Can anyone share insights into this workflow? I've also asked on FCP-L.
We've got a lot of Sony FS700 AVCHD footage Shot Put Pro copied to FW drives. The thought was to have the producer offline with the current FCPX and then convert the project with X to 7 and then Automatic Duck to Avid for finishing.
But FCPX won't allow (the AMA-like) "Leave files in place" when importing AVCHD footage, meaning it wants to copy and rewrap everything. Not only is this time and disk consuming, I'm concerned that I won't be able to relink back to the original camera footage once in the Avid. I haven't been able to get into an edit bay to test so I don't know if this is a valid concern or not. Anyone know for sure?
Based on lots of searching today, it seems that "Leave files in place" used to work with AVCHD in the 10.0.x version of FCPX but it could be that this was due to the OS X or Quicktime version that was out at the time. I do recall a change at some point where OS X stopped displaying an AVCHD file/folder hierarchy but instead showed a single window with thumbnails of the footage, treating it as a Package file.
I know this is a long shot (and I apologize it's kinda FCPX specific for the Avid-L) but has anyone offlined AVCHD in FCPX, leaving the files in place (or not), and then finished in Avid?
You can reply directly if you think this is too far off topic.
Thanks,
-Terry
Terry Barnum
digital OutPost
http://www.dop.com
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