Updated - Converting 5D & 7D Movies for FCP - 01/08/10

Coming Soon: A detailed explanation on how to store large amounts of data VERY inexpensively.

The 5DMK2 takes great images in video mode but the H264 file format sucks for editing. This shows how I go about converting those files for use in Final Cut Pro.

Some people have asked me about the DVCPro HD codec. If you don't have Final Cut Pro installed you may not have access to this codec. It's not to hard to come by. I choose to work in 720P just out of convenience. 1080 files are just overkill most of the time. (I know I'm gonna catch crap for saying that.) But seriously, i recently put some content on 50 foot wide screens and the producer of the show, who's reputation is impeccable, actually said that 1080 was not necessary.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or specific tutorials you would like to see... I'm also available as an editor, director or trainer... oh that would be fun wouldn't it?

Original Tutorial for Converting 5D Movies for FCP - Jeff Dykhouse - 05/13/09

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