Canon 7D complete workflow with Final Cut Pro :: Part 2 of 2

Part 2 demonstrates how to conform your 1280x720 60 frame footage to work in the same timeline as your 24 frame footage. By using Final Cut Studios cinema tools, you are able to conform your 59.94 footage to work seamlessly with 23.98 footage in the same sequence. This will allow you to achieve the smooth slow motion effect you want when mixing the different formats shot on your 7D. No matter what format you shoot with your 7D, you can conform all of your footage to playback normally in your timeline. Brought to you by PatraCompany L.L.C.

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Film & Animation

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• final cut studio
• cinema tools
• conforming
• video
• timeline
• sequence
• 59.94
• 23.98
• 60 frame
• slow motion

[bennygzor]

excellent video, leant a lot thank you.

one question, what happens if you compress your 720p footage to 1080p? (reverse of what you did in tutorial 1)

[patracompany]

@bennygzor If you reverse the compression you'll be stretching your video therefore loosing quality. Your 720p video dimension are 1280 pixels wide by 720 pixels tall. If you compress it to 1080p you'll be stretching your pixel width to 1920 and the height to 1080. So your just stretching each pixel a little bit and it will lose a little quality.

[patracompany]

Sounds like a frame rate issue if it's playing back glitchy. Did you keep the 59.94 frame rate when you converted the h.264 to prores?

[patracompany]

The skipping footage in the tutorial is part of the screen capture software. Your footage will be smooth during playback.

[liaotang1011]

Question: I have an old Mac: Mac 10.4 and FCP 5. My sony camcorder is broken so I want to get a new camera. Can my computer and FCP 5 edit the DSLR files like FCP 6 ? I saved up to buy a T3i before I realized that in order to use the camera to shoot videos I might need to upgrade everything else... too bad I don't have the $ for that upgrade at the moment, so I thought I ask.

Also what's your opinion on the Sony NEX-VG10? Can FCP5 and MAC 10.4 handle footage from that camera?

Thank you

[Danny53]

has anybody found an alternative solution to using Cinema Tools? Anybody know other programs with similar features and capabilities?

[RealtyStudioHD]

Thank you! Finally!!

[oscargt23]

once the 60p is conformed to 24p.....if I want part of my slowmo clip to go back to a normal speed......will it look like cinema 24p? or will it look soap oprah like 60p again?

[bennygzor]

@patracompany so 720 is preferable to 1080 for editing together 720 and 1080?

[FactoryConnection]

@what310videos Sounds like a frame rate issue if it's playing back glitchy. Did you keep the 59.94 frame rate when you converted the h.264 to prores?