adjustment for FCP to use more RAM. That will help a little, but with 6500 images, you’re eventually going to need to render. With that many still, I would recommend breaking them up into smaller sequences. I wouldn’t be surprise if FCP became unstable if you try to have that many in one or a couple sequences.

Good Luck,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

If they are stills, you’d do MUCH better to use Photoshop and create a batch setting and automate the task. Plus, then FCP wouldn’t need to render all the stills.

FWIW

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

Yes, you’re correct. That’s the signal path: A/V to converter, converter via firewire to the Mac. FCP or Broadcaster as the capture software.

We also split the a/v signal so it could also simultaneously record to the DVD recorder.

Try not to put too much pressure on you fixing this. Setting up a complete capture station is not something to be done lightly.

Good Luck

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

Hi Daniel,

I re-fit a lab that sounds a lot like what you’ve got. We got a couple of these to convert the analogue video to firewire. So you can use FCP or QuickTime (which is what we did instead, for a smaller digital file) broadcaster to capture directly to the harddrives.

https://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc55

Good Luck,
Todd

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

I think there’s a leading slider? I’m not in front of my computer and I have Boris Red so it’s hard to keep straight.

Todd

[Todd Gillespie]

It’s not Boris specific. It would be for any text.

Option ‘G’

Cheers,
Todd

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

No, I’m not sure I follow you?
If you nest the sequence, you will only need to apply the FX to the nest, which will include all the clips.
Try it first, to see if it does what you need.

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Todd Gillespie]

No adjustment layer. But just like AE, you can pre-comp the sequence, then add the FX.

Good Luck,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production