• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Advice needed! offline work flow in final cut pro

  Posted by Tim Chesney on January 7, 2009 at 3:36 pm

  Can anyone help me?

  I am currently working on a documentary that has been captured in HDV 1080i 50 format. I have an imac 2007 with 2GB RAM and 2GHZ dual core intel processor. When editing in Final cut pro naturally my computer is not handling the HD footage very well. I am wanting to make a rough edit using multiple camera angles. All footage is being edited from pre-captured footage files on my external hard drive so I dont have the original footage. I have tried searching for articles regarding the offline work flow and techniques on final cut pro but cant seem to find anything. I just want to make a rough edit in a lower resolution and be able to flip between different shots and be able to export it back into HD quality.

  Any help would be much appreciated as I have to complete this for my client ASAP.

  Thanks
  Tim

  Shane Ross replied 17 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bill Dewald

  January 7, 2009 at 7:14 pm

  Use Media Manager to recompress your project to DV. This will take your Imac a very long time. But, you won’t be fighting the performance issues caused by HDV.
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  Shane Ross

  January 8, 2009 at 9:03 pm

  I detail this workflow in an article in the 2008 FCPUG Supermeet magazine, found here:

  https://www.lafcpug.org/nab_supermag_08.html

  Shane

  

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