Help importing/exporting AVCHD in FCP 6.0,6
I have been having numerous problems in Final Cut Pro for the proper procedure on how to Export HD footage at its fullest quality. I shoot with a Sony NX5U and after im done exporting the footage, it always looks terrible. meaning that the footage is distorted and when i go to view full screen it almost looks like Standard Definition... Im not shooting without any gain on the camera so i know that cant be a factor in this case. My import settings are.. Sequence settings " Apple Pro Res (HQ) 422 1920 x 1080 30P" (for when im shooting 30p of course) Capture Preset "HDV Apple Pro Res (HQ)" when i export as a "quicktime movie" set to current settings it always looks bad! I have been messing around with this for a while and i cant seem to figure out what it is that i am doing wrong.
Could it possibly be that i am using a older version of final cut that i dont have the current up to date capture preset/sequence settings?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
we just bought a volume license and were shipped 6.0.1 studio. the AVCHD plug in at the panasonic site shows a 6.02 and a 6.03 version. I went to the apple FCP support downloads and do not see an update to 6.03 or 6.02. these are on new IMacs in a tv lab.
thanks.
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