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Old 31-05-2012, 2:43 PM   #1
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1080 50P editing software for imac

I am trying to find the best video editing software that can import and handle 1080 50p from my Panasonic X900, for £200 FCP x can't do it and Sony Vegas is only pc friendly.

Does anyone have some outstanding knowledge they could pass my way?

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Old 31-05-2012, 6:47 PM   #2
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There's a program called Voltaic which can almost certainly convert your 50p AVCHD footage to 50p ProRes 422 with no perceivable quality loss (if done correctly). ProRes is Apple's own codec, and is subsequently FCPs favorite, so once you've converted it you can just drop the ProRes files into FCP, set the sequence settings to match, and edit to your hearts content
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Old 31-05-2012, 7:42 PM   #3
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Thank you, will try that and see how i get on
Is there any other video editing software that is recommended, as £200 is a little steep for fcp x but would like a step up from imovie.
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Old 31-05-2012, 11:44 PM   #4
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Sorry, as far as I know it's either iMove, FCP-X, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer or FCP7; the last 3 of which are far more expensive than FCP-X (and the last 2 of which, I use).

Actually saying that, I guess you could try the whole Adobe Creative Cloud thing - It's something like a £45 year-long subscription that lets you use any of the Adobe CS products (so Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, etc). May be worth a look, and Premiere Pro is verging on (or is) a proper professional editor now.
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Old 01-06-2012, 8:18 AM   #5
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The Adobe cloud is £46 per month and cs6 is £800 to buy , so it looks like elements 10 or fcp x- love the fact that you have an amazing editing machine in the mac and are punished by unreasonable software compatibility issues.
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The Adobe cloud is £46 per month and cs6 is £800 to buy
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Old 01-06-2012, 8:49 AM   #7
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love the fact that you have an amazing editing machine in the mac and are punished by unreasonable software compatibility issues.
although you are rewarded with the awesome FCP7, plus fully working Media Composer, on rock solid hardware that can properly handle very high res media. It may cost a lot, but you get what you pay for. Just have a look at some of the people who take 4 hours to export a 1/2 hr sequence in Vegas or whatever... i genuinely don't ever expect to have to wait more than 4mins to export 1/2hr of HD.
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although you are rewarded with the awesome FCP7, plus fully working Media Composer, on rock solid hardware that can properly handle very high res media. It may cost a lot, but you get what you pay for. Just have a look at some of the people who take 4 hours to export a 1/2 hr sequence in Vegas or whatever... i genuinely don't ever expect to have to wait more than 4mins to export 1/2hr of HD.
I would struggle to pay that amount of pennies for FCP7 so it looks as though FCPx is the way forward. Also i presume Voltaic makes a copy of your original files and doesn't actually change them at source.
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Yep, Voltaic leaves the original media unaltered. Also works straight from the MTS files, so if you've destroyed the AVCHD folder structure it's not an issue
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