• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  fcp project limits?

  Posted by Baba Goof on December 22, 2007 at 6:27 pm

  what are the limits, if any, in fcp project size? reason i
  ask is i’m working with sequences made up of targa stills,
  often very long. they range from 1k to 3k resolution (1024×768
  to 3072×2304).

  i just tried to load a folder containing about 13 minutes
  worth of files at 2k, something like 23000-24000 frames, and
  the load failed. it loaded all but the last 1900 frames
  approximately.

  i split the project in half and am able to load 12000 frames
  no problem.

  is this a fcp general limit?
  is it a limit in the import folder size? (if i put the files
  into two folders could i then successfully import both into
  the same project)?
  is it a system issue?

  macpro
  110.4.10
  9gb ram

  thanks,
  BabaG

  John Christie replied 18 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  John Pale

  December 22, 2007 at 6:58 pm

  Have you tried increasing the size your stills cache in your preferences?
• 

  John Christie

  December 22, 2007 at 9:19 pm

  Are these numbered image sequences? If so, import them into Quicktime and export them as QT animation codec if you want to preserve all the quality of the originals

  Even if you could import all the stills, your project will behave poorly and take forever to load up. Quicktimes are the way to go.

  Cheers

  John Christie

  
  

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