Hi,
My plan, though I don't know how to do it or if it has already been done is the following:
Is this possible and how can it be done?
I note it used to possible on tape video cams back in the day in final cut.
I have searched for ages and cant find an answer.
I believe this will solve alot of peoples low hdd, low resource problems!
I have been acumulating footage (weddings, holidays etc) on my Full HD sony AVCHD memory stick for the last 24 months.
I did own a imac 24inch ( just died) will soon own an imac 27inch i5 processor and a macbook pro 13" and have been storing the video on a dual raid 1TB drive with firewire 800 connection.
I have access to finalcut (though cant use it very well) and imovie 09 (can use it well)
I have been waiting on a way to edit the footage efficiently with a small amount of disc space and resources . I have been hoping that native AVCHD would occur which it hasn't.
My plan, though I don't know how to do it or if it has already been done is the following:
- Archive all the footage on the RAID hdd drive in AVCHD full HD format.
- Transcode all the footage to a low res version.
- Create my movie timeline using the low res version.
- Then export my movie in FULL HD using the original archived footage!
Is this possible and how can it be done?
I note it used to possible on tape video cams back in the day in final cut.
I have searched for ages and cant find an answer.
I believe this will solve alot of peoples low hdd, low resource problems!
I have been acumulating footage (weddings, holidays etc) on my Full HD sony AVCHD memory stick for the last 24 months.
I did own a imac 24inch ( just died) will soon own an imac 27inch i5 processor and a macbook pro 13" and have been storing the video on a dual raid 1TB drive with firewire 800 connection.
I have access to finalcut (though cant use it very well) and imovie 09 (can use it well)
I have been waiting on a way to edit the footage efficiently with a small amount of disc space and resources . I have been hoping that native AVCHD would occur which it hasn't.