Final Cut 6.0.5 and AVCHD

sagedrummer

sagedrummer

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Hi
I know that with the Final Cut 6.0.5 update that Final Cut can handle the AVCHD footage by turning it into ProRES. What I am curious about is how this effects the export quality when you are finished with the project and exporting your sequence to Quicktime. If I shot something in 1080P on the HMC150 and it has been transcoded to ProRes in my timeline, will it be exported out as proper 1080P HD quicktime file?
Thanks
 
So the PROres is just a temporary transcode that enables Final Cut Pro to handle the footage while I am editing it?

I haven't transcoded any footage yet, but the Log and Transfer time is still not instantaneous correct? it still takes the same amount of time to log as the footage is, just like old mini-dv capture?
 
It is a permanent transcode, not a temporary one.

And the transcode isn't instantaneous. It takes about as long as the length of the footage and depends on your processor speed.

Not certain what an export of a "proper 1080p HD quicktime file" means. What are you asking?
 
Thanks for the responses.
By the export of "proper 1080P HD quicktime file" , what I was trying to ask was whether or not there was a temporary transcode and whether or not there was any loss of quality as a result, but by the sounds of it, it is a permanent transcode.

I am on a 2.8ghz intel core 2 duo with 4gb of ram so hopefully, it won't take too long to transfer the footage. If the rumors are true it sounds like with Final Cut 7, it may be an instantaneous drag and drop procedure that will save a lot of time for Final Cut Users?
 
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sagedrummer,

Why go with rumours? Your version of FCP will transcode into ProRes 422, and you decide what to output it as (vie Quicktime Pro or Compressor).

Definitely, the transcoding process is not instantaneous: on my quad G5, ~30-35% real time per clip. The 'drag and drop' only refers to how clips, once viewed in the L&T window (with In and Out points set if you want) are moved to the Queue window, where transcoding starts. This happens as soon as a clip, or clips, are dragged there.

hth, kl
 
me too.. simply for file sizes alone. Pro res gives up some really really big files. If it's native then it's smaller than DV even... now that's NICE!!!! It would be cool for the P2 folks too.. Throw those dudes a bone too.., but their files won't change that much in terms of storage. My latest project eneded up being 5 terrabytes of footie. I think it would be about 2 if it were native.
 
I'm with all of you. FCP is a really good program, and once it can handle AVCHD natively, a great program. And I confess the only add-on that I use routinely is Compressor (shame one me).

Still, FCP is already excellent for making the material for SD DVDs, including on-screen graphic, so at this point I don't feel the need to learn three or four more complex softwares.
 
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