This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: XDCam to FCP workflow

Thursday, April 11, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: OT: XDCam to FCP workflow

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--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Myers <MarkM@...> wrote:
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> The only real hassle I run into is that with log GOP files like XDCam,
> you can't do a quick time reference export - half the time even if you
> do a trans code to DNxHD overnight because it never seems to get
> everything. That means your machine can be tied up for a LONG TIME if
> you have a large program to export, not to mention bunches of drive space.
>
> Quick and dirty projects - like my kids spring musical - tend to be done
> in Premiere because I can export directly to Adobe Media Encoder in the
> background and keep working in Avid on paying projects..... If someone
> has a way around THAT - I'd be really grateful.
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> Mark
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> On 4/10/2013 11:05 PM, Mark Spano wrote:
> > I see. Just thought it was a part of workflow you might not have known, but
> > with those considerations, it makes total sense.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Mark Myers <MarkM@...> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Yeah, but then my system is tied up for hours transcoding and
> >> exporting. This is for a non-profit client who paid me to shoot, but
> >> wants to edit themselves. I need to keep machine and especially my,
> >> time to a minimum. Using the Sony clip browser means I can batch
> >> process overnight.
> >>
> >> When I'm doing my own work, 99% of the time the footage spans more than
> >> one card, so AMA isn't practical. I use the Clip Browser to dump
> >> everything into one folder, doing some sorting and logging at the same
> >> time, then pull the entire folder into Avid and sort into bins.
> >>
> >> -Mark
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> >> On 4/10/2013 10:13 PM, Mark Spano wrote:
> >>> You can use Content Browser to "register" the clips for FCP. This just
> >>> rewraps the XDCAM files to MOV, which can be easily imported into FCP.
> >>>
> >>> BTW, why are you jumping through those hoops with MC? Link to AMA Volume,
> >>> and consolidate. Much faster and you preserve that tasty metadata.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Mark Myers <MarkM@...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> **
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a client looking to use some of my footage in an older FCP system,
> >>>> 5 or 6.
> >>>>
> >>>> I know my workflow is pretty easy - re-wrap XDCam to MXF in the Sony
> >>>> Clip Browser, then suck it directly into Avid with little hassle. I'm
> >>>> not seeing that an older version of FCP can do the same. Anyone have
> >>>> any experience in what formats FCP prefers? I'd really like to not pull
> >>>> all the footage into Avid and export it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Mark
> >>>>
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