Edit 1080p with QT7 without losing any quality?
I suspect and hope this one's a quick Y/N for someone out there ...
I'm editing my first full HD movie. The footage comes off a Sony DSC-HX9V point & shoot as 1080p at 60fps, AVCHD format (.MTS), which I re-wrap as .MOV using Media Converter w/uncompressed audio (free download) -- I like to use QT Pro 7 for doing fast pre-edits before importing (or not) into a fancier editor.
Just want to make trebly sure I'm not losing any quality:
I set Preferences>Recording to "Device native" which claims it's "best for post processing, Raw and large files." Admittedly this is the first time I've changed that setting as it was always on "Best, H.264" in the past, because I never paid attention to it (was prob fine for simple 640x480 30fps videos) - is this a correct move?
Also, before editing I change the view to half size (960x540) so I can see the QT controls and have been saving the edits that way. NOW, I just noticed that when you do a "get info" on an edit it shows "Dimensions" as half size (960 x 540).
But, when you look at the Properties of the video in QT7 - and expand it to full sized view - it does indeed show 1920x1080. File size appears to be same -
the .MTS file is say, 51.2 Mb, and the converted .MOV file is also 51.1 Mb. Clicking on Movie Inspector on both shows data as 48.76 mb, whatever that discrepancy means.
Thank you for your smarts!
Muchas gracias ...
Moving along a bit (really poor internet connection here in Peru, forgive me)...
- Well, I think I've answered my own concern ... Editing a file with QT Pro seems to reduce it to 24 fps or there abouts. i.e. Media Converter made the .MTS file into a .MOV with no apparent reduction in filesize, and Movie Properties shows the .MOV file to be 60 fps - as long as I don't touch it with QTPro. Correct?
I wasn't planning to use iMovie to make the big edit, but progress to something a little more advanced, i.e. FCPX.
1. Will FCPX retain the the 60fps advantage? If not, what about Adobe Premiere? I'll even consider buying a PC (shock horror) dedicated to editing if it comes down to it.
2. Again, since I trashed the directory structure that comes of the camera for the first 9 days of shooting, can I get by without it without loss of quality?
Appreciate your help as always!
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