A real world test, 9 days shooting for FCPX

http://fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com/

We are shooting 9 days and need to output for networks 2 weeks after. Check it out.

Please do post anything you find working with XDCAM EX and also doing so in a mixed codec environment. People in the COW XDCAM EX forum may find this interesting.

You mentions "transcoding" I assuming you're just re-wrapping to XDCAM EX .mov. Are you using FCPX "Optimized Media" to transcode to ProRes while importing?

In FCPX Preferences Import
Do you have Create Optimized Media selected?
That would result in the files being transcoded to ProRes.

In fact that would have a major impact on a project like yours given the mixed codecs. If you "stay native" (don't have the above enabled) you might slow down the editing process if the computers have to decode H.264 and XDCAM EX simultaneously in real time.

We posted a new entry, finally have internet again.
http://fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com/
This entry is a lot about features we like and features that missing or not as we would like them for our working-speed.

There will be a clip soon.
We are well over 1500 clips that have probably turned into 7.000 keyword items already after 30% of the shoot.
We are mixing XDCam, DVCProHD, h.264 (DSLR, GoPro), framerates from 25 to 60 and edit on relatively old Macbooks at 1080p.......so far so good.

yes, we use ipads as secondary monitors.

here is stage 1....
http://vimeo.com/26342577

tonight we upload stages 2-4.

Tony, I use AirDisplay. But there might be others. Just make an ad-hoc network or join the same Wifi net.

In FCPX is a command "Send Event Browser to second monitor". Easy.

Good idea. If this Show Events on Second Display can be combined with Shower Viewer on a Second Display, then you could have a very nice three-screen setup in your office, with a high quality large secondary Viewer and the iPad for touch control of Events and a lot of main computer real estate for the detailed view of your Timeline on the main computer.

Hopefully less eye strain too as now that height of clips can be larger and/or the number of ‘tracks’ you view at the same time in the Timeline will be much more likely to show all your ‘tracks’ without scrolling up and down in most projects.

http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0/#vere9ba37ce

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

We made a new entry...we are editing the documentary now...moved to the MacPro.
If you wanna read my final workflow and how we managed to merge all dailies into the main project - check it out
http://fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com/201...ng-starts.html

We will continue this blog until the tapes are quality controlled with the networks and let you know what we find in good and bad with FCPX 10.0

Thanks for these regular updates about your workflow.

It's great to see the way people are attacking different jobs.

Cheers!

Brendan

Conclusion of the megatest
http://fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com/2011/07/qc-survived-fcpx-success-story.htm...

There will be more positngs and findings and I will also add a few tipps in the next days....

And here is the trailer for the first broadcast:
http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite/Article/Peakbreak---Das-Alpenrennen-01...

A minor update to my blog is online. There are also 2 clips now in the entries.
http://www.eggermedia.com/blog/2012/7/12/new-fcpx-findings-after-6-days-pea...

Not much to report. FCPX works fine with our workflow.