iPhone 5 FCP7 Sequence Settings....

MDF31 wrote:

When using iPhone 5 footage (.mov) I always compress footage to Pro Res 422 LT but it's taking up A TON of space on all external HD's as well as my startup disk so I was thinking...is it possible to just drop these .mov files into FCP7 so that I don't have to render almost every move I make?

No.

Am I wasting all this time compressing for no reason?

No.

If you want to edit without converting the video first, you need to change editors. iMovie, FCP-X, Adobe Premiere Pro will edit the footage without conversion.

MtD

FCP 7 and earlier requires you to use "editing codecs" like ProRes. FCP does not work with the files the iPhone shoots natively...you must convert. If the files are too big, then you need to get bigger hard drives. A 1TB drive can be had for around $100.

There are no correct settings for native iPhone video. Either convert, or look into other edting apps that edit the footage natively, as FCP 7/6 does not. FCX will, as will Adobe Premiere Pro. But FCX would really like to "optimize" the media...meaning convert it to ProRes. But it will work with it natively.

probably not a good idea. If you need to work with the files directly fcpx or premiere might be the way to go. FCP may let you work with them, but you'll have a bucketful of pain down the road.

wow, MtD wins by a minute.

I like that we all gave the exact same advice, at the same time. But only I suggested a bigger boat...er...hard drive.

That's because I'm nearer the internet.

MtD

but I'm more than a few thousand miles closer to the OP. Should count for something.

Not since Randy Ubillos redesigned it.

MtD

Not since Randy Ubillos redesigned it.

He re-paradigmed the interwebs as well?

Well, that explains a bunch.

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Yes, Internet traffic from Long Island to Manhattan is routed thru Hawaii - all part of the new magnetic e-mail with and the compound Internet.

MtD

And I thought all of it was routed through NSA servers in Cupertino.

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