• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Which FCP version do I need for Panasonic HVX200, P2 card editing (720P, HD)?

  Posted by Cheryl Cambras on July 24, 2007 at 6:09 pm

  Hi,
  I’m new to shooting with this camera (Panasonic HVX200, 720p, HD, P2 cards) and need to find out which version of FCP I must run to edit the footage.
  Also, is there a better choice between capturing or ingesting the footage?
  Thanks!
  Cheryl

  Cheryl Cambras replied 19 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  July 24, 2007 at 6:33 pm

  You need at least FCP 5.0.4…FCP 5.1.2 or 5.1.4 would be better. But the latest version out is FCP 6, and that does a great job.

  There really is only two ways of dealing with the P2 footage. Using the IMPORT option on FCP (IMPORT>Panasonic P2 on FCP 5.0 and 5.1, LOG & TRANSFER on FCP 6)…or downloading RAYLIGHT for the mac and editing the footage natively. I have tested Raylight and find it workable…but still prefer importing the footage than working with the masters.

  Here is a dated tutorial for working with the P2 footage. This is the workflow for FCP 5.0.4. The basic workflow is the same, just the import window options changed a little with FCP 5.1 and 6.0:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=8&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/p2_workflow/index.html

  Shane
  
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  Cheryl Cambras

  August 1, 2007 at 3:53 pm

  Hi Shane,
  Everything went well importing! Thank you very much for your help!
  Cheryl

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