New AF100 User in Houston, TX

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Joe Robbins

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May I introduce myself. I've looked forward to jumping in and working with video for some time and finally decided its time.
I've been a still shooter for 37 years and don't plan to stop, (www.joerobbins.com) but more and more clients are asking for video;
so I'm moving forward. I'm pulling information from every source I can find to learn the video side, and recently came upon this
forum and I 'm impressed with everyone's knowledge and experience.

Currently I'm viewing the DVD and book by Barry Green on the AF100 along with trying to decide what other pieces of gear I will need.
I hope I can ask you all hear from time to time for your guidance in steering me away from too many wrong moves.

And with that I do already have a camera question. The clip I shot in the camera shows up on camera replay just fine, but when I go to access the
file on my Mac, all I see in the "Stream" folder is an exec doc. It looks like a correct file with regards to the .MTS and file size
but it won't open of course. Any thoughts?

Thanks,Joe
 
Hey Joe (somebody should write a song on that)... welcome to the forum, video and the AF100

Are you transferring the entire folder contents to your hard drive? You need to do that first if you haven't.
What are you trying to play the clip back in? You can try playing it in VLC.
What NLE editing system do you have?
 
Yes I did transfer the entire folder - read that that was an important step to preserve file data.
So the exec file is normal. I'll try VLC in the morning when I get back to the office. Exec just
doesn't look like what I expected.
What NLE editing sys? Well that is another question frankly. Having read all the stuff about disliking
FCPx makes me pause, and going back to FCP7 doesn't make a lot of since. I have heard people say
good things about Premier 6 too, so any insight in this area would be welcome as well. Thanks
 
FCPX is improving, I like it. There are missing features, but some new improvements over FCP7. I can edit on it pretty fast now.
Check http://fcp.co/ and ripple training.
 
Thanks Ulisses. I've heard a lot about the missing features, but you gotta think Apple knows they gotta make this right,
unless they really are leaning toward abandoning the Pro Market. Hope that is not the case.
 
Joe, you can download free trials of NLEs if that might help you decide.
Myself, I'm on Premiere CS5 (soon to upgrade to 6) on a Mac.
Best of luck.
 
Chuck - yeah, done that in the past. Problem with looking at each NLE option is I don't really
know (being the newbee I am) how to be critical regarding choices just yet. And in talking
with folks like yourself, there really isn't a bad choice so much as its a commitment to be
made. All things being ideal, I would love to have a swell of people saying "this is the way
to go". Easier said then done, once again. Thanks
 
VLC automatically sizes the window to match the resolution, which MPLayerX does not. However, MPLayerX will play hacked GH2 footage that VLC chokes on, which, I guess, is not a problem for the AF100. If you have not used any NLE before, like me a year ago, FCPX is much more intuitive, and does everything needed for the individual filmmaker. I ran the trial versions of Premiere and Sony Vegas (runs only on Bootcamp), and I hated them both. However, the people who produce complex projects with shared storage on SAN's or originate on tape very much do not like FCPX. I suspect that by the time you reach that level, that FCPX will have caught up.
 
FCPX catching up by the time I need all the complex stuff was my thinking too.
You just don't know - wishing Apple would just go public with some kinda
statement about just what the heck they're thinking is on this whole thing....Not
holding my breath. Thanks Curtis
 
Joe,
I spent 10 years on FCP and it started to look like Apple was going to pretty much abandon pro-apps altogether. Well, that's another debate.
I switched to Premier, actually CS5.5 Production Premium which gives you some amazing tools including After Effects and Photoshop, etc. Lot's of great tutorials on creativecow.net and lynda.com. I'm pretty happy with the switch and am still very happy with the AF-100. Premier brings in AVCHD mts files natively without transcoding first.
 
Thanks OKCPicker. I'm am leaning toward Premier. I'm on an I7 Imac (32 gb RAM) and remember a comment by one of the AF100 members regarding the need for a more robust Video card in Premiers CS6. Have you noticed this to be a factor?
 
Yes it would help if the iMac had a more suitable graphics card. I'm cutting on 5 year old iMac with only 8 gigs of ram and it does suffer. Used to it though. It will be great when I finally upgrade. Thinking seriously of a ProMac this time.
Still on CS 5.5
 
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