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Multi-Cam with SOny EX1 and HVX200
So I just took a multicam tutorial in FCP and want to use my Sony EX1 and HVX200 to shoot a project.
I did…
Then i brought the footage into FCP and went to create a multi clip sequence, but it said the footage must be the same to do multicam.
I was shooting 720p modes for both cameras, but when I looked at the footage, one was 1280 x 720 and the other was 960 x 720… I didn’t know there were different flavors of 720p… Ouch!
How do I fix this…. How do I shoot with both cameras capturing the same frame size in the future?
I just need to understand what is going on here…
Much appreciated!
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4 Replies
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FWI the 720p DVC Pro HD resolution is 960×720 and the Sony EX 720p resolution is true 1280×720. What Final Cut means is that the format must be 720p DVC Pro HD codec or 720p EX Codec. The resolution and codec must match. If you are going to try this again then you will need a device to capture the uncompressed HD signal from like the Matrox MXO2 I/O.
The MXO2 is a portable I/O that with accept your HD-SDI from the EX camera and allow you to use Final Cut to capture to hard drive with in the field as DVC Pro HD. The Matrox MXO2 interfaces threw the express 34 slot of newer Mac Book Pro units and it also has a PCIe card that stays with your Mac Pro in the office. This is an amazing tool and if you don’t currently have a capture card you will be needing one and this is a great way to solve the field and office needs.
https://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mxo2/
Good Luck
Michael Palmer -
capture the files (transfer and log) or render them, to be the same format and resolution – XDCAM, DVCPRO, Prores422 etc. in FCP and then you should be OK.
Nigel Ellis
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I’d work in true 720P (1280×720, square pixels) and conform your Panasonic’s footage to it for multicam edit. No sense in wasting the Sony’s resolution. Silly non-square pixels…that’s so analog! 🙂
Cf
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I’d make everything 720p ProRes- standard not HQ which is overkill IMHO. You can do this as a batch in Compressor. Just be ready for it to take a while.
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