Re: EDL's and Tape Sifting

[Matthew Small <digital_only(at)earthlink.net>]

See, I sit corrected. :)

Until next time...

Matt Small
Pair of Hands
Sherman Oaks, CA

"If it was easy, everyone would do it."


On Sep 1, 2005, at 11:05 AM, Jef Huey wrote:

> cmx 3600 8 characters letter & numbers only
>
> Jef
>
> Matthew Small wrote:
>
> > Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the format of the EDL dictates what names you can give reels. I think CMX 3600 reel assignments can only be 6 characters long so since CHD1165 is 7, your file name is being truncated in the EDL. Try a GVG (8 characters) or Sony EDL if you can... as far as the other clips go, print out the EDL, get a magnifying glass and look for the semicolons.
> >
> > Until next time...
> >
> > Matt Small
> > Pair of Hands
> > Sherman Oaks, CA
> >
> > "If it was easy, everyone would do it."
> >
> >
> > On Sep 1, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Jason Morris wrote:
> >
> > I'm using a Nitris (version7.5) to do a SD offline edit that will
> > later be turned into HD on another Nitris system. To complicate
> > things, a company called Filmlook will be doing the color
> > correction to all of the HD footage (before going to the final
> > Nitris). To color correct the shots, they will be using EDL's from
> > my system. Here are some issues that I am dealing with (and I'm
> > hoping you guys will have some suggestions for me -- you always do
> > and I appreciate it greatly):
> >
> > 1. I printed out an EDL today from the Nitris. Under the source
> > column, many of the tapes are listed with an under score character
> > in them (_). Naturally, none of the tapes I digitized had
> > under-score characters in them. Instead, I used all letters and
> > numbers (for example I typed CHD1165 and in my EDL list, I get
> > something like CHD1_1). Why is this?
> >
> > This will be a big problem for filmlook to find these tapes, as
> > the underscore character deletes tape name info. We did know that
> > the EDL would likely not show every long tape name I typed in, but
> > we were hoping to get at least the first 6 characters (NOT an
> > under score (_) character taking up some of that info. Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > 2. My client needs all of the source clips used in our timeline to
> > be from non drop framed sources. He wants me to tell him which
> > shots (used in our timeline) were from drop frame tapes. We are
> > talking about just a handful of drop frame shots that we used that
> > just need to be re inserted again after they have been transferred
> > to non drop frame tapes (meaning the drop frame clips were just
> > place holders). Is there a way for me to find these shots? Any
> > special views or ways of sorting what's been used in the timeline
> > with info like: clip name, source tape name, time code ins and
> > outs (used in the sequence) and drop frame vs non drop frame info?
> > This is a tall order I know, but it's an hour long show and we are
> > trying to prevent us from having to go through the entire show and
> > click on the clips and pull up the clip property info. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
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