I am not a strong editor at all. I have a bunch of my 7d footage that needs editing can some one tell me what is the workflow. I have a shot almost all the footage in 1080 24p and I am editing on Final CUT. I hear you should convert the video which one should I roll with. Thanks.
Editing the 7d
- Thread starter Acrespo
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I use MPEG Streamclip, the process is very simple (and free).
Open the program, then go to List>Batch List (Apple+B)
Click the "Add Files" button, select all your footage (it's best not to do this off the compact flash card or your main operating system hard drive - use an external firewire/esata drive if possible!)
You'll see a dialogue window pop up once you've selected all the files you need, leave the drop down menu set to "Export to Quicktime" and make sure all the boxes remain unticked (especially Join all files - you'll end up with one long video if you have this enabled!)
Now select your output folder (on an external drive again, if possible)
You'll now be greeted with a large window for your exporting/transcoding preferences. On the top drop down menu, select either ProRes 422 LT (this preset is near enough the same bitrate as the footage straight out of the camera) Proxy (smaller bitrate, great for editing on laptops and smaller file sizes) or standard (A bit over kill considering the bitrate of the original files)
Make sure you have the same resolution as your footage is selected (1920x1080 unscaled) and untick Interlaced Scaling. Leave sound settings as uncompressed, and don't enter an amount for frame rate, don't click any of the options for frame rate.
Hit go and go grab a cup of tea or coffee. The time it takes largely depends on how much footage you're transcoding and how fast your computer is. You'll be presented with a progress bar telling you how much it's done.
There are other methods using Compressor, but I prefer MPEG Streamclip because it is much much faster (in my opinion, I find Compressor a right pain in the arse to navigate for advanced settings)
Hope this helps!
Open the program, then go to List>Batch List (Apple+B)
Click the "Add Files" button, select all your footage (it's best not to do this off the compact flash card or your main operating system hard drive - use an external firewire/esata drive if possible!)
You'll see a dialogue window pop up once you've selected all the files you need, leave the drop down menu set to "Export to Quicktime" and make sure all the boxes remain unticked (especially Join all files - you'll end up with one long video if you have this enabled!)
Now select your output folder (on an external drive again, if possible)
You'll now be greeted with a large window for your exporting/transcoding preferences. On the top drop down menu, select either ProRes 422 LT (this preset is near enough the same bitrate as the footage straight out of the camera) Proxy (smaller bitrate, great for editing on laptops and smaller file sizes) or standard (A bit over kill considering the bitrate of the original files)
Make sure you have the same resolution as your footage is selected (1920x1080 unscaled) and untick Interlaced Scaling. Leave sound settings as uncompressed, and don't enter an amount for frame rate, don't click any of the options for frame rate.
Hit go and go grab a cup of tea or coffee. The time it takes largely depends on how much footage you're transcoding and how fast your computer is. You'll be presented with a progress bar telling you how much it's done.
There are other methods using Compressor, but I prefer MPEG Streamclip because it is much much faster (in my opinion, I find Compressor a right pain in the arse to navigate for advanced settings)
Hope this helps!
