Final cut pro 5 and HD capture

[anthonysaunders]

Does anyone know if FCP 5 can capture HD without it detecting scene breaks?
Every setting I can think of has been tried to no avail. Previously blacking a tape doesn't work either.
It is a nuisance when trying to put a transition between scenes if you want the dissolve etc to be at the start of the scene as FCP5 wants a handle before the scene or after.

Now getting frustrated......

[Alan Roberts]

Are you saying that you want to capture continuous footage, through cuts, as a single clip?

[anthonysaunders]

Hi Alan, yes, not always but when needed

[Alan Roberts]

OK, just establishing what you're looking for. I'm not a FCP user.

[foxvideo]

Not too sure what you're trying to do. "Capture now" will capture your footage in one continous segment without breaks.

If you then apply DV start/stop detect that will break your footage according to scene breaks.

If you don't have enough of a handle on a clip to apply a dissolve, put the second clip on a track above covering the end of the first clip and drag the start down using the "key frame line" line, then add a key frame however many seconds in you want the dissolve to last (apply the same technique to the "outgoing" clip).

Come back if this isn't what you mean!

[anthonysaunders]

Hi Dave, capture now works Ok with DV as did FCP4 but in FCP5 it still captures HDV with scene breaks whatever I do.

[foxvideo]

I thought you might come back with something like that, Not tried it with HDV yet so I thought the DV setup would be the same!

Not sure of anyone actually on the same setup as you yet, so I'd pop over to Creative Cow and ask there if I was you.

Added info:

Seems it has cropped up on CC, http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=8&postid=855261

Will watch for replies!

[PaulD]

Hi
Question: How does continuous capture help if you want to have enough handle to your shots?
If you use the adjacent shots to provide this handle then apart from a few transitions (fade out/fade in and zoom in/zoom out) you will end up with the shot change to that other shot right in the middle of your transitions - which looks really jarring....

FCP allows you to align your transitions so they start (or end) within the existing shot on the timeline, so you only have to sort the handle out on one clip of each transition pair.

[foxvideo]

Anthony,

I think this thread: http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=162&postid=853609&pview=t#head

answers your question!

Alan will probably explain if he reads it :)

[PaulD]

Hi
Good link, Dave. Steve Connor exactly describes the problem of native HDV capture, where the last 12 frame GOP of the shot isn't complete, so in native MPEG-2 terms can't be run into the subsequent shot.

[anthonysaunders]

Thanks gents, that link gives me the answer.
Sorry for not responding straight away, I lost my mouse halfway through replying. I put some cheese down but no response so I've had to buy a new one!
It certainly refreshes the memory when you need all the keyboard shortcuts!
Cheers, Tony Saunders