Q: Why do my video clips become blurred or shaky at some spots once I import them into Final Cut Pro X? It only does this with video from my Nikon d5200.

So unless I'm overlooking something they weren't altered by the detour to iPhoto or the import to FCP.

Russ

That could very well be a problem. I don't know if iPhoto understands 59.94 video. You almost always want to import video into the video application first. FCP will process many video formats into production specifications which other applications will not. You might want to try importing directly into FCP. That said FCP's compatibility with Nikon cameras is not as extensive as Canons, so there may be other issues involved.

If you set up a test project with this custom setting and drag one of your clips to it, do the settings stay correct or do they flip to interlaced?

Also, when you imported these files from iPhoto, did you copy to the event. (I'm thinking you did not.)

Russ

The iPhoto frame rate isn't right. Should be 59.94.

Your project settings won't change your clip specs. Can you try to import the video into FCP directly from the camera or the card?

Change what? The clip specifications? You can't. iPhoto is reading it as 59.95 and FCP is reading it as 29.97 interlaced. Neither of which is correct.

I don't know. There's no way you can reimport from an archive into FCP? Or was the only copy in iPhoto?

If that's the case I would just try a 59.94 project and see how it works.