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Forums Tag: final cut http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Forums Tag: final cut en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:29:39 +0000 NormanWillis on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42579 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:05:53 +0000 NormanWillis 42579@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> Yea, "decompressing" is pointless. It doesn't do anything but give you larger files sizes. The reason it does not increase quality is because when you compress anything, you throw out information to achieve a smaller file size. Once data is thrown out, it can not be brought back. So don't bother "decompressing." All you will do is tax your hard drive and CPU. Brandon, Your experience with using a different camcorder to capture is strange. Is this with HD tapes? Is it the HDV codec? I still shoot SD with a miniDV camcorder and I use a deck to capture. I've never had a problem. I would assume doing the same with HD would be fine as long as you stay in the same codec. </blockquote> I have a raft of stuff to wade through before I start shooting, and I'm still trying to figure out what's what, but when I finally get to film, I will try feeding the tape in using the old camera-switcheroo, and if that does not work I will have to move the workstation to the camera. If this thread is still living at that point (hmmm) I will try to let you know what happened. But in the mean time we will try it, and hope for the best! Thanks. Norman NormanWillis on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42578 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:02:29 +0000 NormanWillis 42578@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote>One decompression side of things I can't help. But will give you a word of caution. If you record something on one camcorder then take the tape to a different camcorder to download to the computer, be ready for the the captured footage be choppy. Not 100 % of the time but much of the time the capturing device with do something just a bit differently and only that cam can read it correctly. I recently bought a camcorder soley to capture the footage to the computer so I wouldn't wear my heads out. Unfortunately the footage looked (and more importantly) sounded like crap. Then when I put it back in the original cam it worked fine. I finally just took the camera back to the store. Just be aware this may happen.</blockquote> Thanks Brandon. Good to know. Norman. brandon0409 on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42370 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:36:24 +0000 brandon0409 42370@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ I still shoot in SD. I use Sony DCRvx2100 to shoot. I tried a couple different cheap cameras (brand new $150) to transfer the tape to the computer so I would not wear out the heads. Each different camera gave me the bad audio. oh well. robgrauert on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42339 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:54:31 +0000 robgrauert 42339@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Yea, "decompressing" is pointless. It doesn't do anything but give you larger files sizes. The reason it does not increase quality is because when you compress anything, you throw out information to achieve a smaller file size. Once data is thrown out, it can not be brought back. So don't bother "decompressing." All you will do is tax your hard drive and CPU. Brandon, Your experience with using a different camcorder to capture is strange. Is this with HD tapes? Is it the HDV codec? I still shoot SD with a miniDV camcorder and I use a deck to capture. I've never had a problem. I would assume doing the same with HD would be fine as long as you stay in the same codec. brandon0409 on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42316 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:12:10 +0000 brandon0409 42316@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ One decompression side of things I can't help. But will give you a word of caution. If you record something on one camcorder then take the tape to a different camcorder to download to the computer, be ready for the the captured footage be choppy. Not 100 % of the time but much of the time the capturing device with do something just a bit differently and only that cam can read it correctly. I recently bought a camcorder soley to capture the footage to the computer so I wouldn't wear my heads out. Unfortunately the footage looked (and more importantly) sounded like crap. Then when I put it back in the original cam it worked fine. I finally just took the camera back to the store. Just be aware this may happen. NormanWillis on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-42206 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:15:45 +0000 NormanWillis 42206@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hello. I also have a camcorder/codec question, if you don't mind. I plan to record using a Sony HDR-FX1 (HDV) with three point lighting. I then plan to feed the tape into the computer using a Sony HCR-HC1 (also HDV), so I do not have to dismount the big camera from the teleprompter tripod. I am hoping to edit in Sony Vegas 8.0. I have a 3.0GHz Pentium D. Do the uncompression programs like NeoHD make it easier for Vegas to handle the footage? Or is Vegas able to handle HDV from Sony camcorders without a problem? I do not mind decompressing, as disk space is not a concern. Thank you, Norman robgrauert on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41974 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:21:02 +0000 robgrauert 41974@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> Editing HD on a I-Mac, I hope you have a lot of munchies when you start to render.</blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> I don't think editing HD on an iMac would really be that bad if you avoid crazy effects/compositing and work with a compressed format as opposed to uncompressed SD or HD. EarlC on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41973 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:15:16 +0000 EarlC 41973@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Well, the more editing/rendering (effects, layers, etc.) you do the more bogged down your creative drive is going to get using a limited system, but like building a house with a hammer and a hand-saw instead of a crew, power tools and assorted other materials and resources, you can do it, just takes longer - and you can't depend on creative drive to push you in the right direction because there's too much wait. You'll have to plan your projects, and do some serious rethinking regarding use of much more than cuts only story telling. Not that THAT is all bad, it remains among the basic tennents of production in the business. Venzuelanhomedog on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41971 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:58:11 +0000 Venzuelanhomedog 41971@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ yea the max they take is 4 and cuts only editing? EarlC on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41970 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:52:58 +0000 EarlC 41970@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ What's the max ram the iMacs take now, 4Gig? You could likely accomplish something good if you stick primarily with cuts only editing techniques. Venzuelanhomedog on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41969 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:49:50 +0000 Venzuelanhomedog 41969@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ well duh tht would take a while.. i have one of the new imacs with 1 gig of ram.. i prob will buy more if i get an hd camera NewBirthProductions on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41951 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:22:35 +0000 NewBirthProductions 41951@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Editing HD on a I-Mac, I hope you have a lot of munchies when you start to render. I once rendered a 50 min clip of 720P on a mac mini G4 with 512 ram just for kicks. I stopped it after 3 days just wasn't worth it. EarlC on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41943 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:56:58 +0000 EarlC 41943@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ For sports and high action, extreme events, HD; for everything else there's AVCHD or HDV. Yeah, Rob, I've changed my tune. Next cameras will be either HV30s on the bottom end, with lights and Beachtek audio control and braces for a high quality mic, etc; or on the (MY) top end, the new Panasonic AG-HMC150 SD & SDHC recorder and no tape. I think perhaps FCP will do a decent job for me with the AVCHD format, but I still am concerned about all the youth sports events we produce. Will have to do a hands on and see how bad the motion stuff will be - swish pans, follows, and other things more prevalent in sports activities. robgrauert on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41934 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:13:21 +0000 robgrauert 41934@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> I was wondering which HD format, and how it is saved, is the best (meaning looking best)?</blockquote> Which is best looking has to do with how compressed the codec is. More compressed means lower image quality, but it will take up less space too.AVCHD and HDV are more compressed than DVCPro HD and XDCam HD. Also take note that image quality is more impacted by lighting. You can have the biggest most badass camera in the world, but if you don't have ample light, your image will still look like crap. <blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> Is hard drive, memory stick, or tape best? What about HDV, AVCHD, or some other one?</blockquote> I'd go with a memory stick like P2 or SxS, but it all depends on what you want to do. Recording to tape you don't have to sweat losing your footage--it's on tape. Memory sticks and hard drives don't record drop out, which you sometimes get with tape, and the capture stages are much faster than capturing tape. Cameras that record to just a memory stick have no moving parts inside, so theoretically nothing gets worn out. Venzuelanhomedog on "Which HD format?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/which-hd-format#post-41929 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:52:37 +0000 Venzuelanhomedog 41929@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ I have a jvc miniDV camcorder, and recently I have been thinking about getting into the HD craze. I have an iMac with Intel processors and Final Cut Express 4 installed, so I'm pretty sure I can edit in almost any format. I was wondering which HD format, and how it is saved, is the best (meaning looking best)? File size is not really an issue, because I have a 500GB external HDD. Is hard drive, memory stick, or tape best? What about HDV, AVCHD, or some other one? robgrauert on "Final Cut Express Capture Question" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/final-cut-express-capture-question#post-41894 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:16:22 +0000 robgrauert 41894@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ You are referring to "batch capture." Years ago when I was using FCE, it did not have batch capture, but maybe it has changed by now. If it's there, a "batch capture" button will be available in the Log and Capture window. Check the manual to be sure too. chikers on "Final Cut Express Capture Question" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/final-cut-express-capture-question#post-41893 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:13:26 +0000 chikers 41893@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Is there a way in FCE to just list the in/out time codes and let it capture all of them at the same time? I have been marking one, then