Canon EOS 7D Editing
by Maxime Michaud
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Nov 1, 2009 at 8:10:51 pm
I have a Canon 7D.
My .MOV native files are lagging a lot.
They told me to use Cineform neoscene...
It does a great job, but at the 3/4 of my video, the image stills, and bugs.
Is this a camera problem ? or cineform problem ? I can see a little twitch on the native .MOV file.
Also, I have Premiere and Vegas, what is the best way to render ? Best format ? I tried many, some make to heavy files (30 g for a 6 minutes video), some give poor quality.
I want a great 1080p video. I'm not that good with formats, renders and stuff, please help.
I can't find a way to edit my 7D videos, it's crap !
Re: Canon EOS 7D Editing by John Davidson on Nov 1, 2009 at 10:23:35 pm
I use cinema tools to change the frame rate from 60p to 24p (when shooting 720), to get the slow mo look. Then I convert via compressor to 1080i prores. You may need to convert to Prores HQ to keep 1080p.
h264 is the codec used to record these files, which is keeps sizes low, but sucks for editing.
Re: Canon EOS 7D Editing by marcel franck on Nov 2, 2009 at 2:57:28 pm
Many of us are using MPEG streamclip to convert to prores for editing in FCP...the native h.264 files that the 7d records to should not be used for editing...I've had better results using mpeg streamclip than compressor..mpeg streamclip software is easily found online...hopes this helps.
Re: Canon EOS 7D Editing by Richard Dolesh on Nov 2, 2009 at 9:42:31 pm
Marcel,
Interesting about Squared 5... Did you try Neoscene at all? I'd be interested to know which one is better...as I need to edit 7D files!
I've tried Neoscene (trial version) but can't convert to a PPro 'friendly file' that doesn't have to be re-rendered once droped in my timeline...
(I'm using CS3 / Intensity Pro and would love to be able to monitor my timeline on my HDMI client monitor...)
Re: Canon EOS 7D Editing by marcel franck on Nov 3, 2009 at 1:48:05 pm
Richard...i have not tried neoscene...others have...with mixed results...
mpeg streamclip lets you convert to many different formats...since i'm a fcp edit house i use what works for me...when i convert to prores the files play without render in a fcp timeline...there is a good 5d/7d site
that may yield some answers for you...search for "phillip bloom" and poke around there...he has a new dvd tutorial for sale...a little pricey
but lot's of info....
Re: Canon EOS 7D Editing by Richard Dolesh on Nov 3, 2009 at 2:27:30 pm
Marcel,
Thanks for your reply. That's great to hear about not having to re-render when you drop your media into the FCP timeline, using mpeg streamclip--even though I usually am on windows, I have to use a mac at times.
I have seen Blooms site, It's a great site--and you got me thinking about purchasing his DVD... For anybody else who stumbles upon this thread, working in CS3 PPro and the Canon 7D it looks like transcoding to a PPro codec like XDcam is the way to go as Magbanua did:
http://jasonmagbanua.com/blog/2009/09/10/perya-a-canon-7d-short/
I am going to give it a try... Now if I could only preview my timeline on a HDMI client monitor I'd be thrilled!
Richard
