Hello people.
I just started doing editing on FCP 7 to practice. I have a file that I editted which came out to be 3.5 gb worth. How do i export and compress into small file so that i can upload to vimeo or youtube...and what file do i need to have in anyway? Thanks.
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Your problem is that you are editing in H.264 which is not an edit friendly codec for FCP-7. It appears to work, but it does not - as you can see by the problems you are having.
FCP requires that you convert your source material to an edit friendly codec such as ProRes and edit on a ProRes timeline.
If you wish to edit natively, without format conversion prior to ingesting, you can use FCP-X (which has a 30 day free trial) or Adobe Premiere. Either of those apps support editing directly in the H.264 codec.
MtD
i need to convert to apple prores? and how would i do that?
Compressor.
There is a preset in the Apple Codecs section to convert material to ProRes.
Recognize that ProRes files are an all "I" frame format (google it if you don't know what this means). As such, they will be significantly larger than your H.264 files.
Use ProRes LT. No sense in inflating the material more than absolutely necessary.
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thanks studio x..i'm beginning to understand what to do now.
i'm a noob/beginner to FCP 7. need help compressing big file to small
