Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow
by Peter Wiggins
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Jun 22, 2009 at 10:56:13 pm
All just thought I'd post a few comments on iPhone 3GS video.
The codec that the iphone uses is H264 and can be dropped directly into FCP. You will have to rotate it by -90 degrees though if you shot in landscape. The aspect ratio will also need to be corrected especially if you are in an anamorphic timeline. It also needs a render. I also think the framerate is stuck at 30 FPS
How do you get the video into FCP??
Two methods I've tried
1) Download via USB & iPhoto This will get the original file from the iPhone. You have to go into iPhoto and download as you would a photo from a digital camera. Do not go browsing through iTunes - you won't find it!
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Shane Ross on Jun 22, 2009 at 11:28:10 pm
Just wait...Zacuto will have a full iPhone rig and RedRock Micro will have some lens adapter in a few weeks. And this place will be FULL of yahoos asking "How come the video I shoot on my iPhone isn't native on another Apple product, FCP? That is stupid."
Did you convert it, or edit it outright? WHy can't I have the new iPhone? Wives...
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Peter Wiggins on Jun 22, 2009 at 11:39:49 pm
Don't need to convert, it drops right into the timeline audio included, portrait though.
You do need to render :)
Peter
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Jeff Glasse on Aug 17, 2009 at 4:19:25 pm
Is anyone else having audio drift issues with video from the 3gs? We find that a 30 minute clip plays just fine in Quicktime player, but when brought into final cut pro the clip has several seconds of drift over thirty minutes. This is before it's ever placed into a timeline, and the issue persists even if we transcode to prores 4:4:4. Duplicated in FCP 6 and 7.
Any insight greatly appreciated; everyone in our shop is stumped.
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Nick Meyers on Jun 23, 2009 at 2:42:37 am
HI, Peter.
in the interests of scientific investigation :), i downloaded the larger file,
and brought it into FCP.
according to FCP, the clip is 29.97 fps, with a frame size of 480x640
i opened the clip into QuickTime, opened the video track visusal setings amd rotated it (and saved)
the clip now comes very nicely into FCP as 640x480.
in an "i-phone native" sequence, the picture doesn't need rendering,
but the audio does.
any effect at all on the pic requires rendering, but that's H264 in FCP for you.
in an NTSC PRores sequnce, i get the orange render line.
(2x3G Octcore w 4G RAM)
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Peter Wiggins on Jun 23, 2009 at 7:28:41 am
Interesting, for me, rotating in QTP loses the aspect ratio even with the preserve button ticked.
Re: Iphone Video into FCP - basic workflow by Eric Piercey on Jul 6, 2009 at 7:59:48 pm
Yesterday I played around with bringing iPhone footage into FCP decided a quick transcode made sense for editing in a mixed media project. If on the other had I were just editing iPhone clips (no other sources,)letting FCP just adapt the sequence to match the footage would seem logical, especially given the file size differences. If I recall my 50MB mpeg transcoded to about a 500MB Apple ProRes SD. Playback on my external NTSC display didn't work without a transcode, instead I just got the playhead frame. Rendering would of course work, but then you'd have to re-render constantly.
