Raylight MAC

[J_E_R]

Sorry to break this off from a previous post, but I'm on a time crunch to figure out a work flow and don't have the footage yet to test for answers.

1) Raylight will allow you to shoot at 1080 24pa, and then use the original MXF files in the edit to play back on a 1080 23.976 timeline in FCP correct?

2) According to the website it simply skips the extra frames on playback, so no other smaller file is created? And this does not introduce any playback issues?

3) Are there any issues you can foresee in using this process through the entire post-production process of the film (sound mix, deliverables etc.) The only minor problems I can see are perhaps issues associated with any kind of Project Interchange, like exporting XML's.

4) Are there any good reasons to stick with the traditional FCP workflow considering the increased disk space and time required?

 

[electricpig]

Can I add my voice to your question 3. If I started using Raylight as the main backbone to my PAL FCP workflow, what are the negatives if I need to pass the footage and FCP job/xml to a third party, ie a client?

He would need to buy Raylight, but how much hassle is it to break the job out of the Raylight structure to give to him?

 

[TimurCivan]

well no not really, you just give him the P2 card contents, files, and he can convert them to his native editing suite. Thats the beauty, using raylight, someone can cut on FCP, then, hand over and EDL, and i can bring it into, VEgas/premiere/Avid PC, and continue cutting becuase for the first time we are cutting from the same source. the MXF files themselves.