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canon 5d mark 2 25FPS workflow with FCP X
hi
i have a music video edited in fcp x (i am embracing it) – and am working in the UK
most of the material is shot at 25fps full frame on the canon 5d mark 2 (1920 x 1080, 25 fps)
one shot at the end is shot on an iPhone 3gs (640 x 480, 15fps)
(a timelapse sequence is shot with jpeg stills but at 25fps too)
the audio track is 44.1 kHz. though there is some FX used from one shot on the 5d so that is 48khz
in fcp x preferences, under import, everything is un-checked. in playback preferences, ‘use original or optimised media’ is checked
when i send to compressor or export any other way the source says its 60fps
i don’t understand why – surely it should be 25fps
i also don’t know the best settings to go for… i do know i want it to be HD 1080p or 720p (i guess) and i’m not sure whether it should be de-interlaced and if so which field (probably not relevant as progressive?)
it’s mainly for vimeo. but when it is watched on an hd tv i don’t want it to look like an episode of balamory (cheap kids tv programme in the uk)
any help much appreciated.
thanks in advance
ed
uk
25fps
canon 5d mk 2, latest firmware plus magic lantern
fcp x
compressor
macbook pro -
4 Replies
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What’s the frame rate of your timeline? You can check in the project library (command-zero) then have a look in the inspector.
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As Jeremy notes, Ed, FCP-X is essentially “codec and frame rate agnostic.”
It “auto-sets” it’s timeline (and it’s parent Project) to the specs of the first clip you drop on it unless you specify a framerate/size/codec in the project Prefs up front. At that point, any clips that you add to the timeline or the event browser that are “other” than the established project preferences, X goes to work to transcode them.
So take his suggestion – check the Project properties and if it’s something other than the format of the majority of the clips you’re using, there’s going to be a LOT of needless calculation going on under the hood.
Hope that helps.
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I wouldn’t call it agnostic, it’s pretty strict, actually. Only a handful of frame sizes, then ProRes and UC 10bit.
Projects will autoset to your footage only if you start with a piece of footage, it won’t set if you start with anything else (stills/ generator/etc).
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thanks for all this, all
you pointed me in the right direction. i’m not sure what clip led tcp to believe 60fps was the way to go but i took everything into a new project at the correct frame rate and it’s sorted.
coming from former fcp versions, the whole project/event thing is something i haven’t yet grasped but i just checked into an apple store 2 hour workshop so hope to be set to start the next project a bit more as fcp x would like me to
determined to embrace it and am looking forward to the day when when you google the issues the solutions come up higher in search than pages upon pages of moaning
best
e
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