Workflow Changes Moving from Mac to PC

Andrew -

Here's some information to get you rolling:

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/for-final-cut-pro-users.html

Here's some other workflow stuff which should help:

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/extend.displayTab2.html

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

Just edit raw native files as much as you can. You output the final to whatever codec you want. We use both DNxHD and ProRes as our output codecs depending on the machine (we use both Mac and PC)

One caveat to editing on Windows and that the XDCAM QT codec is not readily available for the PC so you need to purchase a plug-in from Calibrated Software to play this. We discovered this on a project that has about 300 clips that came to us already converted to QTs and we could not play them on the PC. We ended up moving the project over to the Mac.

It's a relatively easy switch, particularly once you're inside the application.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media

"This American Land" - our new PBS Series.

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Most editors and facilities I know will create a Master file (for me on a PC thats now DNxHD). Then any dubs needed for air or clients can be quickly made from this master (like h.264 or whatever). This is especially helpful for longer form projects. Export once, then make dubs as necessary.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
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Andrew, one last thought. I found Richard Harringtons book really allowed me to make the transition in an informed manner. It helped me understand the way PP worked as opposed to FCP. I highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/Editors-Guide-Adobe-Premiere-Pro/dp/0321773012

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com





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[Andrew Bergner] "
Walter, do you just export from PP to Media Encoder directly to a compressed format (mp4) when delivering a file? Any need to export or store less-compressed files like in FCP going to .mov first?"

No need to export a file first and then go to Media Encoder. We generally will export a full resolution ProRes or DNxHD file for archival, and export whatever the client has requested for final delivery.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media

"This American Land" - our new PBS Series.

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