[Eric Gehringer]

Thank you For your speedy responses! I figured out the issue. The video I’m editing has a channel mixer filter added to make it black and white. Only the color red was being extremely pixelated. I didn’t notice it because everything has already been filtered to be black and white. To fix it I went into the channel mixer filter and lowered the red and raised the green and blue in the Red output section. This cleared it right up!

Good Luck,

Eric Allen Films

[Eric Gehringer]

Filesize for AVCHD has to do with storage space during capturing, not during editing.

It’s not the best to edit with because of it’s long GOPs. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it roughly 15 reference frames for every REAL image (I-frame)? so essentially, you only get one real frame of footage every half second. These reference frames take rendering, whereas ProRes uses real images for every single frame. Hence the large file size and the no-hassle editing in Final Cut.

Some may see this as an advantage, while others see it as a disadvantage. Depends on your situation.

Good Luck,

Eric Allen Films