it captures. Then I mark the next one and then it captures...etc. I usually have a shot list with the time codes listed, I just want to type them in there and then come back when it has all been done. I hope that makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated. bmills on "Adding Live Type Textures and LiveFonts" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adding-live-type-textures-and-livefonts#post-41717 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:59:24 +0000 bmills 41717@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Don't use Live Type so I can help you there, but there are a million places to get free fonts on the net... Google it... ALso, check out, acidfonts.com... chikers on "Adding Live Type Textures and LiveFonts" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adding-live-type-textures-and-livefonts#post-41702 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:17:14 +0000 chikers 41702@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Pretty new to editing - Quick question though Can I add textures and/or live fonts to Live Type? I have Live Type that was bundled with FC Express 4. I guess I can just make the overlay in Live Type, and when I put it in FCE, I can put in any background I want. That could solve my problem, but what about the live fonts. Can you add those into Live Type? Can fonts be purchased somewhere? Or are there some available for free I could use. The live fonts that are already on there are fine, just not a lot of choices. Any help would be great. LJA on "Editors - new Larry Jordan FCP Video Tutorial Downloads (download one free!)" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editors-new-larry-jordan-fcp-video-tutorial-downloads-download-one-free#post-41675 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:03:13 +0000 LJA 41675@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Thanks for pointing that out! Looks like some odd spaces snuck their way in there. Try <a href="http://www.larryjordan.biz/tutorials">http://www.larryjordan.biz/tutorials</a>. robgrauert on "Editors - new Larry Jordan FCP Video Tutorial Downloads (download one free!)" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editors-new-larry-jordan-fcp-video-tutorial-downloads-download-one-free#post-41674 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:00 +0000 robgrauert 41674@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ link doesnt work. not for me anyway... LJA on "Editors - new Larry Jordan FCP Video Tutorial Downloads (download one free!)" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/editors-new-larry-jordan-fcp-video-tutorial-downloads-download-one-free#post-41673 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:37:44 +0000 LJA 41673@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ (receive a trial download!!!) NEW POWERUP TUTORIAL VIDEOS AVAILABLE TO EDITORS AND FILMMAKERS Larry Jordan has created a series of short, focused PowerUP Tutorial videos covering a wide range of subjects related to video and film editing. Based upon Jordan's globally recognized Final Cut Studio seminars, the PowerUP Tutorials were designed to meet the needs of editors and filmmakers who want to easily upgrade their skills or stay current with industry trends through instantly downloadable video sessions. Each tutorial is a QuickTime movie that runs between 6-10 minutes, showcasing specific techniques, which can be utilized to solve a particular problem. 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My fear is that once i finish the editing i'll need another software (i.e. monkey extract) to do the offline/online process... anyway i saw this solution and it seems a good one: "This could be the most important email for a lot of you struggling with POST. We have just finished months of major testing towards grading of RED footage, editing of RED footage and finished POST & Mastering to SRHD. Over the last 8 months of shooting many big budget RED jobs and posting many different ways we have come to a point that for TV AD LAND we have been wasting lots of time and money in POST rendering files that quite honestly don't need to be rendered. Having to RENDER everything out to TAPE or to a readable format for the AVID guys was becoming to much of a chore. Rendering all the files out to either DPX , tiff or even PRO RES was taking for ever as well. Especially if you've shot about 6 hours of footage. We have tested and tested and re-tested to find the quickest way to edit, online, grade and to master RED out to HD / 2k / sd etc. In short it goes like this. Set REC709 in your RED CAMERA Quick time proxy settings. Once shot place your 1k or 2k REC709 Proxy Quicktimes directly into the FCP time line. FCP should auto set the sequence time line to PRO RES 10bit (hq) at what ever file dimension (2k 0r 1k) you throw into it. Simple. Set time line to unlimited RT and set your playback to LOW. Now edit and grade away happily in FCP. No rendering needed at this stage. For example I have just dropped 4hours 22mins of RED 2k proxie quicktimes into my Final cut time line, It took less than 5 seconds to load it all in and play and edit. I usually do this on set in my laptop for the clients. Simple. Now If you have incorrectly exposed your shot on the day, Just go back to RED ALERT adjust your brightness, exposure or contrast of that shot to give your self more information. Then Generate new quicktime proxies via RED ALERT. (this will take less than 2 seconds to do).These will replace themselves automatically in your FCP time line. Simple Ok your edit is done, your client loves it. You now set your RT to safe and your playback to HIGH. You will see a RED RENDER line appear above your edit. You press RENDER. (It will RENDER the time line in PRO RES (HQ) 30sec at 2k is around 1 minute to RENDER out using a standard 8 core MAC. Your TV AD, music Video etc etc is Done finished in HD or HD and ready to go to tape, TV Stations, DVD...etc. Easy. We do this daily without a single hiccup on very large projects. see link: [url]http://www.zoomfilmtv.com.au/ftp/Rec709_vs_PDlog/[/url] As you can see with this grade test using just the QT proxies up against the RENDER intensive DPX method. The difference between the DPX process and the QT proxie use is not going to give you hardly anymore to play with. I recommend using either the DPX or direct R3d grading if you have completely stuffed up exposure on the day of shooting it. Happy Shooting. Big T Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 292" ProRes seems a good final output solution, morover that in my case is a TV commercial and not a cinemamovie (i mean, it's gonna be shoot on the TV screen, not on the cinema one... anyway i'd like to understand better the red quicktime codec process, i'll take a better look to that. Thanks Robert Michele robgrauert on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41478 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:36:51 +0000 robgrauert 41478@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ I'm not sure if you've already found what you're looking for, but if not, I think I have: <a href="http://www.red.com/support" rel="nofollow">http://www.red.com/support</a> Near the bottom of the list of downloads (on the left side second from the bottom), there is "RED QUICKTIME CODEC (BETA)". I believe this allows you to edit RAW files from RED, but this plug-in creates Quicktime Reference files so that your computer can handle the data. And right next to that plug-in is the Log and Transfer Plug-in. I've read in another article that a lot of people do convert to ProRes on the Log And Transfer, but this is time consuming. It's also like shooting RAW files with a DLSR and then converting them to JPEG before editing because "they're smaller files and look good." kinomatico on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41447 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:16:52 +0000 kinomatico 41447@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ i see.. i tried to convince my boss that we need a RAID (i mean, at least to rent one), but the budget is quite low and he says we can't afford it... let's see if with a little bit of luck we can have one from a friend of him. Thanks for your help Rob still, i'm looking for the log and capture presets and if i need plugin or whatever. robgrauert on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41446 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:46:31 +0000 robgrauert 41446@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ ProRes isn't a bad choice, but note that not even a Mac Pro alone will handle uncompressed video. It's a RAID5 or greater that allows for uncompressed editing. I believe a Macbook Pro could handle uncompressed video with a RAID5 attached. kinomatico on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41445 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:30 +0000 kinomatico 41445@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Thanks Rob my editing gear is bad... i mean, it's ok, but i don't know how much it can handle with Red One files. I'll use a Macbook Pro with a GeForce 8600M GT 512 M. The point is that i should have used the toplist MacPro, but it won't arrive before xmas and we'r gonna shoot next week... So, i was thinking to capture evrything with the Apple ProRes compression (that i've already used and my mac manages quite good) and work directly with that on the timeline. Even if it's a 30" commercial and not a Lord of the Rings episode, the uncompressed size (123mb/s) will kill my mac (and me with him...) for every render. I'll investigate about the capture preset (plugin or not and all this stuff). more news later... Thanks, Michele robgrauert on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41444 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:49:04 +0000 robgrauert 41444@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ If you don't mind me asking, why is file size an issue? It would seem to me that if you're shooting with RED, you would have enough editing gear to handle the file size.... RED One can truly shoot uncompressed video, and to edit uncompressed video, I believe you need a RAID5 at least. I don't think you need a plug-in to edit with FCP. It's my understanding that the creators of RED make their cameras with the use of FCP in mind. kinomatico on "HD workflow?" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-workflow#post-41440 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:36:02 +0000 kinomatico 41440@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Hi to everyone, first time i post here so i hope i'll be clear. first of all congratulations for the website and the community, really useful! I'm gonna shot a commercial with the Red One (i think we'll shoot 2k), using the external Red Drive as hard-disk. Then we'll edit with Final Cut Pro. So, since i'm gonna work with the online material, i was wondering which kind of compression is the best one to achive the best quality with small size file (i know, sounds like i want everything with nothing...). I saw that the uncompressed 10bit is something like 123 mb/s and my macbook pro won't render all this stuff everytime that i make a change. I saw the apple prores, that seems a good option (high quality and small size files), but i'm not completly sure about this. Morover, do i need a particular plug-in in order to capture the footage from the Red One? Thanks in advance for any suggestion. Michele LJA on "NEW YORK & BOSTON AREA EDITORS -Larry Jordan's Final Cut Seminars are back!" http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/new-york-038-boston-area-editors-larry-jordans-final-cut-seminars-are-back#post-40588 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:13 +0000 LJA 40588@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ NEW YORK & BOSTON AREA EDITORS -- Concentrated Training for Final Cut Studio Larry Jordan is coming back to New York (10/14-10/15) and Boston (10/17 & 10/18) with his PowerUP with Final Cut StudioSeminars! 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