Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Moving an FCP Project to Avid

This is greatly helpful, Andy. Many, many thanks. And thanks to Job for also helping out. I do, however, have a follow-up question...

What happens to the metadata of the Red clips, the TC on the Panasonic footage, etc? Does the duck carry it all over? And then what about the FCP project folder structure? Is there a way to replicate it as Avid bins when opening the new Avid project?

Obviously, I ask because at this point the projects many, many hours of footage has been meticulously organized into a plethora of specific folders.

Thanks, again,

David


On Jun 2, 2012, at 3:06 AM, Andy Field wrote:

> We have to do this several times a month. There's a simpler way of moving
> to AE and then to AVID - although it took us a long time to figure it out
>
> We tried it with AMA relink and it virtually never worked -- AMA is simply
> unreliable in AVID - this is one of the great strengths of FCP - you can put
> your media anywhere and import as is and FCP remembers where it is without
> transcoding to a proprietary codec (for the most part - you still have to
> rewrap DVCPRO HD and XDCAM in a QuickTime Container - but there are programs
> that let you avoid that
>
> But to answer your question -
>
> Here's how - go to this link below to see export settings out of FCP - your
> only variable is the quality setting for your Avid Media - that's up to you.
>
> http://s962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/andyfield_photo/?action=view&curren
> t=AutomaticDuckFCPexportsettingsUSETHIS.png
>
> THEN
>
> Take all the exported clips and move them to a standard AvidMedia folder
> putting them inside the subfolder (folder 1, 2...whatever you want)
>
> THEN Open AVID - make sure you are directed to the hard drive where your
> newly transcoded media lives and create a new project
>
> THEN - import the exported AAF file into a bin.
>
> THEN double click the FCP exported sequence inside that bin -- it will
> create a new duplicate sequence
>
> OPEN THAT
>
> Your files should all relink and you are back to editing
>
> A lot of effects and filters won't come through but you will be 90 percent
> of the way there
>
> Happy Editing (a FCP 7 Refugee who is no longer the rabid Apple Fan he was
> since FCP X came out)
>
> Andy Field
> FieldVision Productions
> 4976 Cloister Drive
> North Bethesda, Maryland 20852
> W: 301-897-9689
> C: 202-262-3376
>
> AndyField@mindspring.com
>
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>
>

David Dodson
davidadodson@sbcglobal.net





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