[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

What I meant is how worth it it is to edit them natively in FCP X, not FCP 7! We transcode to ProRes before editing for FCP 7.

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Thanks for the responses. We’re still on FCP 7 and are trying to determine how worth it it is to be able to edit the GH4 files natively to avoid having to transcode everything to ProRes.

The all-intra 1080 files are 200 Mbps, vs. 100 Mbps for the 4K and the IPB 1080, so we were hoping to do multicamera shoots with a mix of the IPB 1080 and one camera at 4K, edited in a 1080 timeline to give ability to zoom in. Trying to strike the right balance of efficiency, disk space, and quality.

I guess I’ll have to do some tests to see what kinds of issues crop up from using those settings instead of all-intra. In FCP 7 obviously non-all intra H264 plays back horribly (though I’ve still done quick and dirty edits that way on occasion to avoid transcoding), but the real downside was I’d get rendering errors with certain filters.

Sounds like FCP X can handle the long GOP files well enough to edit comfortably, even if obviously the all-intra is smoother? Is this something that is affected by processor speed, RAM, video card? A combination?

Thanks again!

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Thanks! What about 1080… any difference between the all-intra H264 and the lower bit rate options?

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Good news, thanks!

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Ah, thanks… that’s the next question I was going to ask… performance of all-intra vs. the lower bit rate 1080 on both. Thanks!

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Plus, as Herb says, reallocating memory should have nothing to do with any specific still image in a project.

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

I’m suddenly having this same exact problem, but I know it is not my file dimensions as they are TIFFs at 1920×1080 and they are the exact same files I used about a month ago. Same project, same files, new problem.

Two of my RAM modules died, though, so I’m thinking it might have something to do with my RAM configuration.

Have you had any RAM changes lately?

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Thanks for the response. I found a facility that can do it faster (the post house doesn’t specialize in this, and I realized they don’t quite know how to use their software, which IS Adobe Encore)… now we just have to figure out if we can fit it into the budget! (This is something that will happen next month, I’m just preparing.)

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the response… this is something that is happening next month! I’m trying to prepare beforehand, because we WILL be under that tight deadline then (long story, but it can’t be fixed).

-Nayeli

[Nayeli Garci-crespo]

Great, thank Illya. We are doing dual system sound with linked time code, so have no need for the camera sound… I was just worried about maintaining time code and reel/clip metadata.

Thanks so much.

-Nayeli