• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP X importing/Exporting

  Posted by Jim Edds on January 11, 2013 at 4:59 pm

  I’m evaluating the FCP X trial on a 2010 MBP 17 in.

  Can I import footage from an SD card without having to copy the files from the card onto a separate hard drive? I’m trying to save time for quick turn around breaking news. I’m connecting the SD card to express card slot with an adapter. My cam is a Sony NX5U with AVCHD files. I can save the project file to a separate FW GRaid but don’t want to have to copy video files to it initially.

  When exporting, do I have to buy the compressor app or is there a built in QT exporter – I didn’t see one.

  Thanks!

  MBP I7 2.66, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD, FCS 3, OS 10.6.4, 27in Apple Cinema display, G-Raid 4TB Raid 0, Sonnet Tempo Express Card

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  Ryan Holmes replied 13 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Suszko

  January 11, 2013 at 5:40 pm

  Using the card as your scratch drive sounds scary and I don’t know that it has the thru-put to really work well that way.
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  Ryan Holmes

  January 11, 2013 at 6:00 pm

  Posting the correct forum, FCPX, will garner you a better response for your question:
  https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique

  Ryan Holmes
  http://www.ryanholmes.me
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