Sequence Settings for 5D Converted Footage

Hello,
Can someone please tell me what the sequence settings should be for 5D footage that has been converted to Pro Res? I've changed the frame rate to 29.97. I looked at the easy setup, but it looks like that is 24p Pro Res, so that is not matching up.
Thanks!

Not sure how much help I can be other than to tell you it can be done.
I have an older version of FCStudio (need to upgrade my machine to handle the latest version). Since it will not work directly with the HG20 I import my footage through Toast and convert to a format that FCP can use. It took a while but I managed to find some settings that worked without constant rendering.
The problem is that it's been a while and I cannot recall the exact settings.
I seem to recall the "DVCPRO HD (1080i60)" setting being the one. It was a Quicktime "preset" in Toast. I then set my project/sequence to the same setting in FCP and everything worked.
Sorry I can't provide more detail. I hope this helps.

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If there is anything else I should know, please let me know. thanks.

Open your preset in FCP or check your sequence settings and all that information will be there.

Proper sequence settings for importing Canon Rebel T2i footage

Greetings, all. I searched the forum and didn't find this question answered elsewhere, so I thought I'd ask.
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, version 4.2.1, and I'm trying to find the ideal sequence settings for the Canon Rebel T2i, which records in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, with adjustable frame rate. I am running on Apple Mac OSX 10.8.2.
I've been editing with this footage for over a year now, and it's always been a struggle because I have to render all footage before I can even play it in Premiere. When first imported, the render bar above the timeline is yellow.
I'd like to see if I'm doing this incorrectly; to know if I have a simple sequence setting that's incorrect. What sequence settings should I use for my imported footage to start out green and not require a lengty render for video that isn't even edited yet?
Thank you,
-Matt

>When first imported, the render bar above the timeline is yellow
I think this is written for CS5, but the concept should be the same
http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2011/02/red-yellow-and-green-render-bars.html

Best Settings for Exporting DVD Footage in a Movie File

Hello,
I've been trying to find the best settings for exporting DVD footage into a movie file from Adobe Premiere CS6.
I recently have been using my Magnavox DVD recorder for recording VHS tapes that I made long ago for shows and various other things, and no matter what, my footage doesn't come out as it needs to be.
Here's an example of what I did recently with my own settings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFV4sT7rHGs
I'm not expecting HD footage, I know these are tapes, but I'm playing the raw footage on my Xbox 360, and it looks better than this. I had to directly use the VOB files on the DVD for this, as trying to rip the files into an AVI or any other format with a DVD ripper didn't do anything, in fact it degraded the quality and made the audio not play in Premiere.
So what would be some good settings for exporting a sequence with DVD footage that is from a VHS into a movie file, preferably one that wouldn't degrade the quality?
Thanks!

First, read Why not edit mpeg http://tangentsoft.net/video/mpeg/edit.html to get a general idea of why a VOB makes a very poor source file (which is a renamed MPG, with some other stuff like menu screens)
Also, Read Bill Hunt on editing a VOB/MPG file http://forums.adobe.com/thread/464549
Once you have a DVD compliant VOB on your timeline, and understanding that a standalone DVD recorder sometimes plays fast-n-loose with "compliance" per the DVD specification, about all you can do is export to standard or widescreen DV AVI and accept the fact that re-encoding an already compressed file is just not going to give great results

Sequence settings for 16:9

Hi,
Just doing some PAL tests of 16:9 HD to 16:9 SD downconvert.
What are the sequence settings for this?
If I use the normal DV PAL 48khz, the VIEWER window shows a normal 16:0 ratio, but the CANVAS window shows a letterboxed 4:3 window. When I export this project, I get a letterboxed 4:3.
If I need to give my European client a 16:9 SD project, what are the sequence settings.
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Thanks Michael,
I still get images in FCP and QT exports that are letterboxed. Is that normal? I guess I assumed 16:9 FCP project windows and QT export movies would be all image and no letterbox within a 4:3 window.

Sequence Settings for HDV footage to create SD 16 x 9 -help!

