5D MKII plugin for FCP
This is a series of neat Droplets created by Industrial Revolution to ease the workflow pains of using Canon 5D mkII files in different FCP situations depending on framerate and resolution.
The window allows for the user to select the files from the CF card much in the same manor FCPs first implementation of Log and Transfer worked.
Then you use a set of default sequence settings and dummy sequences and populate them with your clips, then make your edits and export!
Best of all, it’s free!
From their site:
The Canon5DmkII can produce terrific results, but anybody who has tried to bring the files directly into FCP will tell you that they are difficult to work .
with and require constant rendering.
This unique workflow package allows the user to choose to edit in 1080p, 1080i or straight to standard definition 16×9 25fps. Custom droplets give one click access to compressor that will convert the H264 files into ProRes for editing. The user also has a choice whether to make the clip realtime (i.e. 30fps to 25fps) or timestretch so that one frame in 30fps is one frame in 25fps. This will result in a slowdown of 20% for pin-sharp results.
Compressor droplets are supplied to get the final 1080p/i self contained movie into standard definition 16×9 too.
An easy to follow workflow diagram helps plot the conversions needed to get the best quality from a Canon camera’s HD output.
