Tom Matthies
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COW Coin
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DaVinci Coin
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Hi Greg.
I’ve already tried this package. Although it works on an IBM based Mac, it doesn’t seem to work on an Intel platform. I’ve dropped the codecs into the usual Quicktime folder in the Library folder and also in the Quicktime folder in the System>Quicktime folder. Is this build of the Codecs (LE 1.2) supposed to work on an Intel Mac for sure?
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I’ve run ours ten of thousands of hours. All of them are over ten years old and still going strong. Yours is still just a pup!
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A quick way that I use is to simply do a matchcut from the timeline. This will pull your original scene up in the Viewer window right next to your canvas window.It makes it easy to compare the scene with and without filters when they are side by side.
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Make sure that the camera DVD has been finalized in the camera. Then put it in the DVD drive on your computer. Google “MPEG Streamclip” and download and install it on your computer. It’s free. Use it to open the TS file on your DVD. There could be multiple files depending on how the Camcorder records to the disk. Streamclip may ask if you want to fix any timecode breaks. Answer yes. When it loads the DVD video into the window for review, you can see what you have to work with. You will now need to export the video in a Quicktime format. DV25 (aka DVCPro) should work for you. You can export the entire video as one big clip or you can break it up into smaller segments by using the “In” and “Out” buttons. Export “To Quicktime” and pick the DVCPro settings. Export your video. Import your newly converted Quicktime movies into Final Cut and edit. DVD cameras will not provide the best quality footage for editing, but it should work OK.
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I’m guessing from the original post that this commercial is going to be delivered to a digital cinema setup as a file. If that’s the case, the deck will probably not be necessary.
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If the files are from a Sony HDV camcorder, I’ve had success opening and converting them with Voltaic. It’s not a free program but it’s not expensive either-$30 or so if I remember right. Just Google it. It allows you to open the m2t files and convert then to Quicktime files and import those into Final Cut.
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OOps.
That would be a MacPro…
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I’ve been using a Firmtek 2-Drive external eSATA enclosure (Seritek/2EN2) along with a two channel eSATA card (Seritek/2SE2e) with good results. I did need to update the firmware in the enclosure when I hooked it up but it’s been rock solid in everyday use.
I have it in a Promac Octo machine.
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I just finished editing a spot shot with an HVX200. The DP shot at 720p and recorded on P2 cards as well as a Firestore FS100. I used the Firestore disk for import. I edited in an SD 8bit Uncompressed sequence. The footage was letterboxed. I didn’t use ProRes due to the fact that a few of the shots went through After Effects for additional work and the graphics person didn’t have the ProRes codec on his computer. He sent the finished clips back in the same format. The finished spot was mastered to Digibeta and dubs went out on Betacam SP. No problems at all. P2 clips imported without any problems. Pretty painless actually.
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If you have a Kona3, you can add a graphic “downstream” as the sequence plays out thru the Kona. It’s real time with no rendering involved. You simply open the Kona Control Panel and enable the feature. You can then open the graphic element that you want added to the output. Very simple and easy. I use it all the time to put Ownership/copyright info over ruff cuts of projects in an attempt to prevent them from ending up on UTube.
Tom