Interval Capture in FCP
by Eric Holzapfel
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Jul 2, 2008 at 9:12:05 pm
Hello There,
I have searched around on Google, DVXuser, apple forum (FCP), etc. And have not found a clear answer to this question:
Does FCP have the capability to capture (from tape or P2) video at some interval? Like every 10 frames, etc? I do know that iMovie can do this, and if worse comes to worse, I could use iMovie to capture the intervals, and then import the clip (as a quicktime movie I guess) into FCP. I do like FCP very much, and after having some good training it it (Thanks to Kevin Monahan!), not to mention Lynda.com, I prefer using it to iMovie.
(and a quickie - how to turn footage in 1080/60p (canon hv20) into 720p)
Thanks,
Re: Interval Capture in FCP by Russell Lasson on Jul 2, 2008 at 9:27:39 pm
[Eric Holzapfel]"Does FCP have the capability to capture (from tape or P2) video at some interval?"
Not that I know of, but if you're shooting P2 on a HVX200, it does have a interval record feature.
[Eric Holzapfel]"(and a quickie - how to turn footage in 1080/60p (canon hv20) into 720p) "
I would drop the files into compressor and export them at 720P. Or in FCP 6, you can just use them in a 720P timeline. I would also render them to either ProRes or DVCPROHD instead of going back to HDV.
Re: Interval Capture in FCP by Eric Holzapfel on Jul 2, 2008 at 11:18:59 pm
Hello Russ,
Thanks for the information. I have used the interval feature for the HVX (i have yet to check the footage!).
I used a Canon HV20 to record about 10 minutes of sunrise (real time aka real slow) and would like to chop up the frames to shorten about 10 minutes of "sunrise" to about 30secs or so. I am thinking it might not work to well increasing the "speed" of the clip in FCP, like to 200 percent, etc.
Re: Interval Capture in FCP by Jeremy Garchow on Jul 3, 2008 at 2:17:58 am
[Eric Holzapfel]"I am thinking it might not work to well increasing the "speed" of the clip in FCP, like to 200 percent, etc. "
Ah, you haven't tried this yet? If you speed up the clip, make sure it's by a significant amount and turn off frame blending. In essence, FCP will drop frames just like you want to do manually.
If something is 10 minutes long and you want to make it 30 seconds, you should speed it up to %2000.
Try it, I think you'll like it. Put your 10 minute clip in it's own timeline, highlight the clip and hit command-j. Uncheck the frame blending box and enter a duration of 30 seconds where the time of you clip is indicated. Adjust to your liking then copy/paste that clip in to your current editing timeline.
