Working with Motion JPEG A in FCP
by Warren Eig
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Aug 4, 2008 at 4:35:47 pm
Please only answer if you have actually working experience. I'm not looking for speculative answers.
I'm about to start cutting a feature film and the lab is going to give me HD files in Motion JPEG A format. Because they are scanning the Negative right to hard drive they can't do DVCPROHD or ProRes-- there will be no tape so no digitizing.
The lab claims the file sizes are in line with DVCPro HD-- about the same size.
Has anyone worked with Motion JPEG A? Any problems with Final Cut Pro 6.0.4? Any pitfalls anyone with experience can see?
Re: Working with Motion JPEG A in FCP by Sean ONeil on Aug 5, 2008 at 8:28:48 am
I would ask for Photo JPEG instead, although you're best bet regardless is to convert it all to ProRes yourself.
Yes, there are pitfalls. I can give you more info tomorrow when I'm at work. I have experience with all codecs in FCP including MJPEG. But I have not worked with it in the sense that I did a whole project with MJPEG footage in FCP 6.0.4 (nobody has, you'll be the first). Hopefully I'm still qualified to reply to your post.
Re: Working with Motion JPEG A in FCP by Sean ONeil on Aug 5, 2008 at 5:25:29 pm
Ok, checking MJPEG-A with 6.0.4. No RT Extreme. So all effects playback with the "Unrendered" screen until you render it. No RT scopes. Broadcast monitor does not update when scrubbing. Only with playback.
Re: Working with Motion JPEG A in FCP by Warren Eig on Aug 5, 2008 at 8:38:03 pm
Sean,
Thanks for looking it to this. I think I convinced production to pony up and have Deluxe do DVCProHD or ProRes lay back of the 35 mm neg to hard drive. Less trouble.
