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OfflineRT???
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
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OK DV pros, I have some questions. I have a TiBook 667 DVI. I want to get into video editing more. iMovie is great and I love it, but I want to start doing more and it seems that FCE or FCP is the answer. Since I only have a 30 GB disk, and no, a desktop is not an option right now, I want to get the most video per GB. Does FCE support OfflineRT or do I have to go with FCP?
Next, how does OfflineRT work? Will the quality be that different than raw DV? If the quality is less, then when the time comes to burn to DVD how will the quality be restored? Anyway, that's all the questions for now. Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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OfflineRT is simply a reduced res but time accurate preview/placeholder version of the video you'll eventually use to complete your project. It isn't, or at least I understand it isn't, suitable for use as a archival format.
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Europe
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so you still need a shitload of hd space to store your DV on ? if so, what's the point in having OfflineRT ?
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Arizona Wasteland
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Originally posted by Vanquish:
so you still need a shitload of hd space to store your DV on ? if so, what's the point in having OfflineRT ?
Mobile editing. Let's say your client ask you down to see what you've done so far. So you grab your powerbook go down show the client what you did. The clinet asks to see how X, Y and Z would look. You can do to changes right there and when you get back, the changes will sync up with your master DV footage.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Baltimore
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Originally posted by Vanquish:
so you still need a shitload of hd space to store your DV on ? if so, what's the point in having OfflineRT ?
You really don't need much HD space to store your video. You pull the video off in a really low-res format (something like a half-hour per GB) and leave the raw, high-res stuff on your original tapes. Edit your project til your heart's content and then, when it's finished, reconnect to your source tapes and FCP will use the timecodes to pull only the exact shots needed.
If your final projects are less than thirty minutes in length you shouldn't have any trouble with a 30GB drive.
As far as I know RTOffline is only available with Final Cut Pro and not Final Cut Express.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Naperville, IL
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But with offlinert, can you start work with full video (no compression) on a powermac, save the compressed files to put on my powerbook, edit some stuff on the go, and then somehow "sync" my changes on the powermac???
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Dual 2.7ghz (G5) w/x850xt - MBP (Brick ver1)
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