Comments on: Part 1: Importing and Conversion

By: JMFK

JMFK — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:02:50 +0000

Hi Phillip, With the Mark III what are you suggesting now, considering the new ALL-I codec? Pro Res?

By: Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:33:33 +0000

i would recommend checking out magic bullet grinder. this article is a bit out of date!

By: Christie K

Christie K — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:01:07 +0000

Oh Mr Bloom,

This is great. I spent hours trying to figure out which file type to convert these DSLR native files to.

So easy, so clear.

I am officially offering you my extra few hours of life that I would have spent wasting time experimenting with file types. Viva la low budget video editors.

By: Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:45:47 +0000

hi pam

iMovie does not drop the quality but the best way is a simple USB card reader. then the card shows up on the desktop and copy the folder to an external hard drive. Not to your internal drive and ideal with a backup.

Best

By: pjdecker

pjdecker — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:27:52 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for your easy and professional tutorials.
I am using a Canon 550D T2i. What cable would I use for the conversion and/or importing HD video to my mac? My outputs are a/v out digital or a HDMI ( I believe the later is for watching your videos on TV.) Would it be a/v – fire wire cable? What I use now is the one that came with the camera a/v – USB. I just want to be able to keep my files in HD. Iphoto probably converts the files to a low quality. Could I use Canon EOS utility or should I use what you suggested – Square 5.
Thanks for your help.
Pam

By: Mira Steinzor

Mira Steinzor — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:10:56 +0000

Hello Phillip Bloom,

I just wanted to thank you for the tutorials. Would be lost without them! Cheers.

By: slim

slim — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:55:53 +0000

Hi there,

I was wandering if you could do a premiere workflow. I would like to specifically know wether I should edit native footage from my 5d or convert with streamclip before importing to premiere to work with and what i should convert to to make editing faster. Playback is rough once I add one effect regardless of resolution settings for playback. I would also like to know the best export settings for web use like youtube or vimeo using premier’s export function with keeping file size in mind. I have been doing 720p 23.96 settings but the file size is still huge. Not sure if that’s just how it is or if I could convert it again to something smaller etc. I love you site and it helps me daily!!

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:36:33 +0000

That’s a great tutorial, but… what about the poor PC users ? Have you a link or something about the workflow, the good codec etc… to use with Windows ?
Thanks

By: piyush sharma

piyush sharma — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:12:36 +0000

the site says plugin is for windows also. i guess we can use it and edit on vegas or premiere?

MPEG Streamclip video converter for Windows XP/Vista/7

By: Stephen Greaves

Stephen Greaves — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:55:06 +0000

Hi Philip, Nice Tutorial! Its really helpful. When Im exporting from MPEG Streamclip via XDCAM EX 1080p 25f, and Import that into a new FCP Sequence that is the same format it plays fine with out the need for rendering. However when I export a Pro Res 422 (LT) from Streamclip and import that into a Sequence that is the same settings in FCP, it always wants to “Change the Sequence settings to match the clip settings” Do you know why ? I’ve checked the Properties of the Sequence of before and after the change to match the footage, but I cannot see a difference of settings.

Im running FCP 7.0.2

Thanks for your time

Regards Stephen (Melbourne, Australia)