Steve Maller
December 8th, 2011, 10:51 AM
I ran into a problem today and wanted to share the solution I discovered. Not a huge deal, but I thought I'd stick it in here so that maybe somebody would save themselves a bit of thrashing.
Background: I like the capability to shoot video (on my XF100 and my DSLRs) at 60P, then "conform" it down to 24P for smooth slow motion with a minimum of fuss. Conforming simply changes the frame rate in the file itself without re-compressing or re-encoding the video.
Problem: I import my XF100 video to Final Cut Pro using Log and Transfer using the "Native" setting, which creates a .MOV file that's essentially a wrapper around the native MXF file. This works great for editing, and the native .MOV files are smaller and convert faster than ProRes. However, when I went to Cinema Tools and tried to conform these files, I couldn't do so. The "Conform" button was greyed out.
Solution: I re-imported these files as ProRes files, and then I was able to conform them in Cinema Tools. Whew.
Background: I like the capability to shoot video (on my XF100 and my DSLRs) at 60P, then "conform" it down to 24P for smooth slow motion with a minimum of fuss. Conforming simply changes the frame rate in the file itself without re-compressing or re-encoding the video.
Problem: I import my XF100 video to Final Cut Pro using Log and Transfer using the "Native" setting, which creates a .MOV file that's essentially a wrapper around the native MXF file. This works great for editing, and the native .MOV files are smaller and convert faster than ProRes. However, when I went to Cinema Tools and tried to conform these files, I couldn't do so. The "Conform" button was greyed out.
Solution: I re-imported these files as ProRes files, and then I was able to conform them in Cinema Tools. Whew.