Tony Brittan
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If you’ve got FCP 7 on one of the machines, use that to capture, put it in the network…or thier individual drives as copies (which would best) on external drives, and edit away. Alternately, you may be able to use QuickTime Pro (not X…it’s avaliable as an additional install on a snow leopard instal disc) to capture, then give everyone copies. Don’t think you can do an HDV to Prores capture without FCP though. And I would always capture HDV as Prores!
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Oh, and also, some computers have trouble with H.264 files as they are pretty heavily compressed. Your file you create might have some stuttering problems on playback on your machine but it doesn’t mean that it’s actually a bad file. Especially if it happens on quicker pans and such. It’s just the nature of compressed media. It might be fine on another computer, an ipad, or after uploading to YouTube. It just happens.
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Well…that is a big question and one that took me a long time and many encodes to get “just right”. I would search the forums for answers that are specific to each delivery need. For YouTube, you should encode it with H.264 and tweak the settings until you get the best result after uploading to YouTube. I will tell you that there is a setting for Apple TV in compressor that works very well for YouTube and for delivery of an HD Digital file. You can start with that setting and tweak until you get the quality that you really want. The Apple TV setting will end up with basically about a 720p file. When you are encoding in Compressor, you can put in and out points in the preview window and select just a small portion of your original to do tests. That way you don’t have to do the whole file each time! H.264 encodes can take a long time for high quality!
For DVD, you’ll want to use one of the presets in Compressor. There settings for different lengths. And you’ll find one for audio and one for video. Use them both. Then take the resulting files into DVD Studio Pro to create your DVD. There are many different things you can do to the settings to achieve better results…like turning on frame controls…but you’ll have to take the time to learn what they do, when you need to use them, and why you would do so.
If you search the forums for discussions about different delivery needs and even YouTube for tutorials on on how to do them, you’ll find a wealth of information. It’s just part of being an editor / videographer. You have to take the time to learn how to do things.
As far as the size of the export from FCP…you WANT that huge file. That’s your master and it’s the highest quality version of it as it’s just exactly what came out of FCP and your timeline. You use that to create your encodes for delivery. If you’ve used something like Prores or HDV from FCP, you won’t be able to deliver them in that form unless your client has FCP as well.
Much to learn but that should get you started.
Tony Brittan
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Might check out Soho editors.
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I suggest to always export natively (without conversion…the other export to QuickTime option) and use that file as a full quality master. Then take that file into compressor to create any other encode you need.
Tony Brittan
Owner – Island Shore Productions
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Another app you might look at for great control over shooting video on the iPhone is called Filmic Pro! It’s new an on sale right now. Quite the incredible little tool to have.
I’ve actually snuck a tiny bit if B-Roll into expensive production pieces from my iPhone 4 in the past year and it’s never been picked out. In fact it sometimes gives that unique “real” look to to certain situations! You know…the stuff where you want it to look pedestrian or whatever, but still need quality that will fit in with the rest of your material. Now, I’m not using it for 95% of my pro work, but it’s kinda cool.
I did start a separate YouTube channel to put video from my iPhone up there and keep it away from my regular work so as to not confuse folks. It’s:
http://www.YouTube.com/tonysvideo4fun
The earlier stuff on there was all shot on iPhone and edited right on the phone using a combo of ReelDirector, iMovie, and Splice. All have thier strengths and can do cool stuff like VO and titling…all differently from one another. There’s now apps like Red Giant’s “Movie Looks” that’s basically Magic Bullet Looks on the iPad/iPhone and it’s only 2.99 instead of $299 on the computer. Also CinemaFXV is mostly better than Movie Looks! You can stack effects and adjust accordingly. You’d be surprised at what’s out there. Even a Tilt Shift app for video and one called Movie Drops that’s full of HD backgrounds, that look great, and you can pick em up for $2.99 or less most of the time. Of course there’s also ColabraCam that I spoke about earlier where you can run up to 4 iPhones through an iPad, LIVE, multicam production with notes from the director (using the connected iPad) to each individual iPhone! You can tell cam b to go to a medium shot right through the system. I just recently bought that one bu haven’t used it much yet.
Oh, and if you’ve gi an iPad….I would suggest that you shoot with iPhone, and edit on your iPad. Use one of the photo transfer apps that works with video and when you buy it on one device, you can install it, for free, on your other device(s). I’m using an app called Photo Transfer App.
Now, this is all not a replacement for real equipment, proper planning, and talent. But as video production evolves, we may sometimes need different tools. This is just another set of them. And there’s more and more guerilla style video out there all the time! The stuff I’ve done on my iPhone/iPad combo is in no way polished and awesome. That’s why the YouTube channel is called tonysvideo4fun. I’m just experimenting with the tools for now. And it is fun. But you can’t discount the possibilities. Like I’ve heard before…”THE BEST CAMERA IS THE THE ONE YOU HAVE WITH YOU”. Stop by my YT channel and check em out. Particularly the Dominican Republic video and the (NSFW) Pigmans BBQ Coleslaw Wrestling video. There’s also one about big waves on our beaches.
Sorry about any typ-o’s…that is one distinct disadvantage of using an iPad! 😉
Tony Brittan
Owner – Island Shore Productions
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Wanna see a cool app for iPhone/iPad? Check out ColabraCam! Put it on up to our devices, link em together, multicam edit live! Refine edit with ReelDirector, Splice, or iMovie.
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Where would I find this?
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Is that GoPro footage converted at all, or straight dorm the cam? You need to transcode to Prores before editing as GoPro creates h.264 files and FCP doesn’t like that. It’ll often give that error when exporting with h.264 in the timeline.
Tony Brittan
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I read that Apple is considering continuing iDisk and other MobileMe features if there is enough customer feedback. Tim Cook actually had his office call a customer, who complained, back and told him that. So…let’s get on it! I use it fir my clients ALL he time in much the same way you’ve described. And would be happy to continue to pay for it!