[Justin Zakowski]

Ahh thanks — I’m beginning to see the light 🙂

I just discovered Streamclip, so I’m on the right track to getting everything into ProRes 422.

I also realized that I had lower-quality-than-previously-thought sources. (I had been working with mov/MPEG-4 files that I had converted to MOV using Quicktime Pro, So I’m now going to rework all of my video sources using Streamclip.)

Although not all matching frame rates (maybe fine on this one, but my next project will be vastly better) I think I’m able to replace clip content to minimize the Motion rework.

Thanks all!!

[Justin Zakowski]

Thank you, I upgraded to FCP Suite 7 knowing that Apple ProRes 422 is going to be what saves me. I guess I assumed that this conversion of the clips to intermediary files would be automatic, but I guess that’s not the case.

So, is it necessary to have everything the same size? Seems using media manager, all the clips, stills, and canvas gets resized. Plus, I’ve already done lots of Motion layout. (Also, my source clips are of varying sizes – 1920×1200, 720×544, and 720×480 – and I assume that FCP can deal with this as the finished video will not have all clips displayed full size. I’ve tried to record source material in larger formats than they’ll be shown at, so as not to zoom in on a low-res clips… Really, what I’m trying to do seems so basic, but being a newbie I’m certainly making too many assumptions).

For example, say I have a 1280×960 canvas, and two 320×480 clips in small boxes will move about the canvas. The imported clips are MPEG-4 so I want to convert them to ProRes 422. Can I do that without forcing everything — canvas, stills, clips — to the same format (size)? If I need to convert them outside FCP then can someone suggest a tool that knows ProRes 422?

Sorry if this topic has been discussed, but I’ve done a lot of searching in the past months and haven’t found my answers.

Many thanks!