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Export movie and re-import without recompressing
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For simple projects FCPX is very easy to learn.
If you have a complex Premiere workflow, FCPX can have a steep learning curve.
Learning how to organize without tracks can be a big hurdle for people since FCPX uses Roles to organize.To put it another way, if you do ENG style work FCPX is intuitive. If you do lots of track based organizing it can be hard to get the hang of but once you do, it’s extremely fast.
Important though in your case is FCPX’s exporting and encoding. Both of which are very fast and probably miles faster than PPCS5.5, PPCC2015 would be much closer in speed.
Perhaps you can use the 30 day free CC trial and import your projects and export from there. Back up your projects first though because you may decide not to go the subscription route. The 30 day free trial could be enough to get you through the export/encode hurdle for free.
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Given QuickTime Pro is deprecated (and $30), you could get the current version of Compressor for not much more ($50). Apple finally worked on major speed and codec improvements with the current version. The H.264 exports can be almost as good as x264. It’s certainly competitive (finally) with Adobe’s MainConcept quality.
I suspect one of the big hurdles is that PPCS5.5 doesn’t take advantage of Apple’s newer OSs and underlying architecture.
Compressor, for example, now can use Intel QuickSync technology in current i7 CPUs.
FCPX does have a 30 day free trial. Unfortunately Compressor does not though.
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Yeah, that was my concern about the FCP learning curve. I’m sure I could adapt but it might slow me down for a little bit, which would be worth it if it increased my efficiency in the long run. My experience is largely with FCP7 and earlier, Premiere Pro and Avid, so I expect I would need to re-tune my brain, but it might help keep me young! lol
I didn’t think about 5.5 not playing nicely with the OS or the newer hardware, so definitely a potential advantage. And $50 for Compressor would be an easy choice.
Not so excited about monthly payments for Adobe, which is why I haven’t upgraded the Premiere…
Do you happen to know – Is it possible to transfer existing projects from Premiere to FCPX? Given the tracks vs roles thing you mentioned, I assume it may not be advisable to transfer existing projects. Would there be something like EDL export and rebuild that could map an existing project to an FCP format?
Thanks again for your help!
Michael
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Michael, in response to your earlier question, it is better to use Adobe H.264 unless you specifically need the QuickTime version.
Be sure to clear your cache files, too. You might also consider temporarily transferring another 75-100GB to an external drive just for a little extra SSD headroom during the encoding process. After that, I would try the full encode and periodically check how it is progressing. If it looks good after 10-12 hours, and then gets more than halfway done within 16-20 hours, just ride it out. If it doesn’t progress well then seek another option as per your messages with Craig.
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OK Thanks, Ivan! I appreciate it. I will do that.
Thanks again!
Michael
Michael Kellam
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[Michael Kellam] “Do you happen to know – Is it possible to transfer existing projects from Premiere to FCPX? Given the tracks vs roles thing you mentioned, I assume it may not be advisable to transfer existing projects. Would there be something like EDL export and rebuild that could map an existing project to an FCP format?”
Intellegent Assistant 7 to X also works with Premiere Pro to X
https://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/7toX/An application that exports Final Cut Pro XML (such as Final Cut Pro 7 or 6, Premiere Pro CC, etc.)
Open the project into Premiere Pro. Choose the File menu and from the Export submenu, select Final Cut Pro XML…, then name and save the XML file. (Premiere Pro exports XML Interchange Format version 4.)
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