Alright, I'm going to be posting progress updates as I work on this - mainly this is so if I fuck something up, I have a list of everything that I've done so I know exactly where the problem went wrong.
- Updated Avid to version 3.1.3 (while 3.5 is out, I have the education version of 3.0, which can't upgrade to 3.5 apparently)
- Mounted the ISO of the NTSC DVD-9 of Revisited, then converted it using MPEG Streamclip to an Avid 1:1 (lossless) codec - resulting file is 124GB, so a little less than 1GB per minute
- Imported file to Avid at 1:1 resolution (lossless) - this creates new Avid media files, which means I now have two 124GB copies of ANH:R on my hard drive, one that can only be read in Avid, one that can be read by anything. I'll most likely delete the original MPEG Streamclip file to save space, but I'll save it for now in case Avid causes me any grief.
- Created 6 bins within Avid:
AUDIO MIXES - will contain the WAV files of the 1977 Mono, 1977 Stereo, 1985 Stereo, and 1993 Stereo to work from (Revisited audio is included in the video file)
DJ GOUT - will contain 1:1 lossless copies any footage needed from Dark_Jedi's GOUT (to save space, I'll only convert what I know I'll need)
EFFECTS - will contain things like the new opening crawl and end credits
REVISITED - contains the 1:1 lossless ANH:R
SEQUENCES - contains the sequence for my edit (though nothing's on it yet)
SUBCLIPS - where all the subclips will go (though I'll probably make separate bins for each scene)
And that's where I'm at now. Next, I'll be importing the audio mixes, then subclipping Revisited.
I don't know if other editing programs do this or not, but subclips are something that you can do in Avid - you set an in point and an out point in your master clip (which is stored as multiple MXF files - there are 3 for Revisited), and make a subclip out of it, which doesn't actually create any new video. It's a very good way of separating individual shots without having to actually cut up the master clip, or create any extra files. It's a pain in the ass, though, which is probably why I won't really start doing that until I get more weed. It helps with subclipping a lot.
Oh, and I'm not going to put my real name or ChainsawAsh on this - since I'm going to school for editing, and plan on working in the industry, I'd rather this not come back to bite me in the ass in the future, so this project will be done under the name "Charlie Barnes" (that's what I'll be putting in the credits, anyway).
More updates as they become available.
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Screenshot of my editing setup for those who are curious (this will look a lot more interesting when I'm farther along in the process).
