Need help working with 7D footage

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bobafet1

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I can't figure out what settings to use in FCP 7 when working with 7D footage. My sequence window is choppy but the viewer works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
the 7D shoots h.264 which is not meant for editing... you must convert it to another codec (such as ProRes) before using it in FCP.
 
Richard J. Johnson said:
download mpegstreamclip and convert it to Prores like boss said. Only takes a few minutes and you will be able to edit jitter free.
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Thanks for the info. I will look into it.

I'm still learning how to use FCP so forgive me if I sound a bit noo-b-ish. For some reason I was able to edit a sequence just fine with the 7d footage but I can't remember the sequence settings. For some reason I am having an issue now. I wonder why I was able to get away with it previously but now I'm having to convert the footage.
 
I don't even know how to use Imovie. Unless you have a VERY fast machine that is set up properly editing h.264 files smoothly is pretty much not gonna happen.
 
Richard J. Johnson said:
I don't even know how to use Imovie. Unless you have a VERY fast machine that is set up properly editing h.264 files smoothly is pretty much not gonna happen.
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LOL...yeah Imovie is what got me started editing...I know its taboo just mentioning it...


Well, I am on a different machine right now. When I edited the sequence I mentioned before it was on my home computer (newest IMAC) so that might be the difference. Thanks for the advice. I'm doing a 15 second clip anyways so I just might crack it out in a minute on Imovie....hehe
 
Yeah you want to convert to ProRes. You can do this in QT player or Compressor too btw. And then you're all set. Canon is supposed to be releasing a Log and Transfer plug-in for FCP to streamline this workflow a bit.

Noah
 
NoahK said:
Yeah you want to convert to ProRes. You can do this in QT player or Compressor too btw. And then you're all set. Canon is supposed to be releasing a Log and Transfer plug-in for FCP to streamline this workflow a bit.

Noah
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That's sort of strange, as I'm able to log and transfer my GH-1, AVCHD footage direct from the SD (or backup copy on a hard disk), and have it transcode to, in my case, Apple Intermediate Codec, as I have FC Express.

I then use JES to do the 3:2 pulldown, and edit in Premiere, because FC Express doesn't really understand 24p... and Premiere on my machine, doesn't play AVCHD remotely 'well' at all...
 
j1clark@ucsd.edu said:
That's sort of strange, as I'm able to log and transfer my GH-1, AVCHD footage direct from the SD (or backup copy on a hard disk), and have it transcode to, in my case, Apple Intermediate Codec, as I have FC Express.

I then use JES to do the 3:2 pulldown, and edit in Premiere, because FC Express doesn't really understand 24p... and Premiere on my machine, doesn't play AVCHD remotely 'well' at all...
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Um thanks but we're not talking about the GH-1 on Premiere here. We're talking about the Canon 7D on FCP. Every camera and NLE has a different workflow. Panasonic has a long history with FCP and has made their plugins while Canon is brand new to video so doesn't yet have a plugin for the 7D.

Noah
 
bobafet1 said:
Its funny how Imovie 6 handles it just fine. I don't get it...
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iMovie does not work with Canon AVI footage natively.

It converts to AIC on the fly, just as Compressor will convert to the more robust pro res codec.

Canon is working on a plug-in to enable FCP to ingest 7D footage using the L/T function in FCP.

It should be released for testing in a month.
 
NoahK said:
Um thanks but we're not talking about the GH-1 on Premiere here. We're talking about the Canon 7D on FCP. Every camera and NLE has a different workflow. Panasonic has a long history with FCP and has made their plugins while Canon is brand new to video so doesn't yet have a plugin for the 7D.

Noah
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I was expressing my thinking it strange that I'm able to log and transfer AVCHD, which uses some portion of the AVC/H.264 spec, and which is also on some sets of Canons, on the bastard brother of FCP.

I would hardly say that Canon is 'new to video', perhaps it's their SLR group didn't talk to the video group.
 
j1clark@ucsd.edu said:
I would hardly say that Canon is 'new to video', perhaps it's their SLR group didn't talk to the video group.
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Yes that's exactly the issue. The Canon 'video camera' group and the Canon DSLR video camera group are totally unconnected divisions. Which is why when we're talking about the 7D and 5D Mark II- the first Canon DSLR cameras to shoot high end HD video- Canon *is* brand new to video.

Noah
 
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