[Mac Mcdougal]

Hi All, I’m also experiencing long render times in FCP7. I shot everything on a Canon Vixia HF20, whose “standard” frame rate is 60i. I’ve never figured out how to import this footage directly, so I import it first into iMovie (now FCP X), then import from Events into FCP7.

The sequence settings I’m using for the entire project are:

Frame Size: 1920 x 1080, HDTV 1080i
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: Upper (Odd)
Editing Timbase: 29.97
Compressor: Apple Intermediate Codec

This is an online course with video and 2.5D animation. I’m sure I’ve done something stupid, the question is What?