Online from P2 files

[rfer79]

Hi,

I’m soon going to start the online in smoke of a feature film shot with a Panasonic AG-HVX200. This camera records into P2 (storage devices) and these files were converted into ProRes 422 quicktimes and edited in final cut. I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on what is the best workflow to take the files and cut from final cut into smoke. I should also mention that this an effect heavy film and i’ll start working on the effects in smoke before picture lock so it would be ideal to find a way that would give some handles in online.

Thank you

[cyril conforti]

You can actually keep the P2 in native format if you like. Edit in FCP, export XML of timeline. Drag XML into tether, it will upload all associated media, QTs, aiff, etc… no matter what codec or resolution straight into StoneFS. You can then use the XML in Smoke to Re-Link to the media.

see a screencast of this here:
http://www.instinctualsoftware.com/Instinctual_Software/tether_xml.html

Alan

@rfer79 25053 wrote:

Hi,

I’m soon going to start the online in smoke of a feature film shot with a Panasonic AG-HVX200. This camera records into P2 (storage devices) and these files were converted into ProRes 422 quicktimes and edited in final cut. I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on what is the best workflow to take the files and cut from final cut into smoke. I should also mention that this an effect heavy film and i’ll start working on the effects in smoke before picture lock so it would be ideal to find a way that would give some handles in online.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Without using Tether, which I highly recommend, here is the best way I have found.

Media Manage down the Final FCP timeline with the handles you need. Recompress in a format smoke can read, like Blackmagic NTSC 10 bit. Make sure you recompress those files to a folder that smoke can read from. Right now I have a mount point directly to one of our xserve raids. After that is done crunching down export an xml from the media managed timeline. Import into smoke, link to audio and video files and viola it should come in.

The only issue I have found is when someone offlined using multicam. That tends to screw the timecodes up good. Make sure you have collapsed all mulitcams and make sure the timecodes are all source timecodes not alt. timecodes. That “feature” in FCP has screwed me plenty.

Good luck.

-T

[mark symons]

Thank you. These are two excellent ideas. I’m evaluating tether now and I’m very impressed. How have you found it? What about xstoner (http://www.max-t.com/products/xstoner.html)?

[Anonymous]

Personally, I like tether. I wouldn’t waste time with xstoner.

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