iMovie 09 Workflow for Canon eos 7D

a look at my iMovie 09 workflow with the Canon eos 7D DSLR.

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[mYOzZyKaT]

So you say the H.264 codec in the MOV format coming out of the 7D is bad... sound weird. Because you export in the exactly same format namely H.2624 MOV using Quicktime.

Now Youtube actually uses the H.624 codec in the MPEC-4 format. So exporting and encoding your clip using Quicktime in the H.624 MOV format is actually doing things backwards. If you exported directly into H.624 codec in the MPEG-4 format not using Quicktime your file would be a lot smaller and exporting would take less time.

[ikicaq]

@mYOzZyKaT H.264 is a great output codec but terrible for editing in iMovie/FCP. only recently has premiere pro CS5 been able to handle the native H.264 files for editing.

[MrAbh002]

would it be possible for you to show the same workflow on "Final Cut Pro 7"? It would be greatly appreciated....thanks and keep up the good work....you do a great job on your tutorials..

[ikicaq]

I'll see what I can do. Thanks.

[MrAbh002]

Would it be possible to show a workflow of actually putting a video together in IMOVIE? ON the Canon 7d...you take short clips and edit them together...it would be interesting to see you do this as your workflow video was great...it works...and is was very helpful. I subscribed and want to thank you for your help...

[ikicaq]

Thanks for your comment. I have actually switched to Final Cut Pro 7 for editing, so I don't see myself using iMovie anymore.

[2Cool4Games]

Thank you for helping me export my EOS 5D Mark II files.

[plyen]

You just solved a bunch of problems for me, many thanks!

[mYOzZyKaT]

@ikicaq I am glad im not on the Mac bandvagon...

But when you export your files and you chose the use Export using Quicktime @04:08 you are actually doing the following. The h.264 codec is originally an MPEG-4 format. When you use Quicktime to export your movie and you do it in the MOV format, you are vrapping the H.264 codec in a MPEG-4 format inside a MOV container. Exporting directly to MPEG-4 format not using Quicktime will save you time exporting, make the files smaller saving upload time.

[davubu]

straightforward and good information.