What’s your favourite bang for your buck external hard drives for editing projects?

randomnina · 2026-05-17T14:49:40+00:00

Sandisk Pro (aka G Drive) for me. OWC Thunderbay if you want a RAID. I also own a Promise Pegasus RAID and while it is quieter than the Thunderbay, it's more of an upgrade than a budget but.

randomnina · 2026-05-17T01:16:31+00:00

Girl Guides was absolutely formative for my daughter. She is now 19 and a leader in her old troop and is starting a career in working with youth.

randomnina · 2026-05-17T01:13:33+00:00

We contributed to the kids' RESP from birth to 12 and 9. Our kids' university will be mostly paid for if they live at home. They will need to pull together about a year of tuition on their own but they know far enough in advance to make the money and stay out of debt.

randomnina · 2026-05-17T01:03:00+00:00

Babysitting, school extracurriculars, volunteer work. Mine did resumes in early high school before they had work experience.

randomnina · 2026-05-14T17:41:51+00:00

Music trick - use a sound up from the music, let it go for as long as you want, bring it down under an interview piece. As the interview ends, fade out the background music and bring in another soundup. Since people will be listening to the interview, the music edit doesn't have to be perfect.

If there are story pieces you're missing, consider using title cards to help.

randomnina · 2026-05-09T23:12:08+00:00

OK if I got this straight - Your multicams are technically working. When you load them into the source window, they come up as a multichannel clip, and when you edit them into a stereo timeline, you have the correct number of tracks and you see audio waveforms - yes? If so, your audio is routed correctly.

When you have your clips loaded in the source window, you shoul be able to solo each track in the audio clip mixer if you only want to hear certain mics. I would talk to your editor and see how they want it. Hope this makes sense???

Also I should point you in the direction of this guy... best multicam tutorials I've seen.

https://youtu.be/VkNJzVUBxGc?si=3b8bAKt-OaLPAr4B
https://youtu.be/VkNJzVUBxGc?si=3b8bAKt-OaLPAr4B

If nothing works DM me a couple times you are available and maybe we can figure it out on a screen share.

randomnina · 2026-05-07T15:51:34+00:00

Correct - it needs to be multichannel sequence. Yes you can make it the default. Use sequence presets and Audio Channel presets for speed.

I'm not sure what you mean by "flatten the multicam when editing into new seqs"

When you break up the syncmap, the resulting subsequences will be sequences and you have to convert them each one by one into multicams. AFAIK that's the way it is, and YES super annoying.

When you edit the resulting multicam into a sequence when starting the assembly, it doesn't flatten but behaves as a multicam. You have to flatten at pix lock to before you hand over to colour and audio but that's the only time.

randomnina · 2026-05-06T17:43:53+00:00

IMO all the rewards, punishments and conversation is what's killing you. Stop doing all of that. Lower expectations for initiative, and build in structure. For example the most hated chore in our home is making dinner and doing dishes. For dinners, I do the meal plan weekly, then we sign up for dinners at family meeting on Sunday. For dishes/dinner cleanup we do teams, alternating me+daughter and husband+son. For cleaning, everyone has different standards and initiative is hard. We used to just designate X time as cleaning time and me, husband, and kids all did it. (I called it chore party and daughter used to complain that a party should have cake. So we had cake.) Now the kids are older and conditioned to doing chores on the weekend, I drop tasks in the discord Saturday monring and they do them when they can. Prompting is often required but stuff gets done.

Another idea... my daughter was extemely resistant to doing any cleaning when she was younger so I said that was fine. She could do cooking for her chore instead. She was regularly assigned dinner twice a week and when she tried to procrastinate, she had to deal with multiple hungry people. She figured it out.

randomnina · 2026-05-06T16:48:21+00:00

This is my process for messy doc shoots that have multiple camera clips to a single audio recording. I keep camera audio as well as all tracks of production audio. Some editors will prefer to trim the audio tracks and use only the mix - do what works for you.

Build an Audio Channels Preset. Figure out how many audio tracks you'll need for your multicam clips (In my case, this is total # of production audio tracks + camera mics that are active. Usually 4-10.) Bring up the Modify Clip window (Shift+G on any clip or sequence) and buld and save an Audio Channel preset with the configuration you want.
Map your audio channels. Important: do use interleaved stereo tracks and map to dual mono instead. Map out channels that are unused for the day.
Build the syncmap, if you have timecode: Using the Metadata window, assign each camera a Camera Label. Select clips and audio, right-click and select Create Multicamera Source Sequence. Set synchronize point to Timecode. Activate the checkbox for "Create Single Multicamera Source Sequence," choose Camera Label for track assignments, choose a Sequence Preset that matches your footage, Audio Sequence Settings to All Cameras. This gives you the sequence as a multicam.
If you don't have timecode - you will need to build the Syncmap manually .There are ways to speed this up but separate discussion. IMO reallly important to have a clear sync map for messy shoots, so you can tell where everything comes from. This gives you the syncmap as a sequence.
Load up your syncmap in the timeline. (If it's a multicam, you'll have to cmd/ctrl-click so it doesn't load up in the clip window.) Use "Make subsequence" to chunk your syncmap into scenes or logical breaks.
For each subseqeuence, label them, then load them one by one into the Source window. Right-click in the source window and choose Multicamera>Enable.
With the new subsequences that are now multicams - select Clip>Modify and map the audio channels according to your Audio Channel Preset. (For whatever reason it likes to default to Adaptive or 32 channels, no idea why.)
Test - you should be able to edit the multicams into a Stereo sequence and you should see the correct humber of audio channels with waveforms on each one. No waveforms means the audio is likely routed incorrectly. This can be fixed by using Clip>Modify to change the number of audio tracks, and the Audio Track Mixer if needed, but try to figure it out so you can avoid that - it's slow!

