Working with HD footage in FCP

[Shane Ross]

Use the HDV 1080i60 Easy Setup. CHoose that, make a new sequence, then drop in your footage.

Shane

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[Ruju Mehta]

It is rendering. The sequence is in 1080i60.

[Ruju Mehta]

Thanx !

I tried but still I need to render the whole clip.

[J. Tad newberry]

Have you captured the footage yet? Why not just use one of the HDV codecs? It should work fine…Once you choose an easy setup, THEN create/add a new sequence to project and it will automatically be the same format as what you have captured. If you’ve already captured the footage, you’ve probably already seen that when you drop the footage to any timeline, you are asked if you want to change the codec of the sequence to that of the footage.

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
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[J. Tad newberry]

Are you saying that it won’t render? Or, are you outputting to tape, DVD, taking it to another facility for onlining/outputting or what? What codec did you capture in? What codec is your sequence?

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
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[Ruju Mehta]

The footage is already captured and its in hard drive . I am trying to import the footage from hard drive to FCP and when I am putting clips on Timeline after import it needs to be render.

[J. Tad newberry]

Are you just rendering the timeline for playback, or rendering out a single QT file for outputting to tape, DVD, etc.? If you are just rendering so you can output, it will probably output better if you render it out to a single QT (self-contained) file.

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
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Dual 2 GHz
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[Zane Barker]

Does the camera record to tape or hard drive? If it records to tape how was the footage captured onto the computer?

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Ruju Mehta]

I am just rendering for playback not for out put. Is it normal to render all the HDV file in FCP?

[Shane Ross]

[Ruju Mehta] “Is it normal to render all the HDV file in FCP?”

Nope. Not if your settings matched.

#28 Having to render every clip in the timeline

Shane’s Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?

Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly. In Final Cut Pro 6, this is easy, because when you drop a clip into the timeline, it asks if you want to set up the timeline to match the settings of the first clip you drag into it. Click YES and you are ready to go.

However, in FCP 5.1 and earlier, it is a bit trickier.

The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start, and the best way to do this is to choose a setting from the Easy Setups, located under the Final Cut Pro menu.

Once you do this, you’ll need to create a new sequence. This is because the sequence that is already in your new project is setup for the typical default setting of DV/NTSC, or for the settings of your last project, which might not match what you are currently working with. So delete SEQUENCE 1 and create a new sequence:

This new sequence will contain the settings you chose in the Easy Setup menu, and should match the format you captured.

Shane

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