Panasonic P2 Handheld Camcorder Understanding P2 Workflow: Matrox Axio Systems - Page 7

Another piece of wisdom here; you might consider a Premiere Pro Bin naming convention that resembles your P2 folder naming convention so as to help keep your MXF files organized in a fashion that is consistent. The day may come when you'll open this project again, and wonder where you pulled the MXF files from. A sensible Bin naming process will be very helpful. By now you've probably realized that these imported MXF files behave exactly like captured video files, both in Premiere Pro and in After Effects. All the editor needs to do is put In and Out points on each clip (in the Source Window) and place the clips on the timeline. Hint: press [,] the Comma key to "insert" edit, press the [.] Period key to "overlay edit. If simplicity is beauty, then Importing and editing with MXF files could not be more beautiful! Navigating Import windows to find MXF files Preparing for the Edit: The P2 Viewer Panasonic has created a useful tool for viewing MXF video/audio files-The P2 Viewer. The P2 Viewer serves a very useful purpose as a way to view and quickly delete P2 clips in the edit bay. While shooting in the field, there rarely is time to view each shot taken or to delete unwanted clips on the camera. With the P2 Viewer, footage on P2 cards in the camera (in USB Mode) can quickly be reviewed and unwanted files deleted prior to offload. Or, if the P2 cards have already been transferred to the editing computer, P2 card folders can be linked as "virtual" P2 cards. When unwanted clips are deleted using the P2 Viewer, all associated AUDIO, CLIP, ICON, PROXY, VIDEO and VOICE files are also deleted. The P2 Viewer supports metadata, voice memos and text memos. As an interim solution, Axio includes a utility-Matrox EZ-MXF AVI-in the Matrox shell extension that provides a 'right-click' option in My Computer or Windows Explorer. This option creates a full-sized but compressed AVI file from the MXF file. The resulting file can be viewed in Windows Media Player or in any Video for Windows application that understands AVI files. Premiere Pro 2.0 bin with Thumbnails enabled Video and audio are NOT interleaved in the Matrox EZ-AVI export, so video playback of these resulting AVI files in Windows Media Player will not contain audio; however, the AVI file is a full-raster video file and the audio can be relinked in a video editing application. Output from Axio Editing Systems Matrox MXF export features export capability for P2 and MXF formats. When P2 cameras or P2 card storage devices are connected to the editing system as USB devices, editors can perform MXF exports direct from timelines (entire sequence or work area only), as MXF files, directly to a P2 card inside a P2 camera or P2 storage device (P2 camera must be connected as USB device during the export). Following the export to a P2 camera, with the camera switched back to VCR mode, these files can be viewed on-camera just like native clips! This is an innovative way to transport edited projects between P2 users or cross-platform editing systems, to show a