I shot HDV footage (using Sony Z1U) and want to use it as SD footage in final cut.
How do I set up a sequence to be able to create an SD sequence in 16 x 9? Which sequence settings should I choose for this?
Also, do I need to capture the footage as Anamorphic 16:9 or can I simply check the Anamporphic 16:9 box?
Thanks, Joel

HDV has a natively wide aspect ratio, and is not anamorphic (stretched) like SD widescreen.
FCP seems unable to correctly allow for the reversed field order of HDV when converting to SD with software, whether exporting QT, going direct to compressor, or nesting into SD and rendering.
Also, if you go direct to compressor from your HDV sequence, type elements and pixel layers will shift around and change aspect ratio.
I have had good luck exporting a self-contained native HDV movie and running that through compressor, though I am forced to turn frame controls off in my compressor preset, which throws out every other field and gives a pattern of progressive frames where every 5th frame is repeated. Our producer called it the "max headroom" effect.
If you know you won't need HDV output for the current planned workflow of your project, I would start by capturing SD by turning on the DV downconvert setting on your HDV deck. You'll save yourself a lot of time and headaches.
Otherwise, if you want to work in native HDV, output and HDV master of the finished sequences and recapture those as DV if you want to retain the origiinal fields in your SD output, whether to tape or to mpeg2.
When you recapture as DV, whether the original source, or a recapture of you finished master, that's the point at which you'll want to capture anamorphic.

Sequence settings for RED footage

Hi to all,
I'm editing with RED footage, using the low res redcode 512x288 clips.
I'm trying to set my sequence settings to be able to edit without having to render for preview.
But i can't seem to find the REDCODE compressor in my compressor list.
Any suggestion on how i can set this, without having to convert all my clips to prores.
thanks in advance.
tee/

Well you won't get the gray bar above those clips, and you'd find better performance with more machine...
What you're doing there is asking the computer to reference the original R3D files, and then down-convert them to a lower resolution in +real time+. Obviously this is very CPU intensive, and the faster machines do better with it.
Might be best with an iMac to use the log and transfer window and transcode it all to ProRes. I gotta say, it's not as fast and efficient as what you're doing there, but if you can't get smooth enough playback for the edit, it sure might serve you to spend the time in the transcoding.
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Sequence settings for 1280 x 720p, 50fps SD card footage???

Hey,
I Use my Canon 550D for shooting, and I've shot some footage at 1280 x 720p, 50fps. Can someone tell me what sequence settings I need to use for the footage?
Thanks,
Hartley

Hartley, skip the next paragraph if you're already doing log & transfer with your 550D.
For some reason, Canon's EOS plug-ins don't support Rebel models, including the 550D (T2i). There is a rather simple hack, which is described here on Phillip Bloom's site. Although I haven't any first hand experience with it, others (including Shane Ross) have reported excellent results with it. The hacked plug-in allows you to use the same log & transfer function that the 5D, 7D, and 60D use. L&T transcodes to Pro Res and provides some other advantages as well.
If you don't want to explore this hack and use L&T, you can always transcode in MPEG Streamclip or Compressor. Compressor can be somewhat slower than Streamclip, depending on your system.
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Sequence Settings for Canon 1Dc 4K Footage

Has anyone tried editing the log file in Premiere? I have not found a preset for this file type. Any suggestions as to the sequence settings?

Hi Kevin
I would think so too, right?
I did send in a bunch of system crash reports when it happened from my account (email address removed), perhaps you can pull those?
The crashing was very erratic and happened while placing clips on a sequence, and also while attempting to press File>export. The settings I was exporting were the following:
4096 x 3112
24fps
80 mbps VBR
profile: high
level: 5.1
That was with CC. I also tried it in CS6 and was able to create a finished sequence, but both times I tried exporting the times were very slow and the eventually the Mac Pro was locked up and had to be manually restarted.
Help!
Dave
(web address removed)
Edited by Kevin Monahan. Personal info removed.

What Should my sequence settings for H264, 1280x720/30fps be. Pro Res422?

I have a job coming up and an fully aware of the nightmare of editing H.264. The footage I've got was shot on a flip camera. H.264, 1280x720 at 30fps. The deliverable is DVD. Am I right in choosing ProRes 422 for the sequence settings? I notice when comparing the clip in the browser window to the same clip in the viewer window, the clip in the viewer window looks a tad wider. Is this a pixel aspect thing.
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Under the General Tab;
Frame Size: 1280x720
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Shane, thank you for your reply. I want to be sure I understand you correctly. Convert the footage before bringing it in to FCP (compressor), or can I just render in the time line as I build the sequence? I plan on exporting a same as file for use in DVD studio Pro for a deliverable.

