[Nick Meyers]

well it shouldn’t zoom IN, but yes, the playhead is at the tail of the clip, ready for the next edit.
just hit your up arrow to get back to the start of the clip if that’s what you want.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

“when the playback is set to better quality, there’s no banding whatsoever. However, when I set it to better performence…”

are you talking about FCPX?
if so, please post in FCP X techniques
this is the FCP forum.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

there are settings within Compressor that can change the playback speed of the new file to 24fps,
but i don’t know what they are!
it;s potentially hazardous as a simple error would lead to an un-usable file
so i simply open the file in CinemaTools and “Conform” it.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

“If you wanted to ingest a section of say a GoPro clip- you’d be de-compressing and recompressing and losing a generation”

in FCP 7 at least, it only recompresses the frames outside of the nearest I frame.
(this is with HDV and XDCam)
so just add handles, and all is good.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

[Sookyung Jin] “Under Generators, I only have Backgrounds, Elements, Solids and Textures”

are you using FCPX?
this forum is for FCP7 and under
the FCP X Techniques forum is the one you need

nick

[Nick Meyers]

one last thing, well 2 actually.

your new 4444 masters should also be 4k
im sure you intend this, but it doesn’t hurt to mention it.

but manly: ProRes proxy?
consider ProResLT
it’s a very sweet spot between quality and file size.
Proxy looks noticeably poor,
LT looks pretty good, and makes for great screenings.

i’ve cut quite a few features using LT.

cheers,
nick

[Nick Meyers]

sorry, i overlooked those details first time around.
yes, that’s a very good approach.

once you’ve made the new masters make sure they are backed up.

hope the project goes well
nick

[Nick Meyers]

re-install?

maybe Digital Rebelion’s FCP remover could help you clean out the old version first
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/

[Nick Meyers]

“All the 25fps footage is MOS montage footage. ”

conforming will not be a problem.

did you shoot RAW or ProRes?
if ProRes, then simply conform those camera originals before striking your edit media.
if RAW… well i don’t know about that.

could be you need to set the TC rate on those clips to “24@25”

talk to your post house,
a few simple tests might be in order
but i don’t see it being too much of a problem.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

“But please as I say can we not turn this into another fcpx debate. It’s irrelevant”

you do realise you’re the one who brought it up?