Getting Footage from the Sony AVCHD Camera Into Final Cut Pro

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Getting footage from the Sony AVCHD Camera into Final Cut Pro: What is the AVCHD format? The AVCHD format is a high definition digital video camera format used to record a high definition (HD) signal of either the 1080i specification or the 720p specification using efficient data compression coding technology. o AVCHD is a variation of H.264 compression. FCP 6.0.2 or later supports this format. o AVCHD is most often written to an SD card, which is ingested into FCP using the Log and Transfer function. o This footage cannot be edited natively. Final Cut Pro needs to transcode the footage. Start Here (These instructions were made using an Intel/Mac – Final Cut Pro 7 workflow) 1. Turn on your camcorder, then connect the camcorder to the computer using a USB cable. The [USB select] screen appears on the camcorder screen automatically. 2. Touch click on ‘USB Connect’ (left option) 3. The screen should then say Connected. 4. Open Final Cut Pro. 5. Go to the Final Cut Pro Menu and choose > Audio/Video Settings: Change your Sequence Preset setting to match the selection below. The other Presets do not need to be changed. 1 6. Go to the Final Cut Pro Menu and choose > System Settings: Set your Scratch Disks 7. Go to File > New Project: Name and Save your new project 8. Now open File > Log and Transfer. You should see your footage as clips in the Log and Capture Window. Click on this icon > Preferences > Set the AVCHD Plugin > AVCHD > Apple ProRes 422: Click OK. Now you are ready to transfer your clips. 2 9. Select the clips you want to transfer and choose Add Selection to Queue: Once the transferring is complete, you will see your clips logged into your Browser Bin and you can begin editing your footage. 10. Touch END on the camera screen > Touch YES to disconnect your USB cable. 3 .

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