High definition editing from the trenches...

Shane Ross is a broadcast television editor who works with HD. This is the place he shares his experiences editing high definition television shows and lets you know about the good things and the bad, hoping you can learn from his mistakes and successes. Shane is also available for hire as a consultant. comeback@mac.com

Thursday, July 17, 2008

FINAL CUT PRO AND QUICKTIME VERSIONS

One HUGE thing that you need to get right to ensure a really good working Final Cut Pro system is the perfect balance of Final Cut Pro and Quicktime. Quicktime is the engine in FCP, everything that FCP captures it captures as Quicktime. So having the right version for the version of FCP you are using is critical. If you use a version that is too new, you will have issues. Too old...issues. But for there was never a real comprehensive list of what version of QT works best with your version of FCP. Us editors just had to know.

Until now.

Here is that list. Thanks to Jon Chappell over at Digital Rebellion.

Sweet.

1 comments:

Nicke W said...

(sorry for commenting and old post - but I feel I had to...)

Just packed up a MBP. OS 10.5.4, QT 7.5.

Not the best combo if you (like me) plan to install the FCS 2 upgrade. Downgrading is... exciting.

What do I do?