Mixed Format Project?

[DammitJanet]

Hey all. I'm about to edit a concert film for a big name country artist, and this will be the first time I've worked on a project that uses mixed media. The show was shot on a few different cameras, one AVC HD to SD cards, one on the HVX (both DVCProHD to P2, as well as standard-def to DV tape), and finally on HDV.

The AVCHD and HDV were both ingested as ProRes 1080, and the P2 stuff is stil DVCProHD at 720. Then of course there's the standard def footage from the HVX which will captured as such.

My question is how can I mix the clips from all this footage together in one sequence? Will I have to set my sequence settings to one and then pre-render everything else or is there some way to make it all work in one sequence without rendering? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[jumpthewire]

i would recommend transcoding to one format before editing.

one thing to consider, i dont think you can use the multiclip feature if your mixing media.
(im not 100% sure on that, but i believe thats the case)

hope that helps
shawn

 

[NoahK]

i would recommend transcoding to one format before editing.

one thing to consider, i dont think you can use the multiclip feature if your mixing media.
(im not 100% sure on that, but i believe thats the case)

hope that helps
shawn

That's correct- multiclips must be made from clips with identical codec, frame rate and resolution. So at least for the initial edit, I'd conform everything to one format. You can set up a preset in Compressor and drag and drop to make things simpler.

Noah

 

[DammitJanet]

I suppose the one format to work in is up to me. I'm thinking ProRes will work best, unless anyone can recommend a better format.