offline SD --> on line HD ?

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lubinho

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Hi folks, i'm writing from Brazil!

I am working in a documentary project that will be shot with HVX200, recorded in p2 cards with de DVCPROHD format.

Our workflow will be a Mack book pro and a 3Tb External Drive( as archieve) with about 3Tb and a Power Mac G5 monitoring in SD only.

I wonder if it´s possible to make a SD project in FCP , like an offline edditing and then reimport the same clips from de External Drive, but now in DVCPROHD format. Where is this option in FCP menu?

is that clear, was understandable? :)

I apreciate your patience and wait for some answers, please.

ps: sory for my raw english.
 
It's not really necessary to go with an offline SD edit. DVCProHD edits just fine on a Mac Book Pro in it's native format. If I were you I'd save the extra headaches, and work with the native resolution.
 
I concerne your answer, but my monitoration sistem is "outputed " for SD editing, 4:3, etc.
And this decision unfurtunatelly was taken yet by the producers and the editor.

Do you if it's able to reimport the media, but with a HD quality and aspect ratio?
May be creating an Edditing Lists ( EDL), and oppening a new project in FCP, with that EDL and reconect the media, using now HD feature.

Thanks for the atention.

Lucas
 
Lucas,
All the steps you are taking in your stated workflow will result in wasted time and effort. With all the time you spend avoiding HD to begin with... and then reverting back to HD... you could purchase an HD monitor allowing you to monitor the video in its native resolution. Bottom line is don't create head aches if you don't have to. It will make you job and life a lot easier.
Jim
 
Get an Apple Cinema HD Display, it'll work as a production monitor just fine with your G5. I use one and love it.
 
Is this project feature length? I am working on a feature length project right now where we ingested our footage, then transcoded to DV to offline edit. When we're ready to go to HD for our online, color correction, film blow up, etc, all we have to do is take our SD media offline, then reconnect our files and sequences to our HD media. This is doable because timecode is consistent from HD to SD back to HD again.

I know everyone says stick with editing in HD, but when you're on a low budget and you have 3 TBs worth of footage, I think an offline edit is still the way to go. Protect your original footage as much as possible from crashes/corruption, and let your system work faster (if you have an older system like we do). I can't imagine an HD feature project on limited means. The system would slow way down.

Of course, if you have the means, then buy the HD monitor and stick with HD. Just saying, it depends on where you're coming from. There's still an advantage to SD editing.
 
That's an interesting statement, considering that DVCPRO-HD edits with a lot of RT even on slower, older machines. I do it all the time with one of my clients. They produce corporate video for a local corporation. They shoot and edit DVCPRO-HD, and are refused money to upgrade their Macs. They're older G5s, and run DVCPRO-HD just like it was DV. No performance hits to speak of.

DVCPRO-HD edits as easily as regular DV. It's HDV that's the problem child.

As for 3TB of drive space, that's quite an exageration. I have several project, all in DVCPRO-HD running on a 500GB drive. Drives are very affordable right now.

I just don't see any argument for doing off-line with DVCPRO-HD. And as for crashes and such, anone doing this for a living should be backing up all their projects no matter what format they're in. A crash/corruption happens, it doesn't care what format you're working in.

Mac systems don't slow down using DVCPRO-HD. When you move it to on-line, well, you still need the power and storage to do that anyway, right?

DVCPRO-HD has very little overhead, that's part of it's beauty, you very much CAN edit it natively on older machines without any RT loss to speak of.
 
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