Archive for the ‘iMovie’ Category
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Having obtained a ProRes version of my footage, how does one edit a movie using it in IMovie? I have never used iMovie before, just played with it, and even that was quite a while ago.
- iMovie
- Intro-Help movie assumes you’re importing from a camera
- Tried dragging video ( [.MOV] file) from location (Videos folder) to iMovie. No-go.
- Created a new event (how?). Named it [2009-11-20 Lady of the Silver Wheel]
- Dragged video file to that Event. It was accepted.
- Q: Does that also put it in iPhoto?
- Q: So should I ideally have imported it first to: iPhoto (somehow?
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011
I have a Sony XDCAM-EX clip at 1280x720p25 to be transcoded to ProRes, so it can be used as source for iMovie (for another user on another machine).
In principle it should be very simple: go on Mac, use Compressor to transcode the XDCAM footage to ProRes. But as usual, things are pernickety…
Sequence:
- First tried dragging the XDCAM [.mp4] file into compressor.
- Not recognised.
- Likewise the BPAV folder.
- Next, I transcoded the XDCAM footage to “MXF for NLEs” format, using the Mac version of Sony Clip Browser
- Next, opened the XDCAM Transfer app.
- In this app, open the XDCAM’s BPAV folder.
- The footage displays OK but how do I export it to a QuickTime [MOV] file?
- Looks like I can’t. It only offers to export to an [MP4] file.
- Instead, I guess I’ll have to open it from FCP.
- FCP
- I opened a random existing FCP project.
- The footage is 720p but the project/sequence settings are arbitrary (unknown to me)
- FCP: File > Import > Sony XDCAM…
- It imported to somewhere … but where?
- FCP Browser: file > RightClick > Reveal in Finder
- It was at [/Volumes/GRm HFS+/_Media/_Projects/2010-05-30 (Esp) Alison Doggies/020 Source/Sony XDCAM Transfer/SxS_01]
- File System:
- In other words, at whatever destination was last used by some app – presumably XDCAM Transfer or possibly FCP
- The destination path was in fact specified in XDCAM Transfer, under its Menu: [XDCAM Transfer > Preferences > Import]
- Moved the file instead to [/Volumes/GRm HFS+/_Media/_Projects/2009-11-22 (JRM) Lady of the Silver Wheel]
- Compressor:
- Open it in Compressor
- Drag it to the “job-strip” (my term) in Compresor.
- Compressor displays data about that clip (e.g. 1280×720, 25 fps)
- Select jobstrip settings:
- Select Setting
- Settings: Apple > Formats > QuickTime > Apple Pro
- Name: Apple ProRes 422
- Description: Apple ProRes 422 with audio pass-through. Settings based off the source resolution and frame rate
- Apply (Drag) Setting to Jobstrip
- Destination
- Leave destination unspecified. Then it will be the same folder as Source.
- Processing (transcoding) of this footage (1280x720p25) took about 3 minutes (on MacBook Pro 2009).
- Result was not that much bigger than the original:
- Originally recorded [.MP4] file: 1.19 GB
- Rewrapped [.MOV] from XDCAM Transfer: 1.14 GB
- ProRes [.MOV] from Compressor: 1.97 GB
Posted in Compressor, FCP7, file mgt, Final Cut, Formats, iMovie, Mac, MacBook Pro, mp4, ProRes, QuickTime, Sony EX XDCAM, transcode, Uncategorized, XDCAM EX | No Comments »
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Before checking for updates, install the bundles, iWork and iLife. Reasoning: they were designed at the same point in time, at which they were most likely to be compatible; it is possible that later Mac OS updates could (in principle) detract from this – so I opt to “play safe”.
- Install iWork
- Occupies about 1 GB
- Installed in about 10 mins
- Install iLife
- Occupies about 3 GB
- Installed in about 30 mins
- Apple Update
- Estimated duration 6 hours – so do it overnight instead (set a reminder!).
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
- General
- Show advanced tools [No] -> Yes
- Video
- Import HD video as: [Large 960×540] -> Full – Original Size
No way I can see to define the iMovie work-area folder, where media gets imported to for example. Maybe there’s no choice over this, which would be a shame (don’t want movies filling up my system drive). In my case the iMovie work-area was:
- /Users/davidesp/Movies
- iMovie Events.localized/
- New Event/
- iMovie Data
- iMovie Cache/
- iMovie Thumbnails/
- <a source media file>
- iMovie Projects/
- My First Project.rcproject
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
- iMovie rough-cut to XML to FCP to QT (reference) to Compressor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrxEAPGY5Y
- ScreenFlow for screen captures
- e.g. 5 minutes exported as ProRes 422 gives 10GB
- iMovie:
- Rough edit in iMovie
- Trims, cuts and AutoAdjust (for levels)
- Share > Export Final Cut XML
- Final Cut:
- Refined cuts, transitions etc. and add soundtrack
- e.g. Soundtrack Pro (STP), find music etc from library, reveal in Finder and just drag to FCP project, no obligation to make an “official” STP project.
- Export to QuickTime – uncheck the “Make self-contained” option if only to be used on same system (e.g. to send to compressor for render-on to some other format).
- Compressor:
- x
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