tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415882825035014022.post6351317647179266497..comments2020-07-24T14:21:18.949+08:00Comments on The PNG Work - research: Apple Intermediate Codecmichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03059766891494038873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415882825035014022.post-56474964772600646922010-03-25T23:13:02.018+08:002010-03-25T23:13:02.018+08:00Don't try to get everything this week - just a...Don't try to get everything this week - just a rough cut of the main sequence you speak of in the last post, just clips as reference quicktimes trimmed to the right length [use folders with clips named like 110-opening.mov, 120-briefing.mov, 130-haleyscore.mov so that they stay in order and there is room to add numbers in between - and use reference movies referring to the raw clips which wont be moved or renamed!! - put these folders on the same drive as the real raw material so the associations are kept]<br /><br />Then it is easy to set up things like copying or converting to other formats from the reference movies, it is easy to communicate your needs to anyone helping, things like FCP or iMovie or iDVD can all use the reference movies for quick, easy imports.<br /><br />When saving the reference movies you can probably make them a bit longer than the shots you will use - i.e. give them handles - but also select the proper part and set quicktime to play selection only so you can preview them easily.<br /><br />You can probably play the whole thing almost seamlessly using playlists or just previewing directly through finder since the files will be numbered in sequence.<br /><br />It will be a drag and drop operation to put them on timelines in any version of FCP etc, but you may need to do a little work rendering all to the same format??? it will not be hard to make quicktime copies in a new folder or on someone else's drive with the same format if you want.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570169579057006034noreply@blogger.com