[Ryan Holmes]

You only need the FCP EOS plugin if you plan on using Log & Transfer within FCP. You’ll get a mixed reaction from people depending on their experience with the plugin and FCP. For me, I had it mess up too many times to rely on it.

So to transcode the footage from h.264 .mov’s to ProRes .mov’s you can use Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, Red Giant Bulletproof, 5DtoRGB, etc. Essentially you need to get the footage off the camera and into something that can transcode it. FCP 6/7 doesn’t play well with h.264 media (which is what all Canon DSLR’s shoot). So you have to transcode that to a more FCP friendly codec like ProRes.

To be clear, you don’t have to use the EOS plugin. If you prefer to stay within FCP for everything you are more than welcomed to. No problems there. But you can pull the .MOV files off the SD card and transcode them in a variety of products for use within FCP.

Does that make sense? Holler if you need some help…

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

[Suzin Daly] “The camera I used is a borrowed Canon Rebel Ti4, 2012.”

That’s your problem. You’ll need a minimum of Camera RAW 7.1 to access the T4i CR2 files.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

Looks like it’s time to update your software! 🙂

Ryan Holmes
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@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

Suzin – that is strange. Here’s a couple avenues to try.

(1) Call/email Adobe tech support about the issue.
(2) Deactivate and uninstall CS5.5. Restart your computer and then reinstall CS5.5
(3) Try another product to see if you can open the raw files – Adobe Lightroom allows for a free 30 day trial.

Do you know what camera the CR2 files are coming from? Possible it’s not supported under your version of Camera Raw?

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

What version of Photoshop do you have?

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

Are you talking about CR2 files?

You can open them from within Photoshop (File –>Open) or from your file browser, just right click on the file and choose Photoshop as the program to open with.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

[Scott Horgan] “At every break on the timeline the footage has a small audio drop. Not like a fade up or down but like an audio blip.”

Yes this was a problem with the PIX240. Mine did it as well. Solution was updating the firmware to the latest version. The Aurora firmware (v3.02) seems to fix this as the file break transition is handled correctly now. They also moved to exFAT as their file system so it’s more interoperable between Mac and PC (if you have to do that sort of thing). Also many of the limitations of FAT32 are circumvented by moving to exFAT.

https://www.sounddevices.com/download/pix-firmware/

Since moving to version 3 firmware I have not noticed the small audio blips between files. However, if you can’t upgrade the firmware then you can increase the file recording time by going into the menu and choosing a longer length. 60 minutes is the max. Any failures though will result in that file being corrupted and unusable…so take that into account if you’re recording something long form.

Ryan Holmes
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@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

If that is the station’s requirement you give them exactly what they request. You won’t be increasing quality at all since you shot 24Mbps, but you will be conforming to their requirements. If you do something other than what they’ve specified, they’ll likely reject your content for failure to adhere to standards.

So in this case, it’s best to follow their guidelines and give them what they’re requesting. And it’s very easy using Media Encoder.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

Do you mean 50MB or 50Mb? Mbs and Mbps (or Mb/s) are really the same thing.

MB = Megabyte
Mb = Megabit

50Mb/s = 6.25 MB/s
50MB/s = 400Mb/s

So we need to be clear what you are looking for here. I’d guess 50Mb/s (megabits) is what you’re looking for. In order to encode higher data rates using h.264 you have to increase the “level” you’re encoding at. It’s a drop down menu beneath “Profile.” To go over 20 Mb/s you need to start at level 4.1. Level 5.1 can encode at data rates up to 240 Mb/s. This Wikipedia chart is a handy reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels

You need to use level 4.1, 4.2, 5, or 5.1 in order to achieve the data rates necessary.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

You could also download the trial version of Adobe Premiere Pro and transcode your footage in there. Premiere can read the C300 files natively with or without the card structure (though “with” is always to be preferred). Transcode in Premiere or Media Encoder (similar to Compressor and easy to use) to ProRes, import into FCP and you’re ready to rock ‘n roll.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Ryan Holmes]

[Sascha Engel] “What is the Best, most complete”

Well, to be fair, you did ask for the best tutorials available, not the cheapest ones available. Warren Eagles is solid. fxphd has a great track record as well for great content.

You could also check out https://www.taoofcolor.com for paid tutorials. He also does excellent work.

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost