Q: How do I get FCPX to render through Compressor?
I have used FCP for many years and I have had an iphone since the first one. I have the iPhone 6+S and the latest FCPX and so I thought I would import and retime a slow motion video shot on my iphone. It is about 2 minutes long after being retimed. FCPX has the Compressor selection on the File menu in gray and no clue as to why I can't send it to Compressor. Any ideas? I really want to get the video rendered but FCPX seems to refuse to do it. I am using my MacBook Pro 16 gb ram - 1 TB retina etc.
Thanks
iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.4.1
Posted on Oct 8, 2015 6:12 AM
Tom and Luis - thanks again
OK, the latest is that I have closed the original Library and created a new one. I also opened the file in compressor directly and rendered it as ProRes 422 and it turned into a 1.1 GB video file that plays back exactly as it does on the iphone with the middle section being in slow motion which is awesome to see. Then i imported it into a new library and the Send to Compressor is now an option but it does not play in slow motion so now I am exploring how to get it to retain the settings that the iphone had and that Apple ProRes has. Almost there - thanks for all your help and we may never know why FCPX didn't like it the first time but as is usual in computer world - we get things finally working and move on. My primary objective for getting it into FCPx is to crop the image and enlarge it so it is most of the frame and then export it and upload it to my video hosting site. Thanks
George
Posted on Oct 9, 2015 7:37 AM



