• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Convert HDV footage into Apple Intermediate Codec using Media Manager

  Posted by Vanessa Pimentel on June 4, 2008 at 7:43 pm

  Hello,

  I’m editing a feature Documentary shot in HDV 1080p25 (canon 25f). I digitized the whole footage in native HDV, but now, I have many titles (because all the speaking parts are subtitled) and the project spends a lot of time “preparing for display”. In order to avoid this, someone advised me to recompress the media into Apple Intermediate Codec using the media manager tool.
  My questions are:

  1) Do you think it worth the time and disk space, will it really increase the workflow?

  2) Is the media manager the best way to recompress? Will I loose quality or is it better to redigitize it in Apple Intermediate Codec?

  3) How about the progressive and interlaced issue?

  3) How do I finish the Documentary then? I should have a color correction and a master that will be on TV Broadcast and will be on Festivals.

  or maybe I just have to upgrade the computer:

  Power PC G5 – 4×2.5 GHz with 2.5 GB RAM.
  FCP 5.1.4.

  Thank you,

  Vanessa Pimentel

  Chris Poisson replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Chris Poisson

  June 4, 2008 at 8:37 pm

  Vanessa,

  Your answers may be here:

  https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301599

  Have a wonderful day.

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