what timeline settings to choose :(

[ciencin]

I'm starting a new project in FCP with footage from a few different cameras

- 7D (shot in 720p)
- XF300 (shot in 720p with majority of shots at 25p and some in 50p for slow motion shots)
- HD GoPro (720p, 60 fps... and to make it more awkward it defaulted it settings to ntfs instead of pal)
- DVX/35mm adapter (25p, planning on uprezzing this to 720)


Any suggestions on whats the best settings to go for so I wont run into problems later on? I was originally planning on 720 / 25p (with the 50p shots slow downed), but only realized now that HD GoPro was set in ntfs and different frame rate...

 

[Alex H.]

I'd use ProRes, flavor of your choice, at 720p. The only issue will be your GoPro.

- HD GoPro (720p, 60 fps... and to make it more awkward it defaulted it settings to ntfs instead of pal)...

I was originally planning on 720 / 25p (with the 50p shots slow downed), but only realized now that HD GoPro was set in ntfs and different frame rate...

Do you mean NTSC? NTFS was a file system for Windows about 10 years ago.

You'll need to convert your NTSC footage to PAL in order to work with it alongside all your other footage. NTSC>PAL conversion is a tricky beast, and I'm not sure how best to do that.