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[jamie parry]

1st try at avid edl to color edl....

1st try at avid edl to color edl....

www.jamieparry.demon.co.uk/Avid2Color.zip

this is an os x .command file
to get this to work on YOUR os x box you need to do this
open a terminal
type chmod +x
then a space
then drag the avid2color.command into the terminal window.
you have now made yourself the "owner" of that command so it will run! hoorah!

anyway.. it does this
red16 edl got from somewhere
TITLE:
FCM: NON-DROP FRAME
001 A001_C021_062398 V C 08:10:26:19 08:10:28:03 01:00:00:00 01:00:01:07
002 A001_C024_0623QT V C 08:24:46:03 08:24:47:19 01:00:01:08 01:00:02:23
003 A001_C029_06238V V C 09:15:06:00 09:15:07:22 01:00:03:00 01:00:04:21
004 A001_C032_0623E6 V C 09:22:42:16 09:22:44:21 01:00:04:22 01:00:07:02
005 A001_C026_0623EK V C 09:05:43:06 09:05:46:21 01:00:07:03 01:00:10:17
006 A001_C049_0623SD V C 10:53:11:13 10:53:13:17 01:00:10:18 01:00:12:21
007 A001_C035_0623QT V C 09:54:00:06 09:54:02:16 01:00:12:22 01:00:15:07


to this

*

* NON-DROP
001 A001C021 V C 08:10:26:19 08:10:28:03 01:00:00:00 01:00:01:07
* A001_C021_062398
002 A001C024 V C 08:24:46:03 08:24:47:19 01:00:01:08 01:00:02:23
* A001_C024_0623QT
003 A001C029 V C 09:15:06:00 09:15:07:22 01:00:03:00 01:00:04:21
* A001_C029_06238V
004 A001C032 V C 09:22:42:16 09:22:44:21 01:00:04:22 01:00:07:02
* A001_C032_0623E6
005 A001C026 V C 09:05:43:06 09:05:46:21 01:00:07:03 01:00:10:17
* A001_C026_0623EK
006 A001C049 V C 10:53:11:13 10:53:13:17 01:00:10:18 01:00:12:21
* A001_C049_0623SD
007 A001C035 V C 09:54:00:06 09:54:02:16 01:00:12:22 01:00:15:07
* A001_C035_0623QT


is that ok?
here is the command in full
#! /bin/sh
#this bit displays a message in the terminal window
echo "***********************************************"
echo DRAG YOUR EDL HERE AND PRESS RETURN!!
echo "************************************************"

# this bit gets the edl file path from the terminal
read theedl

#this bit replaces dos carriage returns with proper unix returns.this bit f-cked me up for a bit!
awk '{sub(/\r$/,"")};1' "$theedl" > ~/desktop/awkfix

cat ~/desktop/awkfix|while read line
do
commentline=`echo "$line"|awk '{print $2}'`
mainline=`echo "$line" | awk '/ V / ' |tr -d _ |cut -c 1-13,21- `
echo $mainline >> ~/desktop/jamfix
echo "*" $commentline >> ~/desktop/jamfix
done



rm ~/desktop/awkfix
mv ~/Desktop/jamfix ~/desktop/FIXED.EDL
#this bit kills the terminal process. if you are likely to be running lots of terminal stuff at the same time as this script delete this bit!!
terminalid=`ps -ax | grep -i terminal |awk '{print $1}'`
kill $terminalid

exit


if the rudimentary nature of dragging an edl into a terminal window freaks people out i can give it a gui tomorrow...
cheers
j

 

[Peter Moretti]

Peter - I am not arguing the need to do this, and as I mentioned already, metadata coming from ROCKETCINE-X today already handles FCP more limited representation of the file name in the Camroll column. It is also a very easy change for Apple to do in their EDL generation to create a 16Char template like we did and is supported by all other third party conform apps today. It would also be just as easy for Color to import a 16Char EDL that references the full file name as SOURCE and not as a comment.

Whenever there is a workflow gap, people will always look to Avid to fix it and not the receiving application. Every other vendor in the DI file base market supports the 16Char EDL. Again - VERY EASY change on Apple's part to be more flexible on its end.

That being said, a simple EDL to EDL converter like Autodesk did would work here as well. Looking into it.

Michael

But Michael, the real issue is the need to go to Color at all. And that's all on Avid. I realize Color was a $20K DI program. It may seem unfair that Apple included it in FCP, but it's there. And as much as Avid has tried to ignore Color, it has not gone away, it's only gotten better.

Avid needs an Avid alternative to Color. Like was said above, many people who cut on MC and finish in Color will adjust to cutting in FCP and eliminate MC from their workflow altogether.