Batch GoPro in/out

[Jerry Hofmann]

FCP X?

Jerry

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[Michael Harrington]

NO FCPX for me till I have time to devote and it becomes useful for Pro work and I’m in the middle of 3 huge jobs.

I’m looking for a FCP7 solution.

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, FCP7, Snow Leopard, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4 – 1TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, Numerous FW 800 external drives, MX02Max, FSI 17″ Broadcast Monitor, Black Magic Mini Sync Generator, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Jerry Hofmann]

You can capture with X, and import the captured files into FCP 7…

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.

[Michael Harrington]

OK, I’m listening now.

Are you saying that with X I can batch capture hundreds of GoPro Clips with in/out so as to import just the sections I need.

I’ve been very busy since before NAB and have not done my research to the degree necessary to know all the pro’s and cons of X.

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, FCP7, Snow Leopard, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4 – 1TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, Numerous FW 800 external drives, MX02Max, FSI 17″ Broadcast Monitor, Black Magic Mini Sync Generator, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Jerry Hofmann]

Yes, you can import to X only portions of clips of the originals still on the cards or drives . Apple warns that if you have problems with portions of clips, then import the whole clip… FWIW…

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.

[Walter Biscardi]

You can use Compressor for this. Compressor allows you to set In / Out points for each clip. This is what I have done in the past with Final Cut Pro 7.

But know that Compressor takes a while. I had 24 hours of GoPro materials for a recent documentary and it took my 12 core Mac Pro three days to convert it all to ProRes for editing.

That was one of the deciding factors in us making the jump over to Adobe Premiere Pro after the FCPX roll out. It edits the GoPro footage natively and pretty much anything else natively too, no conversion needed.

Also if you have the Adobe Media Encoder installed as part of the Adobe Production Bundle that does render much faster than Compressor and can do the same thing.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Biscardi Creative Media

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[Michael Harrington]

Thanks for the info, yep compressor kinda slow.

I’ve been hearing good things about Premier this past year, who would of ever thought the Pro’s would gravitate towards Premier.

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, FCP7, Snow Leopard, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4 – 1TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, Numerous FW 800 external drives, MX02Max, FSI 17″ Broadcast Monitor, Black Magic Mini Sync Generator, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Michael Harrington] “I’ve been hearing good things about Premier this past year, who would of ever thought the Pro’s would gravitate towards Premier.”

CS 5.5 is essentially what FCP 8 should have been. Not a whole lot that’s “groundbreaking” in X that’s not already in CS 5.5 or even Avid MC 5.5 for that matter.

But X works for some folks so that’s good. For me Premiere Pro is the way to go now, especially with what Adobe is planning moving forward with CS 6. Avid MC 6 is looking mighty solid too.

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[Michael Harrington]

I’ve been MAC since to good ol days of MAC SE and of course big time when the SE30 came out cause it had that huge 30gig drive.

I started editing when it required a magnifying glass and a razor blade cutting 1″, then 3/4″ top load, then pulse tone on 2″, 1″ A/B Roll, Beta, Beta SP, D-2 Pre-Read, GVG 300 3 ME with E MEM’s, D-Vision, AVID, Smoke, and into FCP 1, 2, 3. In other words I’ve donemy fair share of investing in the future and I’ve seen the paradigm shift more than a few times. I had a shop in Santa Monica for several years and bailed out due to technology change and watching budgets plummet just before 911.

Despite all that I continue to find it hard to believe Apple will abandon the pro’s. To be honest I’ve been under a rock or should say on location and in my man cave editing room since April and won’t surface or have enough time to do proper research till Nov, just in time to miss out on the discounts from Adobe or AVID.

In the good ol days we use to say Grow or Die, I think I’m dying.

Michael Harrington
Mac Pro, Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, FCP7, Snow Leopard, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 30-inch Cine Display, 4 – 1TB internal, 1.25TB Esata, Numerous FW 800 external drives, MX02Max, FSI 17″ Broadcast Monitor, Black Magic Mini Sync Generator, Mackie 1402 & Event 20/20 monitors.

[Jerry Hofmann]

I don’t think Apple is abandoning the pros… What would a consumer need with all of the clip metadata that X provides, and what would a consumer need with XML in and out…? 90% of the users of FCP don’t even own an external monitor, would never send XML to another app, and likely shoot with consumer cameras. I think Apple just had to call a stop to a feature set at some point, and when 90% of the user base could use FCP X as it stood in Feb. ’11, Apple locked in the feature set. It’s 1.0 software… FCP 1 could only handle DV… remember?

Apple has a long history of leapfrogging competitors. X is well positioned to do just that. It’s just not finished.

I going to poll my user group (400 working professionals) and I’ll wager less than 5 have changed platforms from 7. I’ll also wager 200 of them bought FCP X…

Jerry