Sequence settings for HDV 720p 24 fps

Okay, now that the French is gone I'm back on track, but still confused. I've captured my HDV 720p @ 24FPS footage using LumiereHD & it's separated & ready to go. What sequence settings/editing timebase should I use? I've noted people here saying DVCPro, but others said DVCPro is just problemic/not correct for HDV . . . and the Lumiere forum reccomends using the Apple Intermediate Codec, which I think people here said NOT to do . . . and there's a 720p24 option in Lumiere, but not in FCP . . . is it just like using 24p DV where you edit at regular 29.97? My head is turing into goo. Any sage advice, O sage ones? And I'm finishing on DVD, if that's usefull. Thank you!!!

Don't stay nervous for ever, you're missing out on a lot of good stuff.
1. Repair Permissions.
2. update to OS X 10.4.8
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
3. update QuickTime to 7.1.3
4. make sure you have Motion 2.1 already installed
5. update all your pro apps with Software Update
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/whats_new_5.1.2balis.html
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3213777
Still nervous?
I can't tell you what setting in FCP 5.1 to use, because I no longer have 5.1.
I would convert the HDV to DVC PRO HD 720p.
Editing in native HDV is a pain because of the frame structure.
You will end up with larger files with DVC PRO HD, but since it's all "I-frames" editing and compositing will be much, much faster.

*** Sequence settings for Canon 5DmkII video

I'm trying to edit video footage from the new Canon 5D mkII and I don't know the sequence settings. The playback is really stuttery and jittery so I'm wondering if there's a plug-in or something that I need. Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance!

That shoots h.264 I believe, which is a delivery codec, not an editing codec.
Convert it to an easy set up for FCP, ie pro res, DVCProHD or something in the easy set ups using QT Pro

Help with correct sequence settings for exporting QT

hi -- I am about to export a QT movie of a sequence in FCP. There are three different properties of clips in the sequence -- footage I shot on a Panasonic HD HMC150 was compressed with Apple ProRes422 and footage I shot on the JVCHD - can't remember model - uses the 720p24 codec. All other properties for these clips are the same.
I also use some archival footage in the sequence was shot at 29.97 fps, 720x480, compressed using the DV/DVCPro NTSC and a different pixel aspect.
I also use jpegs.
Here's the question. The Sequence Settings are HDV 720p24. Do I need to change the properties for the clips that don't match the Sequence Settings BEFORE I export a QT File? Or, do I export a QT file then import it back into FCP at the 720p24 setting and export that sequence as a QT file.
Thanks

ok here's the info everyone has been asking for -- and, please remember, I have solved the exporting QT to make a DVD now . . . .
The pressing issue is that, somewhere in the process -- the images that fit within the 16:9 got bigger so that less of the image is in the frame.
Sequence Settings:
ok here's the info everyone has been asking for -- and, please remember, I have solved the exporting QT to make a DVD now . . . .
The pressing issue is that, somewhere in the process -- the images that fit within the 16:9 got bigger so that less of the image is in the frame.
I made stills from the same frames in the different sequences to show the difference between them. Unfortunately, I can't attach these images in the forum.
So here's the sequence settings as of now for both the original and current sequences:
Easy Setup:
Format - HD
Codec - HDV 720p24
23.98 fps
1280x720
Sequence Settings:
1280x720
Aspect Ratio - hdtv 720p 16:9
pixel: square
compressor appleprores 422
Field Dominance - none
editing timebase: 23.98
Render Codec - same as sequence codec
Clip Codecs:
Primarily HDV 720p24
Some Apple ProRes 422
Archival Footage - Dv/DVCPRO NTSC
Okay, now here's where things start getting hairy. I read in the FCP manual today that I should convert the sequence setting to the same codec as the majority of the clips -- in this case that was 720p24. So I changed the sequence codec from AppleProRes 422 to 720p24. Then I rendered the sequence before exporting it as a QT file. -- not noticing until after I burned a DVD about the image size problem.
Now, this evening, while I was checking the settings of the older original sequences -- trying to figure out what went wrong -- I realized that the original sequence used the AppleProRes 422 codec!! So, I converted my current sequence from the 720p24 codec BACK to Apple ProRes 422 - hoping this might solve my larger image problem -- BUT the image size stayed the same. Am I just compressing over and over again and screwing up my sequences.
The weird thing is that MOST of the sequence copies that are not the original -- converted to the changed codec even though I had only the sequence I was changing open ---- there must be a reason for all this. I hope you all can figure it out for me. I've been spending hours at it.
Thanks again.

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Hi there!
I am about to start a new project that will be shown at a convention on a big screen via projector.
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