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Work flow and Final Cut spec requirements
I’m editing a short film that was shot on 1080i HD. My iMac has a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with 2 GB of ram. I’m using FCP 7. I’m also storing all footage on a shared server which slows editing down considerably, and the iMac itself doesn’t have a lot of free space. I also have a limited amount of time within which to work – roughly 5 hours to cut the final edit. The final product is for SD DVD, projected onto a big wall. Can you give any workflow suggestions? I’ve heard of MPEG Streamclip but not sure how it can help.
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[Garrick Simpson] “I’m editing a short film that was shot on 1080i HD.”
That doesn’t give us much to work with. Was it shot on HDV? AVCHD? Some other format?
MPEG Streamclip won’t be of much use to you unless you need to transcode a bunch of footage to ProRes prior to editing. While editing ProRes footage can provide a much smoother experience in FCP than natively editing highly compressed long-GOP formats, it does require more drive space to work with.
Your storage situation is definitely a problem. Editing with footage stored on your system drive is highly discouraged, and editing off of shared storage (simple file sharing) will definitely be a bottleneck. For the best editing performance, you should try to obtain a dedicated external Firewire 800 drive (preferably a RAID) for storing your video footage. On the iMac, you’re limited to FW800 speeds. OWC can mod 2010 iMacs to add an eSATA port, but it will void your warranty.
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As far as info given, I know its limited, this is a question i received as an assignment for editing, copied word for word.
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