Final Cut Pro workflow suggestions?

[Nigel Barker]

Originally Posted by Jon Braeley

An important tip:

Many are stating that you cannot use FCP Log and transfer window for 7D files once the files are taken off the card or camera, ie, the .mov's only. There is a simple workaround - place your downloaded 7D files in a new folder titled DCIM. In L & T just navigate to the DCIM folder and FCP will see and pull in all your 7D files.

This method is far superior to streamclip. FCP allows you to make in-out points and add logging info and even timecode .... plus its very very fast.

I thought that the FCP L&T plugin required the .THM thumbnail files too. At least it must need the timestamp in the EXIF data in that file to produce fake timecode.

[G. Lee Gordon]

Originally Posted by Peer Landa

Just a quick question here: do anyone know the difference between the two ProRes' in MPEG Streamclip -- they both say 'Apple ProRes 422' and are listed next to each other.

-- peer

Correct me if I'm wrong but, believe this is what they are:

The one on the top is:
Apple ProRes 422 Big Endian (HQ) Best Quality, Huge Files

The one on the bottom is:
Apple ProRes 422 Big Endian(SQ) Medium Quality, 1/2 the file size.

And if you have the latest version of FCP I believe their is:
Apple ProRes 422 Little Endian(LT) Lowest Quality (still good enough for most projects), Smallest file size.