[Steve Eisen]

It’s definitely a confusing post. You have to read a few times to understand.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

That is why proper monitoring is crucial. You don’t see the real picture on a computer monitor.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

Michelle

Purchase “Fast Path to Blu Ray” for step by step instructions:
https://www.recipe4dvd.com/

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

Use Log and Transfer to get your footage into FCP. You can use both the BM or Matrox MXO 2 for viewing.

Here is a workflow:
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

Nope. Both FW and USB have their own bus.

If possible, look into getting a dedicated P2 card reader.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

The P2 card is very robust. They are almost 99.99% error proof. If there is a problem, P2CMS or your camera will show an error. It will be an X or ! on the thumbnail. Most errors can be corrected by repairing the clip. The most you will ever lose from a P2 card is 2 seconds.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

[Rafael Amador] “”My sequence settings are Frame Size: 720 by 480 NTSC DV (3:2).”
You need to make your sequence Anamorphic.”

But her footage is 1920 x 1080. Her sequence settings should be Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 1920×1080 24p 48 kHz.

Use the Easy Setup.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

Edit as usual. Export a QuickTime Movie from FCP. Drop that file into Compressor and choose an h.264 setting.

There are a few of hardware options to accelerate your h.264 exports.

1. Elgato Turbo.264 HD (USB stick)
2. Matrox Compress HD card (PCIe for Mac Pro)
3. Matrox MXO 2 with Max i/o boxes (Mini, LE and MXO 2) PCI-e and Thunderbolt options.
4. Matrox Majito Max Card (PCIe for Mac Pro)

[Matt Darius] “I usually export straight to ProRes LT from the timeline than into Quicktime for the exports”
Not sure what you mean. KiPro records ProRes and you transfer the file to your hard drive. You edit then export either self-contained or reference QuickTime Movie.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

It makes sense to me. ProRes is a video codec. Download MPEG StreamClip from the web and use that to convert the files from your camera to ProRes.

The other alternative is to use Compressor to convert the files.

If this is over your head, find someone with editing experience to do this for you.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steve Eisen]

Do a search on this forum and you will find out that you will need to convert your footage to an FCP friendly codec such as ProRes.

As far as quality, that has many definitions. Being a consumer camera, the quality of the picture from that camera can be sub par compared to professional HD cameras.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group