I've spent the last few hours scouring the interwebs for good advice on a Canon 7d to Final Cut Pro 7 workflow.
While I've found a lot of good advice (blogs, Phillip Bloom's vimeo stuff, Canon E1 plug-in Web site, etc) I've also stumbled upon some basic questions. I haven't edited on FCP in years and have forgotten most of what I've learned.
For the past few years, I've been editing with Vegas Pro 9. My workflow in SVP is rather stone-age. I cut and paste my CF card to a new folder, then I imported the .mov files right to SVP. No converting. Just did it all in the rendering phase. Took a little longer this way, but it was simple. I like simple.
I'm excited about re-learning FCP and expanding my editing. In the process of all the research, I've ran into a couple roadblocks. So, here they are. Dumb questions, I know. But.... I have to figure it all out.
- CF CARD TO MAC -
Am I supposed to make a disc image here? I've read that FCP can erase video files if they have the same filename, so it's best to create a disk image? Or can I just grab the video files I need, put them in a folder and rename them (ie: parkshot01, parkshot02) so nothing gets overrode.
- CONVERTING H264 -
Is it best to use the Canon E1 plug-in?
or is it better to use MPEG Streamclip to first convert files before importing them?
-STORAGE-
I read it's better to work off a separate disk as to not slow FCP down. Is it better to partition a hard drive disk or use an external? I don't have a pressing need to work off more than one computer. So, I guess my options are to:
Partition the 1TB drive on my iMac
or
I have a 1 TB, NTSF FreeAgent Drive
And I take it whatever option I end up using, that I need to save all of my media and project files on this drive?
While I've found a lot of good advice (blogs, Phillip Bloom's vimeo stuff, Canon E1 plug-in Web site, etc) I've also stumbled upon some basic questions. I haven't edited on FCP in years and have forgotten most of what I've learned.
For the past few years, I've been editing with Vegas Pro 9. My workflow in SVP is rather stone-age. I cut and paste my CF card to a new folder, then I imported the .mov files right to SVP. No converting. Just did it all in the rendering phase. Took a little longer this way, but it was simple. I like simple.
I'm excited about re-learning FCP and expanding my editing. In the process of all the research, I've ran into a couple roadblocks. So, here they are. Dumb questions, I know. But.... I have to figure it all out.
- CF CARD TO MAC -
Am I supposed to make a disc image here? I've read that FCP can erase video files if they have the same filename, so it's best to create a disk image? Or can I just grab the video files I need, put them in a folder and rename them (ie: parkshot01, parkshot02) so nothing gets overrode.
- CONVERTING H264 -
Is it best to use the Canon E1 plug-in?
or is it better to use MPEG Streamclip to first convert files before importing them?
-STORAGE-
I read it's better to work off a separate disk as to not slow FCP down. Is it better to partition a hard drive disk or use an external? I don't have a pressing need to work off more than one computer. So, I guess my options are to:
Partition the 1TB drive on my iMac
or
I have a 1 TB, NTSF FreeAgent Drive
And I take it whatever option I end up using, that I need to save all of my media and project files on this drive?
