Avid makes editing footage captured with a Panasonic P2 camera is fast and easy. Avid systems use the same native MXF file format as Panasonic P2 memory cards, so there’s no transcoding, digitizing or file conversion process of any kind. You can edit directly from the P2 card or from a drive. Nothing could be simpler - or more immediate.
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Working with P2: Using the Panasonic HVX200 camera and Avid Media Composer
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Key benefits
- Native DVCPRO HD capture and editing – Start editing right away without any transcoding, digitizing, or file conversion delays.
- Real-time pull-down – Real-time support for both normal and advanced pull-down eliminates time consuming intermediate steps.
- Open timeline – P2 formats can be mixed in real time in the same timeline with SD or HD media that uses the same time base.
- Native MXF support – Import metadata automatically into the Avid bin for fast access and trouble-free media management.
- Auto import of P2 metadata – Information such as Journalist Name, Production Number, Scene Number, Take Number and Project Name all appear automatically in the Avid bin.
- Variable frame rate support – Take advantage of Panasonic’s wide range of frame rates and get beautiful slow motion effects without having to render.
Details
- The following Avid editing systems support Panasonic P2 workflows: Avid Media Composer family, Avid NewsCutter family and Avid Xpress Pro software. Selected P2 workflows are supported by Avid DS Nitris and Avid Symphony Nitris systems.
- Avid’s focus on open solutions across our entire product range enables fast, easy interchange of media and compositional information.
- You can work with P2 media and Avid editing products whether on a laptop or workstation, Mac or PC.
- P2 material can be delivered from production to editorial either via P2 cards or you can backup your P2 cards on a drive (USB / FireWire hard drives or DVD).
- Avid editing systems provide fast and flexible accessing, reviewing and editing of P2 originated material regardless of how it is delivered to the edit bay.
- Avid offers you several choices for delivering your finished product. You can export directly from a timeline containing P2-compatible media and write back to a P2 card. export to a DVCPRO HD VTR via FireWire; or export an alternative file type for Web, DVD or multimedia delivery.
- Avid allows you to quickly transcode from the timeline for output via HD-SDI to a VTR such as D5 or HDCAM, or via SDI and analogue component or composite, to a VTR such as DVCPRO or Digital Betacam. You can also playback “direct to air” from the Avid for immediate turn around.
- Panasonic P2 media offers you incredible flexibility in your acquisition, editing and archiving workflow.