HVR-V1u and time markers in FCP at DVinfo.net

Philippe Dionne · February 28th, 2008, 03:45 PM

Hi,

Here is my situation :

I shoot freeskiing and most of the time the first shot isn't the good one. When I want to export the footage on FCP I have to export the entire tape then search for the good take, it's very long..

What I'd like :

I'd like to be able to ''mark'' the good shots directly after shooting it, by pressing a button. When exporting, FCP would recognize those marks and I could easily find the right take.

IF this is not possible

Can I, when exporting on FCP, add markers without stopping the whole process ?

My second question is about the way FCP create the clips from the V1. I'd like FCP to create a new clip that begin at every time I press record and end while I press it a second time. I guess it's somewhere in the preferences but I can't find it.

Well, thanks a lot dvinfo !

Shawn McCalip · March 3rd, 2008, 05:33 PM

One trick I learned while shooting BetacamSP was that right after I had a good take of something that was being repeated multiple times, I would flip on color bars real quick for about 5 seconds. Then, when I got back to the studio to edit, I could scrub through the tape and only capture the clips just before the bits of color bars.

Not only did it make the ingestion process quite a bit faster, but since I wasn't capturing the entire tape, my hard drives didn't fill up as quickly!

Hope this helps...

Philippe Dionne · March 6th, 2008, 07:41 AM

Yeah it's a good trick, thanks a lot !

February 28th, 2008, 03:45 PM	#1
Philippe Dionne Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 29	HVR-V1u and time markers in FCP Hi, Here is my situation : I shoot freeskiing and most of the time the first shot isn't the good one. When I want to export the footage on FCP I have to export the entire tape then search for the good take, it's very long.. What I'd like : I'd like to be able to ''mark'' the good shots directly after shooting it, by pressing a button. When exporting, FCP would recognize those marks and I could easily find the right take. IF this is not possible Can I, when exporting on FCP, add markers without stopping the whole process ? My second question is about the way FCP create the clips from the V1. I'd like FCP to create a new clip that begin at every time I press record and end while I press it a second time. I guess it's somewhere in the preferences but I can't find it. Well, thanks a lot dvinfo ! __________________ Sony HVR-V1U Raynox DCR-FE180PRO Fish-Eye Lense Cambo V5 Boom Manfrotto 755MF3 Tripod Manfrotto 701RC2 Head

March 6th, 2008, 07:41 AM	#3
Philippe Dionne Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 29	Yeah it's a good trick, thanks a lot ! __________________ Sony HVR-V1U Raynox DCR-FE180PRO Fish-Eye Lense Cambo V5 Boom Manfrotto 755MF3 Tripod Manfrotto 701RC2 Head

March 3rd, 2008, 05:33 PM	#2
Shawn McCalip Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 315	One trick I learned while shooting BetacamSP was that right after I had a good take of something that was being repeated multiple times, I would flip on color bars real quick for about 5 seconds. Then, when I got back to the studio to edit, I could scrub through the tape and only capture the clips just before the bits of color bars. Not only did it make the ingestion process quite a bit faster, but since I wasn't capturing the entire tape, my hard drives didn't fill up as quickly! Hope this helps...