Final Cut Pro Settings
I have had a couple of people ask what the workflow is to get video files into Final Cut Pro, so here it is below...
1. Copy movie files off the camera using something like 'Image Capture'. iPhoto should happily grab them too, and Aperture will copy them to disk also
2. Start a new FCP project. I have previously created a new sequence preset with the following settings...
This will allow you to create as many projects and sequences as you want, in a format that will allow direct import and use of your TX1 video files without any transcoding. You will need to render them once you put them on the timeline, but this only takes a few seconds per clip. Then you just import your files as you would normally and away you go.
One helpful tip if you are using FCP, use Compressor to transcode clips for the web or later storage. It does a much better job than Quicktime conversion. I managed to get a clip that had been compressed with QT down from 245MB to 95MB by switching to Compressor and using its advanced settings.
7 comments:
This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks so much.
r.
Anyone using Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0? What settings do you use? - Richard
Will this work with FinalCut Express HD as well?
No way to edit the clips without rendering first? Might be a good idea to convert them to a standard HD format first.
It only takes a few seconds to render each clip, versus minutes/hours to convert to another format, so rendering is most definitely the most time efficient way to go.
I've had good luck running all footage through compressor before importing into FCP. I run a batch in compressor converting the video to DVCPRO HD 720p60 (or whatever your preferred codec is for RT extreme editing). This is so that when I am editing in FCP I do not have to constantly re-render areas where edits/changes are made.
I chose DVCPRO HD 720p60 to maintain the highest quality and smoothest system performance. In terms of maintaining the highest possible quality I am wondering if Motion JPEG A is at all destructive to the original AVI MJPEG footage or is it simply a 1 to 1 conversion? Should I just use Motion JPEG A?
What settings in compressor are you using to archive your videos? Have you found that using the 720LP mode makes any difference on video quality, it just seems to dec the bitrate but I can't notice any diff in quality?
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