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Panasonic HVX 200 editing
I am shooting a film on the Panasonic HVX 200 and was wanting recommendations on editing systems. I would like to try either the Final Cut Pro Universal or the Avid Express Pro 5.1.5. Which would be the best? And are there any problems associated with Macs for this? Thank you
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I use Final Cut with the HVX and use Macs for every aspect of this biz from compositing to 3D to scripting to accounting. There are no problems with Macs.
Brian FitzGerald
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The only recommendation is that you do not ever delete the original Contents folders, these are your masters. FRom the P2 Card to an HDD and then import to either system. Keep in mind that the FCP will make a new Quicktime file out of the footage, but so be it. That should still not be reason to delete the MXF folders. The MXF is where you back up if something goes wrong.
Best regards,
Jan
Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems -
FCP has been the most up to date with Panasonic gear for several years now. Highly recommend it over Avid for HVX200 editing.
Noah
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If you read a few posts down you will see a problem that I came across. If you are planning on shooting with the HVX-200 and editing in something like FCP then you will be happy. P2 is not a Quicktime format it is an MXF format. If you have other people that are working on the film and their systems don’t support MXF format you can give them Quicktime movies from the FCP import. If they stay with the DVCpro 50 compression format in the QT movie then they will have to buy the codecs from a 3rd party vender like.
https://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=537
For about $350. But if you are doing everything yourself on a system that supports MXF you will like the work flow because it is easy.
-Lars
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[Noah Kadner] “FCP has been the most up to date with Panasonic gear for several years now. Highly recommend it over Avid for HVX200 editing.”
I’d have to agree. FCP always seem to be right there. I’m into the proactive companies… not the ones who finally get around to something after it becomes obvious that they have to. Avid made some great announcements this week. I applaude all of them, especially since we’ve had most of that capability in FCP for almost 2 years now…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.comApple Certified Trainer: Final Cut Pro 5
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thank you all for your suggestions and help!
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