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Harry Simpson · September 27th, 2010, 01:33 PM

I've got a client that wants my raw MOV or AVI (Cineform) files to pull into FCP on a MAC to edit.
I'd like to at least clean up the sound a little and perhaps treat whitebalance on a few shots.

The less "RAW" i suppose the less FCP will want to accept these into it's timeline right? But what's a good way to provide the right mix of RAW and somewhat treated files for their FCP editing?

Does this make a little bit of sense?

TIA
Harry

Craig Longman · September 27th, 2010, 03:57 PM

Depending on your version of Cineform, do you have First Light?

As I understand it, you can use First Light to non-destructively add colour corrections and various other effects to the Cineform files. The adjustments are stored as meta-data and applied in 'real-time' to the decoded video being used.

I can't imagine, other than wanting to make all the changes himself, that there is any difference between a 'virgin' Cineform, and one that's been colour corrected and re-encoded. I mean, that's kind of the point of an intermediate codec like Cineform, right?

Harry Simpson · September 27th, 2010, 08:51 PM

Welp I don't have first light. Converted the MOV to AVI but the AVI played back by themselves has the sound and video out of sync for some reason...so I'm burning a DVD of selected MOVs (as shot) so he can have the rawest of the raw. Hopefully FCP can handle the MOVs...........

Michael Tobias · October 1st, 2010, 03:45 PM

I have the same problem in my office. One guy uses FCP and sometimes we have to trade files for projects and it can be a hassle. I found if I have to give him RAW stuff, but I want to do some correction or something, I bring it into Vegas, do what needs to be done and then render out as uncompressed AVI. Yeah, the files are huge but with an external HDD or a decent network connection he can use those files directly in FCP. (but of course when he gives me uncompressed .mov files in the yuv codec Vegas won't touch it. Sucks.)

September 27th, 2010, 01:33 PM	#1
Harry Simpson Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN. Posts: 581	Raw to Client with FCP I've got a client that wants my raw MOV or AVI (Cineform) files to pull into FCP on a MAC to edit. I'd like to at least clean up the sound a little and perhaps treat whitebalance on a few shots. The less "RAW" i suppose the less FCP will want to accept these into it's timeline right? But what's a good way to provide the right mix of RAW and somewhat treated files for their FCP editing? Does this make a little bit of sense? TIA Harry __________________ Nashville TN using Canon 5D MK3, Canon 550D, RODE SVM mic, 70-200 f2.8L II IS, 24-105 f4L IS, 50 and 85 f/1.8, Vegas Pro 11, Zoom H4n, Blackbird, Lilliput Monitor, Lightroom

September 27th, 2010, 03:57 PM	#2
Craig Longman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, ON Posts: 175	Depending on your version of Cineform, do you have First Light? As I understand it, you can use First Light to non-destructively add colour corrections and various other effects to the Cineform files. The adjustments are stored as meta-data and applied in 'real-time' to the decoded video being used. I can't imagine, other than wanting to make all the changes himself, that there is any difference between a 'virgin' Cineform, and one that's been colour corrected and re-encoded. I mean, that's kind of the point of an intermediate codec like Cineform, right? __________________ CraigL

September 27th, 2010, 08:51 PM	#3
Harry Simpson Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN. Posts: 581	Welp I don't have first light. Converted the MOV to AVI but the AVI played back by themselves has the sound and video out of sync for some reason...so I'm burning a DVD of selected MOVs (as shot) so he can have the rawest of the raw. Hopefully FCP can handle the MOVs........... __________________ Nashville TN using Canon 5D MK3, Canon 550D, RODE SVM mic, 70-200 f2.8L II IS, 24-105 f4L IS, 50 and 85 f/1.8, Vegas Pro 11, Zoom H4n, Blackbird, Lilliput Monitor, Lightroom

October 1st, 2010, 03:45 PM	#4
Michael Tobias Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 45	I have the same problem in my office. One guy uses FCP and sometimes we have to trade files for projects and it can be a hassle. I found if I have to give him RAW stuff, but I want to do some correction or something, I bring it into Vegas, do what needs to be done and then render out as uncompressed AVI. Yeah, the files are huge but with an external HDD or a decent network connection he can use those files directly in FCP. (but of course when he gives me uncompressed .mov files in the yuv codec Vegas won't touch it. Sucks.)