Editing with canon 5d makes my computer too slow!

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whizzkid

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Hi everyone,

I shot a short film for a competition in LA and I'm currently having problems editing it. My system is too slow to edit a full HD footage. I was wondering is there a way for me to use proxies in final cut pro to lessen the quality and data load while editing it offline so I can still edit with my computer?

and when I have the final edit I'll export it with full quality.

Need help ASAP guys would appreciate it very much!


Peace!
 
Sure- convert all footage to ProRes using Compressor and start editing. There's little point in conforming back to the H.264 files.

Noah
 
NoahK said:
Sure- convert all footage to ProRes using Compressor and start editing. There's little point in conforming back to the H.264 files.

Noah
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Hi Noah,

that just made the files bigger and didn't help the speed of my computer. My computer still stutters... I know I should have a stronger set up I just don't have the resources to upgrade yet. Any ideas?

I saw a tutorial in videocopilot from andrew and he used proxies to lessen the file size of some pictures and when he exported it - he used the hihger quality files. How do I do this in FCP?
 
Ok so the new FCP 3.0 has ProRes LT (light) for this very purpose. I am not sure if you must have this new version of FCP or are able to get the Codec independantly. I would suggest going that route and converting to Full ProRes422 after...
 
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