Liz Parham
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I don’t have FS5 files in front of me but I think if you right click show package contents and go into the PRIVATE folder and XDROOT you’ll see all the individual clips
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I actually found that recently I can highlight all the .mxf files directly + drag and drop from Finder into an event with library preferences “leave file in place” and it will not copy the clips.
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yes tried that + 444 + original source
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*FS5, but yeah you can’t edit natively with footage from that either. I would probably have to edit in a 1080 timeline, but now sure how to output to 4k at the end of my edit. Just relink to my optimized media + export 4k?
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If I don’t optimize, then it will rewrap to an .h264 MOV file, right? I’d like to edit and finish in 422.
Or do I copy the rewrapped MOVs and then reimport and optimize? gah brain! seems rather circuitous
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ah I see, yeah I tried moving a .mxf file, but when I imported into fcpx, I only saw the audio. File structure looks like this:
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We’ve already backed up all the raw media, so the only thing I’d prefer to backup again would be the optimized ProRes files. If I “copy to library”, isn’t FCP unwrapping the AVCHD codec, placing a copy of the original into the “original media” as well as placing a 422 file into the “optimized” folder? Or am I misunderstanding something…I just want to import + optimize to 422, edit + not deal with proxies or copying my original media again.
If I change the storage location to a folder on my external, it still won’t let me “leave in place”.
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sry got the formats mixed up, it’s actually just HD–source codec is XAVC Long. After we’re done with the edit, do we need to reference back to our source footage + convert to HQ to do the online? or will the optimized footage work fine in order to create the master?
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Ended up choosing the Sony FS5, super happy with it so far! I’m about to ingest a week’s worth of footage but was wondering how well FCPX handled these natively or if I should optimize anyway? All shot in UHD, no 4k, half the footage is overcranked at 60p/23.98.
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Thank you for posting such a detailed description of your workflow, Michael! I printed it out and showed my team–really appreciate 😀
