• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  XDCAM EX to SD workflow

  Posted by Krzysztof Kalukin on May 29, 2009 at 11:55 am

  Hi,

  Currently I’ve got such configuration:

  Sony PWM EX 3 camcorder
  Mac Pro – Dual Xeon 2.26
  Sony DVCAM recorder connected with FW
  Final Cut Studio 2.0

  Next week I’ll have Kona LHi in my system, but till that time I need to do some work on my current system.

  I do not know how should I aproach HD->SD conversion. Where should I make conversion, on which step? Should I import XDCAM footage, edit it on HD timeline and convert to SD just before export to tape? If so, how should I setup my software – I’ve tried that and efforts were not very good. Maybe should I make conversion upon import and edit using SD timeline?

  Krzysztof

  Paul Campbell replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Paul Campbell

  May 29, 2009 at 6:46 pm

  There’s a thread on the Ken Stone site that recommends converting to your output format as quickly as possible. I do HD-SD conversions all the time, although I must say that all I’m doing is simply dropping my 1080 clips onto my SD timeline, and then resizing them as needed. (I started a thread recently about just what the best way would be to get from HD to SD using XDCAM footage, and it came down to two basic choices: Compressor, or just drop the footage straight onto the timeline…so I went with the latter, simply because people smarter than me said it was ok:-)

  As far as how to setup your software, you’ll need to provide more info about your workflow first. There’s a ton of people here who can help you out!

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