This manual will introduce you to the basics of EditReady, and provide suggestions for ways to use it within your post-production workflow.
Again, it's almost an unfair fight because EditReady was designed so carefully to address the specific use case of going from raw footage to edit-ready footage as soon as possible, but in the world of video production where time literally is money, you'll want EditReady fighting for you.2 Contents 1 Welcome to EditReady 5 Welcome Overview Getting Started 6 Installing Uninstalling Registering Upgrading from EditReady Updating Reinstalling Application Overview 9 Basic Usage Multiple Windows Monitoring Progress Previewing Files 11 Applying LUTs during Playback ScopeLinkģ 5 Metadata 13 Browsing Metadata Editing Metadata Adding Metadata Removing Metadata Global Metadata Joining Files 18 Manually Joining Files GoPro AVCHD and HDV MXF Files Naming Your Files 20 Customizing File Names Overwriting Existing Files Destination Folder File Format Custom Presets 24 Video Format Apple ProRes Avid DNxHD Avid DNxHR H Audio Formats Uncompressed (PCM) AAC None Additional Batch Options 26 Framerate Adjustment LUTs Frame Size AdjustmentĤ Source Aspect Destination Size (pad) Destination Size (stretch) H.264 Options Target Bitrate Keyframes Profile Entropy Remove Unused Audio Tracks Video Overlays Text Overlays Image Overlays Metadata Overlays Troubleshooting 32 Errors during Conversion QuickTime (MOV, MP4, M4V) files MXF, HDV (M2T), and AVCHD (MTS) Files Submitting File Diagnostics Other Resources 33 Support on the Web support Phone Support Appendix A 34 Editing Metadata Options Running EditReady on Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Command Line Interface Appendix B 35 4ĥ Welcome to EditReady Welcome EditReady provides easy, powerful, and fast transcoding for video professionals. Fire up pretty much any media transcoder and give it a shot versus EditReady the speed with which it transcodes (high) and the strain it places on your Mac (low) outclasses any other utility. 2011 Intel or later) Mac hardware, and the results are impossible to ignore.
And with some additional useful features that allow users to screen footage, apply LUTs, edit metadata, and more, it'll fit in with your video toolset with incredible ease.ĮditReady was built with unprecedented attention to modern (i.e. This limits EditReady's place in your arsenal of video processing and editing tools – it likely won't have you dumping any of your current utilities altogether – but the fact that it does its job so effectively means that you will never have any reason *not* to use EditReady in your workflow. There is no dancing around the point: drop in your media, transcode, move on. Its goal is to get your footage ready for the rest of the editing process as quickly as modern technology allows, and it has surprisingly met this goal.ĮditReady's interface is a wonderful case study in form closely following function. The proliferation of cameras shooting QuickTime movies means that more footage is being shot with greater ease, but it's not footage that feeds directly into the editing process, so it takes some prep work. And EditReady is designed with the future in mind - it’s ready to adopt new formats and workflows.ĮditReady is a professional-grade video transcoder that launches you from Production to Post Production as fast as possible. It leverages hardware accelerated video decoding, OpenCL image processing, and every CPU cycle your system has to spare. Modern, Blazing Fast, Ready for the Future - EditReady is designed to take advantage of all of the power available on modern Macs.You can even use metadata to generate filenames for your transcoded files. Manually add location data if your camera didn’t store it, or set a reel name for all of your files. Modern cameras store GPS data, lens settings, diagnostic data, and more.
MOV, MP4 and MXF media can all be quickly converted to edit ready quicktime movies in ProRes or DNxHD. EditReady provides easy, fast and powerful transcoding for video professionals, without an overwhelming interface or outdated format choices.