Long form editing...

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DVX100Shooter

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I am currently working on the longest project that I have edited to date and its close to 2 hours long. I am just wondering how long it will take to export out of FCP and about how long it will take to compress to DVD. I am thinking of just leaving the computer on all day/night and let it do what it needs to do.

I was also thinking of possibly splitting the project into 3 parts (Act1, Act2, Act3) and then export each section separately. Each section would be close to 40 minutes or so if I went that route.

If it makes more sense to just export the complete timeline as I have it edited like a commercial DVD you would buy in the store then I will just do it that way.

Most projects I edit are under 10 minutes unless I am shooting a wedding or an event like this current project then they are longer but never edited something that was close to 2 hours in length though!
 
Apple Computers are actually best left on all the time. Many of the top post houses i have worked with never turn theirs off, so as long as you have a worthy UPS, don't worry about leaving it on overnight. As far as the time? that depends on alot of factors, clock speed, drive speed, drive integrity, etc. i would stay away from breaking it up, personally, and export as a single file. just pop in some chapter points for DVDSP and you'll be fine. do it before you go to bed, and wake up to a finished export, and don't dream about how long it takes :)

_p.s._ mpeg-2 encoding is such a heavy processor task that for a long time, it was used as the benchmark tests for clock speed efficiency.
 
How long it takes to export and compress to DVD depends on if you working w/HD or SD, what codec you are editing in, how many effects you used in the timeline etc.,.


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All shot in SD and most of the effects are basic dissolve transitions and fades. I will have some minor graphics on screen throughout the piece too. Cool thanks for the replies!
 
Long form editing...

For the price of one good turnkey Avid Xpress Pro system, you could get 2-3 FCP Macs. While your Editor is cutting on one, the Assist Editor can be logging on another.

I've found that the Mac vs Windows and Avid vs FCP wars are completely useless when it comes to most docs. It's all about the staff you have and what they're most efficient on. If it's been so long that the training and learning curves will be equal for both, why not go for the cheaper?
 
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