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Ingest, Edit, Compress….
I finished shooting at 1280×720 30p footage with a JVC GY-HM100 camera. The footage is native .mov format.
When bringing it into Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere, should I leave the footage as is, or should I convert it into an Apple Pro Res codec? Someone said it would work better with effects like slo-motion, etc.
I’m a little confused as to why Premiere lets me apply an effect or filter to the footage, but doesn’t require rendering. Just about everything I do with FCP requires rendering before I can view it.
One last point… the footage in Premiere looks a lot darker than FCP, even after export. Why?
Thanks for your help. I’m a boy from the old beta tape days, and all this digital stuff has me thoroughly confused.
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[Mark Mallett] “The footage is native .mov format. “
That means nothing really, other than it records as Quicktime. But, I happen to know that the camera records as XDCAM or HDV…and you can edit those natively in FCP. The camera was designed for FCP. You don’t need to convert it to ProRes, unless you want to make smooth slow motion using Cinema Tools. Because CT doesn’t work with GOP formats like HDV or XDCAM.
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/slow-motion_cinema-tools/1
[Mark Mallett] “I’m a little confused as to why Premiere lets me apply an effect or filter to the footage, but doesn’t require rendering. Just about everything I do with FCP requires rendering before I can view it. “
Premiere does things differently, and has things to help it, like the Mercury Engine, CUDA from Nvidia graphics cards, plus it is designed to do that. FCP requires rendering with most effects, but not all. Depends on the one you apply. BUT, FCP (7 and earlier) is dead. If you want to move forward I suggest sticking to Premiere and learning it.
Shane
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Hi Shane,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, been reading about the FCP fiasco (FCP “X” – cough). Disappointing, to say the least.
I like Premiere. Fast workflow without that pesky rendering need.
So you know why, however, the footage is darker in Premiere?
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Sorry, no. Premiere is one NLE I too am just learning.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
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