Monkey Extract - quickly render RED footage for grading, using an EDL

[Nigel Stanford]

Nigel,

Please Check the attached EDL taken from both Avid as well as FCP via Automatic Duck Pro Import and Monkey Database file.

The previous one sent was corrected and sent by Michael for assigning Tape Name as Reel ID.

Ok, the FCP one looks like:
005 AX V C 20:23:48:23 20:23:54:12 01:00:25:09 01:00:30:22
* FROM CLIP NAME: D002_C002_09055G_M.MOV

There's no reel name in it, it should be D002, so coming out of final cut it should have looked like:
005 D002C002 AX V C 20:23:48:23 20:23:54:12 01:00:25:09 01:00:30:22

If you look in the Final Cut window at all the footage, right click the columns and show the reel column (can't remember exactly what it's called). You can then type the first 4 characters of the reel into the column for each clip (such as D002) and try exporting again.

 

[MichaelP]

By the middle or of this week (~9/24/08) the avid.com/red page will go live with step by step guide and a host of XSLT files to do a lot of this output. There is an XSL that allows a long file name in the TAPE column to be exported as CMX with:

the full 16: A001_C001_0921QD
Truncated 8: A001C001
Or just reel: A001

In the zip file I attached back in my previous posting, I put the shortened file names in both the Labroll and Camroll so that an EDL could be generated on either one directly via EDL Manager as per the above. The quickest way for a project already in progress is to sort by file name then enter the short (Reel) into either one of those columns via the muli-clip copy/paste entering the first four characters then entering. See a quick youtube I did where this method is included:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcjPrXPC-Y


Michael

 

[gbalaji]

atlast it works with avid cmx3600 edl for me.

Special thanks to michael and nigel.

 

[Nigel Stanford]

Hi Guys, we've released a major upgrade, 1.206.
The main features:

Final Cut Quicktime Workflow
- A solid method for rendering Quicktimes and reconnecting them in Final Cut
- Option for rendering full length Quicktimes for easy reconnection

Better EDL matching.
- Handles more EDL comments
- Matches video footage on track B

Speed enhancements
- Faster metadata scanning
- Choose media page loads faster

User interface improvements
- All format and naming adjustments are on one page
- All color adjustments are on one page
- Scale and crop page shows examples

Instructions and help
- Detailed step by step help for exporting EDLs
- Detailed workflow instructions

Go get it! and let me know if you have any issues and comments.