Oh heavens,I do miss work prints....
2014-07-07 10:16 GMT-04:00 laska jimsen <las...@gmail.com>: > Thanks so much, John and Jodie! > > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:09 PM, John Woods <jawood...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > >> I did use FCP to get an edit list in 2009. I used SD video with burn in >> code. Got Flex files from a transfer from Deluxe Vancouver. The used Cinema >> Tools to convert the files at home. However as I recall there was a few >> kinks in the workflow. Normally my digital edits are chaotic with clips >> stacked all over themselves on the timeline and this caused problems when I >> created the initial EDL. An editor pal said that I needed to simplify the >> timeline. So I re-arranged the cut onto a single line and also had to make >> sure that I used the fade/dissolve tools rather than using the 'pen' tool >> to create my own fades. I double checked the EDL with the burn in code and >> it was perfect! >> >> With a 24fps HD timeline I don't see why it wouldn't work. As per Jodies >> advice. Do everything very simple and clean and you'll be fine. >> >> John >> >> >> On Sunday, July 6, 2014 9:48:56 AM, Jodie <jodiemac...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hello Laska, >> >> I used that workflow (Film > Telecine > FCP7/CinemaTools > EDL/Cut List >> > Neg Cutter) after this thread. >> It actually worked out great, as the "24fps" (23.98) transfer is actually >> frame accurate within your FCP 23.98 sequence. >> For the EDL>Neg Cutter process, you absolutely need to make sure there >> are ZERO effects WHATSOEVER within your timeline: no contrast, no color, no >> scaling, nothing. Anything will send the computer spinning and provide >> inaccurate results. I was lucky enough to have work print to check against, >> but a color adjustment I didn't catch the first time definitely caused >> Cinema Tools to export an incorrect frame count for those few shots. After >> removing the filters, CinemaTools provided an accurate list. But, you >> definitely don't want to run into that sort of issue at the negative stage. >> So, if you have no work print, just take extra care to make sure your >> sequence is clean. You can also make sure your sound (if you have) ends at >> the same frame number as your cut list and so on. >> >> For a few other projects, I have skipped the CinemaTools stage and simply >> counted frames from the beginning of each shot when matching my film to my >> video edit. To me, HD actually brings simplicity to this process. Time's >> not time, but frames are frames! >> >> Good luck! >> >> Jodie Mack >> Assistant Professor of Animation >> Dartmouth College >> www.jodiemack.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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