Adam, its Roger. I use a 7D and usually copy the EOS files to whatever machine I am using. I am able to import them into Final Cut Pro and Premiere on the Mac and Edius (Grass Valley) on the PC . I import them no problem, but have to render them one way or another to play back realtime smooth. That just seems to be a fact of life with most any of the HD files I use. ( ACHD as well.) On FCP, I work in a PRORES codec-- mixing various formats in there. The ultimate video quality is great. BYW though, the files import and render very nicely in IMovie. Once they are in, they have played fine and no other rendering is needed.I wind up using I movie alot . The 7D a great camera.( I would look into the Rebel T2i now.) It takes getting used to, but I love it. Check out the video P.F. Bentley posted on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/9050517 Roger. To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com From: david.jo...@altium.com Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:07:02 +1000 Subject: Re: [videoblogging] 7D workflow for PC As I've mentioned in another post, I'm trialing Pinnacle Studio HD 14 and it works pretty well with my 1280x720 HD H.264 clips direct from my Sanyo Xacti, I don't convert first. No idea about the 7D, but it might be worth a trial. Dave. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Adam Quirk <qu...@wreckandsalvage.com> wrote: > > > > I got a 7D at the beginning of the year and I'm still not comfortable with > my workflow. Hoping someone here has some experience with it. > > 1. Pull clips into my raw video folder using the EOS Utility that comes with > the camera. This works well. > > 2. Convert the 1080p h.264 clips to raw uncompressed AVIs with converter > software (I use AVS). This is mainly because Premiere won't import them as > is. Was hoping to find a preset online to download, but haven't seen one > yet. > > 3. Pull them down into the timeline and render the whole thing. If you don't > do this, it's pretty much unusably jerky. Even after this, it's not always > smooth. I have a powerful machine too. I find that if I disable the audio, I > can scrub the footage pretty smoothly, but that just means I have to disable > the video track when I want to cut to the audio. FML. > > 4. Cut, render, compress. > > So this is a bitch and a half, and I have been reading up on other people's > 7D workflows around the web, but 90% of them are on Macs. Has anyone here > been working with 7D footage on a PC? > > Thanks, > Adam _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
