FinalCutPro6 Help

[bobsbigboy]

trying to import p2 files into fcp6 and i cant figure it out.... i have been searching around the forums on panasonic.com and apple.com and i kind find the correct driver... or procedure to get the p2files that i know have copied onto my harddrive into final cut... what am i doing wrong... sorry im a noob

[David Saraceno]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Have you set the correct sequence settings for the type of footage you have shot with the HVX200?

Have you copied the entire NO NAME folder to your HDD?

And then have you elect "log and transfer" from the file menu and then located the p2 volume?

[Shane Ross]

Tutorial for FCP 6 and P2...

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/p2fcp6.php

[HoGiHung]

This is the way I was working with my footage prior to getting Raylight.

1. Create a folder on my Mac (external drive eSata drive) called P2_shotdate
2. Attach camera to the Mac via firewire.
3. I have two 16GB P2 cards so I create a sub-folder under the one created in step 1 for each P2, calling them Disk1 and Disk2
4. Copy the entire contents of each of the P2 cards from the camera to these new folders.
5. Disconnect the camera after ejecting the camera drive(s) from the desktop.
6. Launch FinalCut and use the Log and Transfer.

With Raylight I pretty much do the same but I have Raylight scan the new folders after the copy complete and then Launch FCP. Then just import the *.mov versions of the same files.

I know this may take up additional storage, but it also is a way to have a backup of the original footage. Raylight by default will put its files under /Users/Shared/Raylight. But there is a setting you can change to put them with your source files if you like.

Hope this helps.

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