Tony Corapi
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Thank you very much Bill. I understand what your saying and always appreciate your insights and helping others to think a little differently. I, as you have expressed many times here, am very impressed with FCPX
helping get through a lot of data , organized, keyword, smart collections etc. I think the multi-cam works great for this kind of project and style of editing I need to do. And I do like the project library I just wish I could take it out of filmstrip mode now and then but I do totally understand what your saying and how to approach this material. I still don’t quite understand though why if I create a compound clip in the event browser and do a open in timeline command and put a multi-cam sequence into it why when I highlight the clip there is no video or audio parameters in the inspector. I’m just trying to understand the program and how it handles media as best I can. Thanks again.Tony Corapi
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This project I’m working on is great for FCPX. Production interviews 20 doctors who are asked 15 to 20 questions a piece. There are 2 cameras. They never cut they are just long interviews (35 to 40 min) . I was able to sync the two cameras (really fast) for both A and B cameras for each doctor and the go through each multi-cam, range select and keyword favorites, topic, smart collections etc. The multi-cam editing is very good. I just need to create one question and one answer segments with graphics, bullet points, audio mix for each question then post them for client to put on web site. Sometimes the answers are short sometimes they’re long and complex. Two doctors maybe asked same question so you get a second opinion kind of thing. I’m just grappling with the project versus compound clip discussion Oliver Peters posted about a few days ago. With multi-cam its seems like you have to start a project for each question because if you start by creating a compound clip you don’t have access to video and audio parameters. Thanks for your advice and input!
Tony Corapi
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Yes it seems that is the only way for now. I have plenty of folders in the project library and I can close and open accordingly. It’s just that my projects names are questions posed to different doctors and the video is is the response to that question. The problem I have with the project library is I can’t always read the sequence title because it gets truncated by the filmstrip. Even in the inspector tab it gets truncated. It would be nice if you could get a contextual list only. Or at least be able to resize so you can read more text.
Tony Corapi
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The other thing I should haves mentioned was if I create a new compound clip in the event library and put the multi-cam clip in it won’t let me right/control click and let me open the angle viewer. It’s not that it’s greyed out it just does not open.
Tony Corapi
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Sorry, I forgot to mention I’m using a single monitor. 30″ Apple Cinema Display.
Tony Corapi
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My issue is when I create a new compound clip in the event browser and do the open in timeline command and the take a multi-cam (sync 2 cameras) and put it in the compound clip. Then when I highlight the multi-cam clip in the timeline only the info tab appears in the inspector. If I create a new project in the project library and open that up and then put a multi-cam clip in edit the sequence, then highlight all the clips and hit option G and make a compound clip if I open that compound clip and highlight one of the multi-cam clips everything appears in the inspector tab Video Audio and info. The problem then is theres no way to put that compound clip into the event library. I would like to make my sequences working in compound clips in the event library instead of having to go back an forth to the project library where I’m starring at 100 video strips at one time.
Tony Corapi
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Thanks for the update! I am surprised by this a bit from AJA being that CS5 has been out a little while and just now they are realizing this. Once again this shows how valuable The COW is in sharing info and helping each other who may share common issues and experiences with products and software.
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I am experiencing the same issue on both my 8 core and 12 core both with a Kona 3.
Each computer has 2 start up disks all clean installs on everything and the same exact thing happens no matter what start up disk I boot up from.
The slow motion audio is very frustrating. Have not been able to have AJA recreate the issue so they are at a lost on being able to help. Have not tried Blackmagic cards. Maybe time to buy one for at least one of the machines. -
I use a program called Main Concept v 1.5. I have delivered over 150 commercials this way to DGFC and have never had an issue. All my spots have been 720×480 and never a rejection. I was told by DGFC that compressor only did mpeg2 4:2:0 and would not work. Main Concept is around $300. I export a self contained movie out of FCP and then encode that in Main concept and then view the encoded file in VLC which is a mpeg2 viewer for mpeg2 4:2:2.