• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Editable formats for FCP 7

  Posted by Victor Vazquez on July 15, 2012 at 3:26 am

  Hello all,

  I understand that H.264 is an uneditable codec that can cause problems when editing, and that Apple ProRes 422 is the preferred codec for editing. However, are there any other codecs that work when editing within FCP 7?

  Thanks.

  -Victor Vazquez

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  Michael Gissing

  July 15, 2012 at 4:04 am

  If you look at your Easy Setups, there are setups provided for all editing formats that FCP can use. There are a few others like DNxHD that require extra codecs to be downloaded.

  ProRes422 is extremely good and works best for both reliablity plus speed and easy on the hard drive requirements. Plus it is almost impossible to pick from uncompressed.
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  Victor Vazquez

  July 15, 2012 at 4:11 am

  Thanks, Michael. I’ll check out Easy Setup.
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  Shane Ross

  July 15, 2012 at 6:51 am

  DVCPRO HD and Uncompressed are your other options. But Uncompressed takes FAST hard drive connection to play.

  DNxHD will work…but you will get ZERO RT options. It isn’t an FCP codec.

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  Victor Vazquez

  July 16, 2012 at 1:09 am

  Thanks, Shane.

  -Victor Vazquez

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