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Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by Alison Wolf on Aug 28, 2008 at 11:03:59 pm

An editor gave me a project created in FCP 6, and I can't open in 4.5, HOWEVER, since he sent me all the media, can I get an EDL from him and simply reconnect the media? Has anyone done this? I need to finish the project in 4.5, and have the best resolution for output - since he has sent me the media as Quicktime files, does this then mean the media has been compressed and down-rezed?


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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by David Roth Weiss on Aug 28, 2008 at 11:30:55 pm

[Alison Wolf] " since he has sent me the media as Quicktime files, does this then mean the media has been compressed and down-rezed?"

FCP works natively with Quicktime files that can be as high quality as 10-bit uncompressed HD. So, just because a file is Quicktime it does not mean much. You need to right click on one the files and use "get info" to see what codec the files are.

[Alison Wolf] "can I get an EDL from him and simply reconnect the media?"

It's highly possible, if he logged his material properly, etc.



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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by Alison Wolf on Aug 29, 2008 at 12:07:50 am

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Question: the codec on the QT media he sent is DV/DVCPRO Intgeger (Big Endian) 720x480. Does this mean they are uncompressed? Same as if I were to redigitize the DV tapes?



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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by Alison Wolf on Aug 29, 2008 at 12:07:57 am

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Question: the codec on the QT media he sent is DV/DVCPRO Intgeger (Big Endian) 720x480. Does this mean they are uncompressed? Same as if I were to redigitize the DV tapes?



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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by David Roth Weiss on Aug 29, 2008 at 12:14:11 am

[Alison Wolf] "Does this mean they are uncompressed?"

To be completely accurate, they are compressed, because DV is a highly compressed tape format. But, no need to recapture at a higher resolution, as these files are exactly what's off the tape just as you would capture using firewire.

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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by Alison Wolf on Aug 29, 2008 at 12:39:15 am

excellent, thank you! I will try to get an EDL from the editor using FCP 6 and see if it opens and reconnects with media in 4.5...here's hoping!



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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by walter biscardi on Aug 29, 2008 at 12:57:05 am

I answered you the first time you posted this thread. XLM Version 1 or 2 from the 6.0 timeline. Open that in FCP 4.5

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Re: Working with a 6.0 project in 4.5
by Alison Wolf on Aug 29, 2008 at 1:39:19 am

Thanks, yes you did. I have been around the barn several times today, and had overlooked your first post. Thanks again, will try this!



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