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It doesn't. That's the first thing I tried. Annoying, and I hope they fix it. Just wrapped my first wedding/project with the proxy workflow. No weird issues on the render. Only thing was the interpret footage workaround.

I tried that, but it doesn't work properly with the proxies. My workaround video above is the best bet, I think.

Did you ever do one on the Ursa Mini 4.6k?

I would think, if you selected it all at once. On my current edit, I did each folder at a time, and it took a while for the ones with hundreds of clips.

I discovered this as well. It's a big deal for my work, but luckily, there's a (mildly annoying) workaround! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0evKZXohM7o&t=774s I'll add one thing that isn't in the video. It's best to have a dummy job first in the queue in media encoder, because you have to stop the queue since it starts automatically. If it stops on a proxy file, then premiere won't be able to find it and you'll have to manually re-attach it. Having a random other render queued first ensures that none of your proxy renders get cut off mid-render.

You are very right, I am learning this fact. This year has been a real eye opening experience in that regard. The guy I worked for didn't post his prices for a long time, and finally did. He pays me maybe a third of the total cost. I know he has to meet and do all that, but that's still way less work than I'm doing. The guys you are talking about are smart indeed. It's a suckers game being the working grunt.

I'm a general freelancer so in theory, I'm *supposed* to be doing all kinds of video work, but lately it's been practically full time weddings from June to Oct, just cause there's no damn time to do anything else once they pile up. I think it's ok if you can command the higher price points, but I definitely fucked up working for the rates I am.

This is always my favourite. Wedding parties will apologize to me for drinking in the afternoon and I'm like no no, please do. Always makes better better.

Yep, I will totally cop to the fact that I used to be firmly in the "edit native" camp, and now I've completely done a 180 hahaha. Ultimately I think having the option of both is key. Smaller projects and faster turnarounds would have me stay with the native files. Not to mention, some camera files cut like butter anyway and don't need proxies (BMPCC Pro Res, C300 .mxf being 2 examples)

My computer is kinda old, so that's a big part of the issue. If I had a top of the line machine, it might be fast and smooth enough with the native files that I wouldn't bother with proxies. I mean, I can and have for years gone straight to editing in Premiere, it's just slow. Workable, but slow and annoying.

For one wedding? this one ended being 150gb of raw footage, looks like proxies will be an additional 200gb or so. I'll delete em' as soon as this is done.

Takes a fair bit of time, but maybe 4-5 hours total. I'm almost done transcoding this current wedding and I started like 5 hours ago I think. Honestly, it's worth it for the performance. I use one of the presets, 720p cineform.

This is a click of a button back and forth. Not to mention rendering always uses the original files. The global FX button is handy too. I'm really digging this. I was beginning to hate editing, and I realize now how much of it was a result of dealing with the sluggishness.

Good god, I just tried this for the first time tonight on a new wedding edit. I have a pretty ancient system by current standards (i7 2600k, 16gb ram, geforce GTX570) Editing a mix of acvhd 1080p and GH4 4k files. Edits were always a chore because they were sluggish, but man it just flies through the proxy edits. Such a better editing experience, and way easier to just focus on the process and be creative. It's really freeing. Toggling back and forth between proxies to full res is really easy as well. It takes more space, and takes time to transcode but way worth it to me. My god this is practically game changing for me, where have you been all my life??

It might be, depending on what you need to do. It's becoming a full fledge editor more and more with each passing release. Honestly, I'd give it a whirl with bmpcc RAW footage to see if it can do everything you need. I definitely liked warp stabilizer in premiere much better than resolve's stabilizer, but that may have changed with newer releases.

I'm with you man, that's some good looking stuff!

I used to care alot about resolved detail with 1080p cameras because so many of them were barely 720p mush. With 4K, I care way way less and would rather have the other image elements be in place. Dunno what the GH4 actually resolves, but I'm sure it's not a perfect 4K. It's definitely plenty, detail wise, for me.

I definitely hear ya, I feel bad for composers. It sucks all around, everyone deserves to be paid for their artistic efforts but unfortunately the people who should be paying (clients) seem to want everything for cheap/nothing. Perhaps I need better clients.

La La Land looks great, I'm a sucker for lots of colour. A ton of that is the art direction though.

What I want to do: #1 What I currently do: #3, because I'm too cheap to afford a non shitty Vari-ND. Soon though, soon!!

I'm about to order this mic for the pocket. It's cheap and plugs discreetly into the mic port. Obviously not great for any real sound, but it'll increase the quality of the onboard sound and actually make it usable. Handy for weddings, and one of the reasons why I avoided using the pocket before.

That sounds really pleasant actually, the most stressful parts of the wedding video removed. Sign me up!

On this subject, I find the F&V r300 Ring light really handy for dancing when things get dark. The Milk Diffuser add-on is worth it, as well.

I dunno, if anything, I feel like they should get it. It's a chaotic shoot where getting the moment trumps all. Not to mention alot of it is done in horrific mixed lighting/backlit conditions that look like crap on any camera. Even the people that do high end wedding work have tons of footage that looks pretty junky compared to controlled shoots. Only so much you can do, given the conditions.

I shoot weddings for a good part of the year. You are right that the C100 II would be a dynamite wedding camera. It looks professional without being huge and heavy to lug around. It's got great battery life, small file sizes, good in low light, nice colours straight out of camera. I use a GH4/2 (which work decently) but I would rather the C100 if I could afford it. It and a used C100 Mk I would be a nice combo. Most of your valuable audio will be recorded off camera. I'll often use a recorder (Tascam DR-60) to take a feed off of the mixer/DJ board, and pocket recorders with lav mics on the groom and/or officiant. Usually some other recorder or mic in front of a speaker as a backup. Audio backups are key because stuff will mess up with one of your options from time to time. Weddings are the type of gigs where you will quickly learn that ergonomics, reliability and nice looking footage with minimal hassle are critical.