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capturing Canon5D with finalcut pro
Hello,
I am starting a project with videos from the Canon 5D and I would like to know if it is necessarie to have a plug in to capture the material in to the Finalcut ( like XDcam Transfer for example).
Or do I simply import de (.mov) in to my project. Sounds to simple! Wy do all the (.mov) come with an data file along with it.
Can anyone help?
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24 Replies
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I think you can import the movie straight to FCP. However, it might be a better idea to convert them to HD Apple ProResHQ first. You can do this in the background with Compressor.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
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Regular ProRes will work fine for this. HQ will do nothing for you but take up more disk space from the H264 files the 5D creates.
Jeremy
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Thankyou for the atention, Neil.
I hardly work with the Compressor, I use it only to output.
I usualy capture every format directly to the FCP. And I do not know what is this ProRes. Is it just a format like AVI and MOV? Should I take all my 12 hours to the compressor, transform it into a ProResHQ and than import and edit at the FCP? Can I keep the original timecode?
Sory but I am still a little confused.I am also editing with 2 other formats together with de canon H264 mov : DVCPROHD 720 30p a HDV 1080 60i. Should I transform everything into the ProRes before editing?
Thankyou once again ,
Mariana -
Yeah, but have you seen footage from it, Dave?
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[Dave LaRonde] “Pansasonic makes some fine cameras that are a heck of a lot easier to use. “
Totally agreed.
What Canon needs to do is make a real video camera out of the 5D. The moving pictures it takes (despite the quirks of post) are quite nice. Don’t knock it till you try it (or see it). It’s not much different than logging and transferring a bunch of AVC-I material.
Jeremy
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Canon movies will import directly into FCP. But how they will play back in an HDV or DVCProHD timeline will depend on the system you have.
i recommended Compressor to batch convert Canon movie into Apple ProRes Quicktimes to make them easy to play back. But if your Canon movies work fine directly in FCP. just go with it.You will probably capture HDV as HDV or Apple Intermediate codec. And you’ll capture DVCProHD as DVCProHD from within FCP. You’ll probably do both over Firewire, I guess. Unless the DVCProHD is P2.
And Apple ProRes is a Quicktime codec, a type of Quicktime, not an independent movie format like Quicktime or AVI. ProRes was made to enable near-uncompressed-like quality at very low data rates. You can actually make a broadcast master from Apple ProRes. ProRes works on PC and Mac.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India -
I use the 5D all the time – the most amazing camera in my arsenal (and that’s even compared w/our Sony EX1’s). If it’s a small project I do convert the files to Apple Prores… BUT….
Compressor always quits if I try to do too many clips at once. And that’s on my 8core system. I’ve tried it on other systems too and same thing happens. This is a major bummer because having to babysit compressor really sucks.
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Yes. Compressor will preserve timecode. But do the Canon 5D MkII files have time code? I would have imagined it makes .mov all starting at 00.00.00.00.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India -
[Julie Hill] “Compressor always quits if I try to do too many clips at once.”
Yes I find this to. The Solution? Make a droplet from your Compressor settings. Then from your 5D footage drag about 30 files at a time (no more than 30) and then hit submit and wait until you see it pop up in the Batch Monitor. Once it gets going, start the next 30, and wait for this one to pop up and it should say “waiting”. Once it says that, start the next batch of 30 and so on. It’s a bit of baby sitting, but I find it to be reliable.
Jeremy
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[Neil Sadwelkar] “But do the Canon 5D MkII files have time code?”
No.
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