Calibrated Software MXF Import v3 - Manual (Page 80)

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Calibrated Refresh For FCP
Overview
You can access the ‘refresh’ feature’ by opening Calibrated{Q} Import Assist application and clicking on the word ‘refresh’
‘Refreshing’ is needed to update the duration of any MXF files that you had previously imported into FCP 6/7 while in
DEMO MODE.
After proper licensing your Calibrated{Q} MXF Import component on Mac OSX, you may still encounter that MXF files
that you had imported into Final Cut Pro 6/7 while running in DEMO MODE will still only show 30 seconds of duration.
This is due to the fact that Final Cut Pro 6/7
will ‘remember’ the duration of an imported MXF file and FCP 6/7 has to be
told to ‘re-look’ at the MXF file to see the proper duration.
Calibrated{Q} Import Assist ‘refresh’, is sending Final Cut Pro 6/7 a command to 'silently' reconnect to the MXF file. This
silent reconnect command tells Final Cut Pro 6/7 to re-look at the MXF file and update its properties (including duration) if
necessary.
FCP X REFRESH
IMPORTANT FOR FCP X: You will have to remove (i.e. ‘Move To Trash’) the MXF file from your FCP X Event and
Sequence, and then re-import the MXF file into the FCP X Event and Sequence for the full duration of the MXF file to be
‘seen’ by FCP X after licensing. Alternately, there is a new option in Calibrated{Q} Import Assist to update the Modification
Date of a MXF file (this will update the Modification Date used by the file system NOT the Modification Date in any MXF
metadata). Updating the Modification Date of a MXF file will make FCP X re-analyze the MXF file and the full duration of
the MXF file should know be seen in the FCP X Event; however any MXF files in a FCP X Sequence will have to be
manually stretched out by the user to their full duration in the FCP X Sequence.
Instructions for FCP 6/7 REFRESH
1. Open Final Cut Pro 6/7
2. Open the project (s)where MXF files are still only showing 30 seconds
3. Run Calibrated{Q} Import Assist and click on the word ‘refresh’ to take you to the refresh page
4. Do either Option A, or B below:
Option A:
-Press the Green Double Arrows button to refresh all MXF files in the open projects in Final Cut Pro 6/7
Option B:
- Press Green Single Arrow with a Search Glass button - then this will open a 'Choose File Dialog'.
- In the 'Choose File Dialog', navigate to a MXF File that is only showing 30 seconds in Final Cut Pro 6/7 and choose it
and click 'Open'
5. The MXF file duration should now be updated in Final Cut Pro 6/7
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