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importing files into FCPX
What file video file format is the easiest to import?
A friend is getting some footage of mini DV tapes and VHS i am not aware of the type(s) of cameras used for this footage but it would be low grade SD maybe an old sony. She wants me to make a showreel -with limited time I need to know what format would be desirable to bring this type of footage into FCPX or should i just work on my macbook pro FCP6?THanks
Rochelle
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12 Replies
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The only SD format FCP really works in is DV.
All the best,
Tom
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Sorry Tom I hope I’m not wasting your time,
I meant what exported file do i suggest to the media business that
is handling putting all the tape content to file.
I will receive the files to bring into to FCPX to edit into a short showreel … -
If you have a choice the files should be in QuickTime DV or if the can in DVCPRO 50, which is a good codec to standard def and works with FCP. Or if you have the space get uncompressed, but it sounds like overkill for this media.
All the best,
Tom
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2012 “Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand -
A big thank you again Tom!
I suspected quicktime but needed to make sure..
i am also downloading Quicktime pro 7
what do you author on when cutting a dvd in FCPX?
do you use FCPX option? is it a insert and play set up?
can you make chapters?I appreciate your advice
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The last time I did DVD was a few years ago and I used iDVD.
All the best,
Tom
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2012 “Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand -
idvd has been taken out of Lion!
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iDVD is not part of the operating system. It was part of the iLife suite. It was sold separately or came bundled with earlier computers. It’s been removed from the suite and no longer comes with new computers because Apple doesn’t believe discs have a future. You will see more and more computers, particularly laptops being made with DVD drives.
All the best,
Tom
“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2012 “Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand -
Yes i struggle with this exit from DVD format
as most of the work i do is currently put onto disc -
Rochelle,
We all know people who are “stuck” in DVD land. So it make sense to cater to them as long as they ask for it. However, in my experience, nearly every client gets to a point where they suddenly realize that having the video creator post the finished work to a play out aggregator (YouTube, Vimeo, YouSendIt, Dropbox, etc) or even buying a bunch of really cheap small thumb drives (less than a buck in bulk) and simply putting the video files on those often makes more sense than “dumbing down” your content onto MPEG-2 for authored DVDs.
Yes, the DVD is still nearly universal and ubiquitous. But the moment a client can have anyone on the planet simply go to YouTube to watch their content – making it nearly universally accessible to anyone they like, the magic of the plastic disk quickly disappears.
Similarly, every laptop manufactured in the last few years, including the cheapest have USB slots so they can playback a video file directly via thumb drive.
So the only “left out” group is people with DVD players but no computer or any form of internet access. A group that’s constantly shrinking.
Not saying you don’t need it now. But I wouldn’t be buying DVDs in large quantities much longer. At some point, you’ll get your last request for one. And will be stuck with the rest like the packs of unrecorded VHS tapes I tossed out a few years ago.
FWIW.
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Hi Brett
ultimately I think it depends on what type of films you make and for whom? For example I have worked in east timor where internet is not really that available and people in the projects were very happy to have a dvd as they didn’t have a computer but knew someone with a tv and dvd player. Ive also lived in remote bush huts in Australia where my electricity was generated out of my bedford truck battery to run my laptop and edit, and again internet was not available. Also grants bodies within the arts and festivals request a dvd of work.Ive used utube and the like to post but i haven’t used drop box and usendit- though i will investigate further- i didn’t realise that you could send a large video file…
hmm i do see dvds being the past but this will be unfortunate because it will exclude people on the other end of the digital divide… and not all work made is for an international audience or just anyone…. and lastly a film dependent on internet connection changes the viewing according to your back pocket..
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