aperture to fcp x

[Jeremy Garchow]

ZOMBIE PROM!?!?!?!? Sweet.

You can open the photo browser in FCPX and import straight from Aperture to FCPX

Jeremy

[Craig Alan]

I don’t have trouble importing them but want to know what size photos to export so they are not overkill for FC in terms of size.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

What I am saying is you don’t have to worry about the size. Simply open the Aperture library within FCPX’s photo Browser and drag them in to the timeline.

X won’t even flinch.

[Craig Alan]

So FC will adjust the size? I’ve read repeatedly the full size photos slow FC down. Should the preset be optimized?

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[Oliver Peters]

FCP X will take care of the size, but you are still hogging resources if you stick a lot of 5K+ images into your project.

Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Craig Alan]

Which is why I asked what settings I should use when I export these raw images out of Aperture. Any suggestions?

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[Oliver Peters]

Unless I need the larger size for pan/scan/zoom, I tend to work in a size range of 2500 to 3500 pixels for the longest dimension, assuming a 16×9 1080 timeline. Usually JPEG at a high quality setting. I don’t use the media browser in X, because the interaction is direct to the timeline. This means that I don’t get the benefits of the organization in the collections. I’ll export and then bring those files into a folder with my other media. These are then imported in a standard fashion.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Oliver Peters] “FCP X will take care of the size, but you are still hogging resources if you stick a lot of 5K+ images into your project.”

This isn’t FCP7 anymore and I don’t find this to be true.

FCPX will put a copy of the picture in the Library. I routinely work with 4k media in 1080 projects. Pictures are around 5-ish k (different aspect ratio, of course), and take up a lot less space and resources. FCPX even has 5k presets.

Importing from Aperture right in to FCPX does not have to be right in to the timeline, you can drag them to a keyword collection.

Craig, so what you like, but the Aperture and FCPX connection is built. You can even drag directly from Aperture to FCPX skipping the Photo Browser.

Jeremy

[Craig Alan]

Thanks Jeremy,

I have done this on short films without any problems. And with good results. But since I remember reading a number of times here and elsewhere that high res photos clog up FC, I thought I’d check. The other thing I remember reading is that the full res photos don’t end up looking any better anyway so why take up the space? Anyway glad it works without a performance hit.

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[Bret Williams]

You drag the image to the timeline or the event and in either case it is copied to your library. It won’t link to stuff in the media browser. Just like with sound fx and music.