HELP! How to import to FCP6...

[poppydixon]

Hey,
So sorry this is literally a camera/editing for dummies question, but I'm totally baffled and need some step by step guidance or a link to a really useful, simple site...

I have recently bought an HMC40. I have FCP 6 on a macbook pro (fairly old one).
I want to capture the footage but I am confused by the entire process and cannot find a simple guide.

What I have done is literally copy and paste the Folder PRIVATE into a folder on my computer (well an external hardrive) but how do I now open that in FCP and work with it?

I appreciate any guidance and wlll respond quickly with info you need! (And apologies if you see this twice, I think I will also post in the FCP section..)

THANKS

 

[voxwerx]

You're going to have to "Log and Transfer" your footage instead of "Capture." You can do that straight from the card, or from a folder on your machine. Keep the file structure intact at all costs! Mac/FCP will not log/transfer if your file structure is messed with in any way. There are other applications that will allow you to get the footage onto your machine w/out using FCP's log/transfer process- You also need to have the intel chipset for working with AVCHD footage- I believe the other applications (not FCP) will allow you to get around that.

Make sure you've done all the updates to your version of Final Cut- I seem to remember there was a "6. something" that allowed log/transfer of AVCHD footage.

Hope that helps~

 

[David Saraceno]

We would appreciate it if you would not double post.

You have identical post in the Final Cut Pro thread, and responses there.