Export to ProRes?

I'm shooting on monday and the client wants the footage as ProRes HQ. What would the best way to export footage from FCPX be?

Some clips might not need trimming while some might not.

Get each clip into the timeline then export as master file as ProRes HQ? And repeat for each clip?

Files start their life as AVCHD from a FS700.

thanks

Batch them in Compressor.

You might want to talk with your client about the fact that AVCHD to ProRes 422, or ProRes HQ will be exactly the same quality since it is dependent on the source. If that is the case you can transcode to optimized all the clips in FCPX and then give those optimized files in the library (or outside) to your client.

Well, seems they have no real clue what they are doing to be honest. The want files in ProRes HQ.
They also want "broadcast quality" but have said that qualifying cameras are 5D, 7D and 1D. None of which record more than 8 bit 420 as far as I know.
Last response I got was that they "like the jpg file format"

Whilst what has been said before is fundamentally correct - transcoding from AVCHD will offer some slight improvement in POST for grading and correction - as long as the vision is correct exposure to begin with.

I said slight...lol.

The real solution is get an Odyssey 7q and record 10bit ProRes straight out.

DmitriZigany wrote: Well, seems they have no real clue what they are doing to be honest. The want files in ProRes HQ.
They also want "broadcast quality" but have said that qualifying cameras are 5D, 7D and 1D. None of which record more than 8 bit 420 as far as I know.
Last response I got was that they "like the jpg file format"

The 7D (one we use occasionally), 1D, and 5D are actually, technically, beyond "broadcast quality" in any manner you wish to express "HD broadcast quality". The JPEG file format? Wow, there's a dinosaur for you...

Where does the "420" number come from?

Deano wrote: The real solution is get an Odyssey 7q and record 10bit ProRes straight out.

Unfortunately, I can't buy a €4000 recorder to do a €200 job

I do want the 7Q though... It's just beyond my means.

Hey Dmitri,

As Ben says: batch converting the FS700 clips to ProRes HQ in Compressor is pretty straightforward.

Copy the card to your computer and open the Private folder. You will see this:



R-click the AVCHD container and choose "Show Package Contents", which will give you this:



R-click the BDMV container and choose "Show Package Contents" to get into the actual folders:



Open the Stream folder to see all your clips:



Drag the clips you wish to convert onto your Compressor batch window, group-select the imported clips and drop the ProRes HQ preset onto the batch, set an output location and press Start Batch:



If your client is so fund of image sequences you can even export your clips as TIFF image sequences, Compressor has a preset for this. But JPEG, really? That's back to the Dark Ages :S

- Ronny

I use Compressor droplets to do this kind of stuff. I have a whole suite of them for all kinds of needs. But if you need to trim the clips then Ronny's method is on the money. (As per usual)

Now why didn't I think of that!

Seanus is correct: if you don't need to trim any media the easiest way for doing this is to create a droplet in Compressor and just drop the clips from the STREAM folder onto it anytime you need to do such a conversion.

- Ronny