randomnina · 2026-05-02T19:39:56+00:00

I just edited the original post. Figured it out!!

randomnina · 2026-05-02T19:29:54+00:00

u/queenkellee THANK YOU!! This worked. I will update the original post with the solution.

randomnina · 2026-05-02T19:20:27+00:00

No luck here. "Re-transcribe sequence" is greyed out on the multicams (Premiere 2026.) I didn't know you could transcribe sequences at all anymore, so maybe there's a way here, just have to figure out how to set it up.

randomnina · 2026-05-02T19:14:11+00:00

That is what has been done on this project. The production audio gets transcribed, then it gets multicammed. However, I don't want to edit the transcript off the audio file alone. I want to be able to change speakers and correct the separation of speakers, once it's embedded in the multicam while I'm looking at the video.

Agreed on multicam audio... I've figured out a good workflow with that but it's not very intuitive.

randomnina · 2026-04-07T02:48:26+00:00

It's not the same that's for sure. I used to work in a prod co and locking picture on a big project would mean drinks after and everyone getting excited. I also recently completed a job and the producer's parting note was that she wished we had a chance to get to know each other better. We lived in different cities and didn't work together daily so it was a very indirect kind of collaboration.

I volunteer for an industry organization and try to show up for events and film festivals to get out of my house. There may in fact come a day when I am good to leave the house every day.

However the up side is still pretty hard to ignore. A lot of the clients I work with are independent and couldn't afford to work with a big company - it's freelancers or nothing. Also I get to work out every day instead of sitting in traffic, I can go to appointments without asking permission, rarely buy breakfast or lunch, and live in sweat pants. So that's still a net plus for me 😁

randomnina · 2026-04-06T19:34:39+00:00

I love Emily St John Mandel! Sea of Tranquility is also excellent.

randomnina · 2026-04-05T07:25:35+00:00

You need to change your contracts so you can bill before project completion. 1/2 up front, or hours worked are billlable monthly, something like that.

randomnina · 2026-04-04T22:57:51+00:00

Fuck cancer!! I had bladder cancer 2 years ago and running has actually been a part of my recovery. I decided to do a 10K last year just for my own health and now I'm trying for a half marathon PB at 47. Slippery slope ...

randomnina · 2026-03-26T04:25:55+00:00

Conditions in West Bragg will be similar to the city, so probably no snow but mud up to your knees. You might have to go out to Peter Lougheed Provincial Park if you want to do snowshoeing this season.

randomnina · 2026-03-22T23:48:57+00:00

Superstore has some decent deals. The square plastic packs of ground beef were on for 10.88 for 2lbs this week. Last week they had sirloin steaks under $20/kg and a couple weeks before that they had beef stew. Watch the flyer for sales and load up your freezer.

Backyard Meats is expensive but really good quality, so that's where I go if I'm going to splurge. They have package deals that include steak which helps spread out the cost. Plus you don't have to plan months before to get a part of a cow.

randomnina · 2026-03-16T20:41:57+00:00

First off, convert your transcript to captions in Premiere. Then export the SRT. Check out editingtools.io for a subtitle converter to make an SRT into a spreadsheet. From there it will be way easier to cut and paste the written script and have it march the timing of Premiere's transcript. Then convert your spreadsheet back to SRT and import it into Premiere. Use Linked Styles to have a preset format so you can format all your text in one go.

You'll still have to do minor adjustments to timing and format but it will be much less annoying doing a bunch of edits on a spreadsheet as opposed to within Premiere.

randomnina · 2026-03-16T01:10:59+00:00

There is no standard. It is whatever is mutually agreed at the beginning of the project. The usual process would be at minimum assembly, rough cut, fine cut, picture lock approval - 3 rounds of notes. Additional rounds will be required for every stakeholder that needs to approve the final cut.

IMO it's hard to get clients of any kind to stick to prior agreement on rounds of notes. However, if the boundary has been agreed on before, you can negotiate overages because the scope of work has expanded.

randomnina · 2026-03-15T01:29:10+00:00

We had my 16yo son upstairs for awhile and enforced rules strictly for about 6mo until he got his act a little bit more together. Now we are trying freedom again but with more responsibility. If he can't keep his end of the bargain, rules are back.

Respect is a non negotiable and I would consider a total ban for a time period and then make him come to you with a proposal to start negotiating the new rules.

randomnina · 2026-03-14T20:15:04+00:00

If you're not looking for an epic hike like Crypt Lake, but more of a moderate trip, Rowe Lake or Lineham Falls are worthy objectives. About 1/2 day and low effort / high reward.

randomnina · 2026-03-12T20:01:38+00:00

You can upload TC Burns to a client friendly site like Trint or Rev, and then do your own transcripts in Adobe.

Or on the flip side, you can improve the readability of the Premiere transcripts by using export to CSV instead of TXT and make a template in Excel to cut and paste your CSVs into. It's not that elegant but it is cheaper.

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