i heard that 7d footage wasnt great for editing...

[dajavudesigns]

i have about 80 gigs of footage, what whould i convert it to so that i can maintain quality and have a format that my computer can handle better?

whats the best way to do that? is there a batch convert or something like that?

thanks

 

[PaPa]

use mpeg streamclip. Render it out to DNxHD.

 

[MadHMC150]

prorez on a mac...

 

[dajavudesigns]

thanks and im on a pc, downloaded mpeg streamclip, gonna check it out now

 

[dajavudesigns]

head ache, no clue which options to check to get it right

 

[Peter Reynolds]

Try NeoScene from Cineform.com

I also work on a PC (Premiere CS3) and it's great for converting my 7D files to AVI.

It's only $129, and you can download a trial for 30 days.

Good luck!

 

[jambredz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkwlfL-Zbw

watch that. will tell u step by step wat u need to do.

 

[dajavudesigns]

thank you, one more question for the 7d do i select 1080p 24 or 23.976?

 

[thegoldfi]

get premiere CS5. skip all of this junk.

 

[dajavudesigns]

and is that the best for premiere? thats what i got cs5

 

[dajavudesigns]

i have premiere cs5, the footage is really slow, seems super processor intensive, i got a 12gb ram dell 920 processor

 

[dajavudesigns]

nevermind this transcoded footage is much better

 

[jambredz]

also the dnxhd codec is 10 bit...so that better for colouring if ur gonna do that.

 

[Jester2138]

The Mercury engine in CS5 is only able to do the whole realtime thingy if you have a CUDA-capable video card (available in many NVIDIA cards).

 

[dajavudesigns]

not sure what video card i have but its a really nice one, no problem transcoding though, it took a little time and then it was done, imported the files and i can edit them without stressing my computer, much better

THANKS!!!