Trevor Ward
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Again it’s interesting to watch a thread veer off course a bit. in the P2 vs XDCAM war I’ve started I was thinking more along the lines of the bigger cameras like HPX500 and the PDW 350. But this isn’t necessarily about the cameras. I was just wondering about the format itself and the workflow issues of using that format.
Again, thanks for everyone’s feedback and I value all of your opinions. The COW is such a great resource.
-trevor ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
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Thanks everyone for your feedback. I’ve realized there’s no perfect format. Each has its advantages and that makes a decision tough. 6 of one and half a dozen of another.
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I’m waiting for an extra $1300. I don’t have enough revenue to go and buy new software every time there is a release. My FCP 5 is a student version and to upgrade, I need the buy a regular license.
-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
orlando, fl -
Thanks for everyone’s response. Interesting how a post to one question, brought out a different discussion. I wasn’t necessarily asking anyone to evaluate whether or not the church’s licensing is valid or not valid. This wasn’t really a legal question. It was just a question of where to find instrumental versions of popular songs. I got some good suggestions and I thank you for them.
We now return you to your program already in progress…
-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
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You don’t need a tutorial. Just bring the footage in through normal firewire log and capture. If it’s on miniDV, it was probably recorded at DV25 and so that’s the best it’s going to be anyway.
15 hours should take up about 180 GB. So a 250 GB firewire 400 drive should be plenty. Unless you are running more than 3-4 streams of DV footage, then you might want a firewire 800 drive.
I have several firewire drives that have served me very well: maxtor, homemade, etc. You don’t even need RAID 1 protection since the source footage is on tape, it’s no big deal if a drive fails, because you technically already have a backup. I do suggest regularly backing up your project file and any other files you keep on the laptop.
-trevor ward
http://www.redeyevideoproductions.com
orlando, fl -
Yeah. You’re good to go. Set your sequence settings to be the same as your capture.
As far as your messed up director, you should yell at him for messing things up. You’ll have to convert to one format or another. I don’t have much experience with mixed HD footage, so I can’t tell you what you should do. But, if it were me…I’d probably use the 720p format. I tend to like the progressive images better than the interlaced.
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If you set your timeline sequence to be the same settings as your HD footage, you really will be editing in HD.
As far as AE files, create your composition using the same settings as your final cut pro settings (and the capture settings). Otherwise, the ultimate setting is to use “Lossless” as your compression method in AE. This is basically NO compression. It means it will actually get compressed (rendered) in FCP.
-trevor ward
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Sure, do you have contact info? website or email?
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someone who knows the lie of the land.
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I’ve got a 15″ mbp intel core 2 duo with 5400 rpm drive. 2 GB Ram. I have an extrememly large project (almost 1000 clips, over 30 hours of footage, after effects files, etc.) I run slo mo with most of my clips and am running multiple streams at once (picture in picture stuff). I had been storing all of the media on my external firewire drive. No noticeable slowdowns. However, I ran out of space, so I started using the internal drive to store some of the media files. I’ve got about 40 files there. I’ve noticed that playback and reaction time to the controls have gone down a bit. I’m not going to say categorically that it’s now less responsive due the files on the slower disk, but FCP is definitely slower.
-tw