First time using HD, renting HMC150

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mattsepeta

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I finally talked the people upstairs into renting a HD cam and a light kit for some green screen stuff this weekend. This will be my firs time working a HD project.

What would my ideal workflow be for AVCHD from the HMC150?

I will be editing using FCP 5.04 or FCEHD 3.5

If I understand correctly, FCP 5.04 is incapable of working with AVCHD, so I will have to transcode the footage to something else.

-Any recommendations? Any good programs for converting the footage into a FCP suitable format? Also, what method of ingesting the footage should I go with? A SD card reader?

The computer is an iMac 2.8 ghz intel core duo, 4GB RAM running leopard.

-Will this be able to handle the HD shot at 1080p for keying purposes?

Time is of the essence with this project, so any ideas or workflow on how to keep render times down will be helpful.

Aside from the greenscreen stuff, we will be filming a 45 min sermon in low light conditions with the HMC150 and two GL2s that were borrowed to us.

-Any suggestions on how to keep the footage looking consistent?


Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this and help a HD noob out! Any input is GREATLY appreciated, as this is a very important project
 
Update your version of FCP and you should be cool. If you have an intel system you can transcode through FCP. If this isn't an option, then Toast 10 would work as well as Voltaic. I'd try to go with FCP if you can.


You will be taxing our your system in doing 1080 greenscreen stuff with the imac but it's possible. It won't be real time viewing though.. Maybe scrubbing but tha's it.


I'd say to shoot some tests with the cameras to decide more for the GL2's. Those aren't going to give you the sam rez and not as good in low-light either.. but you should be able to match it well. For the Sermon, I'd say to shoot 720, 30p or something like that as you are mixing in SD content. You might also want to cut this in an SD timeline and then be able to compose the HD as needed. Also make sure you know if you are going 4x3 or 16x9 for final product
 
mattsepeta said:
I finally talked the people upstairs into renting a HD cam and a light kit for some green screen stuff this weekend. This will be my firs time working a HD project.
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I always figured God would go for a Genesis HD camera, but as you all know the HMC 150 got that pana mojo.:)
 
According to apple, 5.04 is the most recent FCP5? I do not want to spend hundreds jsut to use footage from a rented camera? Would you recommend voltaicHD or toast?
 
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