Help for newcomer at DVinfo.net

Scott Amon · January 20th, 2009, 10:26 PM

Hi all,

I am a pro photographer that has just purchased a Canon 5D mark 11 and am very impressed with the quality of the movie footage. I am hoping to put together a couple of simple DVDs for promotion of my Working Kelpie (sheep/cattle dogs) Stud and a few other small projects. I am not conversant with video editing software, but run a Mac and am quite capable in many applications. I have had a fiddle with Mac's iMovie and find it quite simple to understand and use. My problem is that iMovie 08 continually crashes when I am trying to edit footage from the Canon 5D mark 11 - it plays the files OK, but crashes when trying to edit footage.

Can anyone help with why this is happening and what simple options I might have to edit this HD footage without purchasing and learning an entire new application.

Scott Amon

Mark Moreve · January 21st, 2009, 07:57 AM

Hi
I would love to give you some advice but can only say that exactly the same thing happened to me when using i Movie. I also know you can't use Final cut express 3.5 but I'm not sure if you can use Final cut Express 4.0 but you can definatley use Final Cut Studio (seemingly!)
All the best
mark

Scott Amon · January 21st, 2009, 04:29 PM

Thanks Mark.

It appears you are having the same problems with iMovie that I am. I have heard of others using iMOvie 08 to edit footage from the Canon 5D mark 11 - is there anyone out there that can clarify that?

Scott

Rich Castro · January 21st, 2009, 06:29 PM

Imovie 08 does work, but it takes an eternity to create thumbnails if you have several large video files. Expect to wait a long time before editing. Once the wait is complete, it's smooth sailing from there.

Scott Amon · January 21st, 2009, 06:45 PM

Thanks Rich, you are right about thumbnails taking a long time, but where I am having problems is when I run the cursor along the thumbnails to start cutting and pasting segments the line (cursor) lags a lot and struggles to keep up and then the application crashes. I am running all current software and updates and 4 gig of RAM. I have tried the footage at other Macs at a local Mac shop and they crash too.

This is very frustrating for me. I have quality HD footage and need to put a couple of short DVDs together, but iMovie won't let me.

Scott

January 20th, 2009, 10:26 PM	#1
Scott Amon New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 12	Help for newcomer Hi all, I am a pro photographer that has just purchased a Canon 5D mark 11 and am very impressed with the quality of the movie footage. I am hoping to put together a couple of simple DVDs for promotion of my Working Kelpie (sheep/cattle dogs) Stud and a few other small projects. I am not conversant with video editing software, but run a Mac and am quite capable in many applications. I have had a fiddle with Mac's iMovie and find it quite simple to understand and use. My problem is that iMovie 08 continually crashes when I am trying to edit footage from the Canon 5D mark 11 - it plays the files OK, but crashes when trying to edit footage. Can anyone help with why this is happening and what simple options I might have to edit this HD footage without purchasing and learning an entire new application. Scott Amon

January 21st, 2009, 07:57 AM	#2
Mark Moreve Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: london Posts: 125	help for newcomer Hi I would love to give you some advice but can only say that exactly the same thing happened to me when using i Movie. I also know you can't use Final cut express 3.5 but I'm not sure if you can use Final cut Express 4.0 but you can definatley use Final Cut Studio (seemingly!) All the best mark

January 21st, 2009, 04:29 PM	#3
Scott Amon New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 12	iMovie and Canon 5D mark11 Thanks Mark. It appears you are having the same problems with iMovie that I am. I have heard of others using iMOvie 08 to edit footage from the Canon 5D mark 11 - is there anyone out there that can clarify that? Scott

January 21st, 2009, 06:29 PM	#4
Rich Castro Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 26	Imovie 08 does work, but it takes an eternity to create thumbnails if you have several large video files. Expect to wait a long time before editing. Once the wait is complete, it's smooth sailing from there.

January 21st, 2009, 06:45 PM	#5
Scott Amon New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 12	Thanks Rich, you are right about thumbnails taking a long time, but where I am having problems is when I run the cursor along the thumbnails to start cutting and pasting segments the line (cursor) lags a lot and struggles to keep up and then the application crashes. I am running all current software and updates and 4 gig of RAM. I have tried the footage at other Macs at a local Mac shop and they crash too. This is very frustrating for me. I have quality HD footage and need to put a couple of short DVDs together, but iMovie won't let me. Scott