T2i with Final Cut

This is how I've been doing it. It's a process, but it's fairly easy.

1. Attach camera
2. Open "Image Capture"
3. Select the files you need and a folder to place them
4. Wait for process
5. Open comressor
> a. Import your files
> b. Export using Apple ProRes codec
6. Delete original files
7. Import the new ProRes into Final Cut Pro
8. Enjoy
 
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AllAroundFilmLV said:
This is how I've been doing it. It's a process, but it's fairly easy.

1. Attach camera
2. Open "Image Capture"
3. Select the files you need and a folder to place them
4. Wait for process
5. Open comressor
> a. Import your files
> b. Export using Apple ProRes codec
6. Delete original files
7. Import the new ProRes into Final Cut Pro
8. Enjoy
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That is pretty much how I am figuring out how to do it. Today is the first time I have been pulling footage in from my T2i to FCP 7 on my 8 Core (2.26) Mac Pro. I downloaded the EOS FCP plug in earlier this week, and did not have any problems pulling in saved .mov files from the card to the HD to FCP. I did not do the text change on the file in the plug in like all of the tutorials suggest. The default settings, showing the camera as the 550D, were not changed. However, the h.264 clips are a pain to deal with, IMHO. Even with the 8 core Mac Pro, I had to cut off my highest quality RT setting, and I still have dropped frames when playing back. I did test to output for SD delivery and the clips would not render completely. I went ahead and took all of my test clips and transcoded them them to ProRes 1080 HQ and that seems to work better. RT play back is fine at the highest setting. I am rendering a timeline with 29.97 and 23.98 fps footage in it (to 29.97) and 12 minutes of footage only took 18 minutes, which I think is reasonable for that kind of render. Rendering the 12 minutes of footage to ProRes took about 15 minutes. Not bad either. I think that I am going to ditch the H.264 as early in the game as possible from here on out.

My question is, if staying in HD, what do you render out to as your master files? I know that I will go back to H.264 for Blu Ray delivery, but I do not want that as my highest quality HD file. What file format should I render to when done, to keep as a master file?
 
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AllAroundFilmLV said:
This is how I've been doing it. It's a process, but it's fairly easy.

1. Attach camera
2. Open "Image Capture"
3. Select the files you need and a folder to place them
4. Wait for process
5. Open comressor
> a. Import your files
> b. Export using Apple ProRes codec
6. Delete original files
7. Import the new ProRes into Final Cut Pro
8. Enjoy
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Thanks so much. This seems like the logical way to go, and no plug-ins needed!!!
 
don't delete the originals, at least until you're completely done with the project. Never know when you might need them.
 
I changed the text file, which was very simple using the tutorials. FCP Log and Transfer now works the same for my T2i and HMC-40.
 
draven4 said:
Do not use compressor.
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I would agree with you most of the time. Where Compressor really starts to pull away is the following.

  • When you have multiple cores and your internal cluster setup right.
  • When you need to make a ProRez and a good quality compressed .mp4 to upload or burn to CD/DVD as dailies.
  • When your processing hours of footage from multiple cameras and want an e-mail when it is done.
  • When you want to keep a detailed log of every file you have ever processed including when, how, how long, and much much more.
  • When you have a fast network and more then one Mac (preferably the same specs or close.)

That being said for the average user that is dealing with video they shot today and they are gonna edit and there really is only 16-45 gigs of video, then MPEG Streamclip
is a smart choice.

I just got my T2i 3 hours ago and downloaded the plug-in 10 minutes ago. It seems like a fairly painless process.
 
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