Recommended workflow for Edius multicam project?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:12 am
Hi,
I have an Edius multicam project recorded in 3D with 11 cameras.
Since Neat Video doesn't work with Edius (:(((, I need to find the optimal workflow to transfer the project to AE for noise filtering (and some further processing, too).
Applying NV on the raw material would involve a lot of unnecessary processing (of all the unused parts) and I'm not sure if the externally modified source files could be reused without any issues in the original Edius project, which already contains a huge amount of edits.
Exporting the finished project as a pair of L+R files would not be optimal for NV processing, because every camera would require different noise profiles. That would mean I'd have to manually slice the exported files at every edit point in AE and apply NV clip by clip, which sounds like a complete nightmare, plus it would work for plain cuts only, but transitions (where two noise patterns are present simultaneously) would be a mess.
So, I thought of exporting every track (i.e. every camera) separately as L+R files including all edits, so if they get aligned on separate tracks in AE, they would make up the final version of the Edius project with the advantage of having one track per camera allowing for easier NV processing.
Is there a better workflow to do this from a NV processing point of view or shall I go ahead with this approach?
Thanks for any input.
I have an Edius multicam project recorded in 3D with 11 cameras.
Since Neat Video doesn't work with Edius (:(((, I need to find the optimal workflow to transfer the project to AE for noise filtering (and some further processing, too).
Applying NV on the raw material would involve a lot of unnecessary processing (of all the unused parts) and I'm not sure if the externally modified source files could be reused without any issues in the original Edius project, which already contains a huge amount of edits.
Exporting the finished project as a pair of L+R files would not be optimal for NV processing, because every camera would require different noise profiles. That would mean I'd have to manually slice the exported files at every edit point in AE and apply NV clip by clip, which sounds like a complete nightmare, plus it would work for plain cuts only, but transitions (where two noise patterns are present simultaneously) would be a mess.
So, I thought of exporting every track (i.e. every camera) separately as L+R files including all edits, so if they get aligned on separate tracks in AE, they would make up the final version of the Edius project with the advantage of having one track per camera allowing for easier NV processing.
Is there a better workflow to do this from a NV processing point of view or shall I go ahead with this approach?
Thanks for any input.