Need an organized workflow for editing AVCHD in FCE
Hi all,
Yikes.
I just upgraded to a Macbook Pro, but haven't been able to upgrade to my editing software for the time being. So what I have to work with for now is FCE 4.01, which I've never used before.
I'm also editing AVCHD for the first time. I imported it it in, to my dismay it imported as a large pile of clips, with no timecode. Grr.
I'm editing a wedding, and have three camera cards, two of which contain ceremony portions which should be synced. Except that they're chopped up like a salad into little teeny AVCHD clips.
Again, Grr.
I'm doing searches to answer the question, but can anyone pass along a workflow that works for them, a system for staying organized?
Is there any way to get these to import as one file that would retain timecode? I'm guessing, no.
If nothing else I guess I could label each card's clips by color to identify which camera they came from. But ti's still a big hairy mess.
Suggestions that will get me out of the Pit (other then the obvious, get Avid or Premiere or FCP7, which I will do as soon as I am able) are highly appreciated.
Thanks =/
FInal Cut Pro 4.5-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G5 (I know, ancient...)