iMAC and FCP X

Kevin Patrick
December 21, 2011 at 12:48 pm

Depends on what iMac.

The current fastest iMac is quite capable.

https://barefeats.com/macs11_01.html
Bill Davis
December 21, 2011 at 5:41 pm

[Russell Hossain] “Can iMac Play Canon 5D mark II footage (1920 – 1280) real time in FCP X and Apple color 1.5?”

Generally yes. (knowing that “an iMac” is a thing of variable configurations!)

FCP-X works best when you allow the recommended “transcode to ProRes 422” upon ingest – which re-wraps the fundamental H-264 5d footage into a form that FCP handles really well.

But I have popped “native” 5d files on a timeline and they work fine unless you muck them up with bunches of filters and overlays and such. If you want to do that, you’re better off going the ProRes route, since it’s something X “speaks” even more fluently.

FWIW.

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Jeremy Garchow
December 22, 2011 at 4:45 am

ProRes is best for Color too.
Russell Hossain
December 24, 2011 at 8:32 pm

Ok good. One of my friend told me to Log and Capture footage from camera or memory card in FCP with ProRes 422 easy setup. But what is the best procedure to keep best color result?

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