[Tom Meegan]

It is called nesting in FCP.

Highlight the section of the timeline you want to nest.

Option-C. Or Sequence > Nest Item(s)…

It will ask you to name the nest. This will show up as a sequence in your browser (so you can edit the contents of the nest.)

If you want to apply filters or modify the motion parameters of a nest, Option double click it to load it into the Viewer. The regular double click you would use to load a clip into the viewer, loads the nest as a sequence into the timelime when you double click a nest.

Tom

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If both clips are in the time line…

Select the clip you want to copy from.

Copy

[Tom Meegan]

https://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/

Designed to replicate the sounds of a record player, but might give you some handles to help you along.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

Hi Phil,

Nice to see you here Phil. I haven’t seen you since chatting in Chicago nine months ago!

I haven’t worked with MediaXchange beyond understanding the workflow, and pushing enough buttons to figure it out. I did this experimentation on a trade show floor, not in a truck, and so the fact that I haven’t seen the banding you are refering to, definitely doesn’t mean much.

Is your truck series the one that Scott Mulvehill is on? Just curious.

Best,

Tom

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Hi Patrick,

For what sort of production, and more particularly, workflow have you been using MediaXchange? I’m really glad to hear you are having success with it!

I definitely was unclear in the sentence you quote. I intended to say that MediaXchange was not quite there for a live work flow

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Hi Kat,

The simple answer

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I’m glad you liked the site. The guy to thank, though, is Marco Solorio

[Tom Meegan]

Hi Vance,

You are probably aware of this site, but just in case…

https://codecs.onerivermedia.com/

Click codec resources and explore away. It is a pretty comprehensive look at codecs, and combines a good mix of the technical and the subjective.

Best of luck this fall!

Tom

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What is the first thing you do after creating a new project, and before begining to capture?

Save as…

How does FCP keep track of media files?

Path and name

Implications?

If you move files, you better reconnect them. And rename clips in the browser at your peril. Also the Media Manager is a dicey proposition in certain circumstances. (Particularly with nests and speed changes.)

What is nesting and why should I care?

Take a big complicated, multi-layered sequence, then select all, then hit Option-C. Name the thing and figure out what happened. That is a nest.

You should care because it makes life easier in the time-line, and makes certain types of effects much easier, and in some cases possible at all.

Do nests update when I change the original sequence?

Most of time, but best to always make sure.

Maybe the nesting questions are too hard and specific.

Am I hired!?

Good luck!

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

Hi Vance,

You and I worked together on the Final Four this year. Hans Waters introduced us.

DVCProHD 720p is indeed what we used on the World Series inside FCP. Also from what I understand, this is what was done on the FCP systems for the Super Bowl in 2005. I used the FOX NASCAR system on the MLB All-Star game in Pittsburg, and it was set up for DVCProHD, so I assume those guys are using it that way as well.

In all the live, editing during the game, applications I’ve seen, it has always been baseband video in through the card of choice, either Kona 2, Kona LH, Kona LHe, or a Black Magic Design card (I’m not as familiar with their product line.) I talked a bit with the EVS guys about the MediaXchange product. It is still not quite there for FCP. I would talk to them directly if you want to go this way. It sounds like this will happen eventually, and the more of us who ask, the better I think.

I can certainly understand your partners reluctance to add another layer of compression.

Both Ryan Leimbach (Sunday Night Football) and Jim Dove (Sunday Night Baseball) are capturing uncompressed 10-bit via HD SDI (baseband video from the router) for their EVS to FCP transfers. Both are using AJA boards now, although, Jim previously was using Black Magic Design.

Contact me if you would like to get in touch with Jim or Ryan.

I hope you are doing well.

Tom Meegan
tom@wovenpixels.com