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Using AVC-Intra with Final Cut Pro Using AVC-Intra with FCP is a two-step process. However, the advantage to using AVC-Intra on P2 is the beautiful high resolution, 10-bit quality produced, without the need for expensive video gear. First, the AVC-Intra files must be decoded and then encoded into ProRes. To produce this gorgeous image quality, strong processing is required. That is why a minimum system of an Intel-based Mac and FCP 6.02 are required. In addition, the AVC-Intra 100 codec must be downloaded from Panasonic and installed into FCP 6.02 prior to ingest. Download it at http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/support/software_downloads.asp See Apple's publications, "Final Cut Pro Working With High Definition and Broadcast Formats", and ProRes Whitepaper Article L342568A for detailed information. View these documents at http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/FCP6_HD_and_Broadcast_Formats.pdf and http://www.digitalpictures.com/images/ProRes_422_WhitePaper.pdf. As compared to DVCPRO HD, AVC-Intra requires much greater disk systems for editing, both in capacity and throughput. Of course, the benefits of AVC-Intra video using ProRes is stunning full raster, 10-bit video quality. ProRes will require a 2 drive RAIDO setup for throughput. At 1080i60, that will provide for four streams in real time. One minute of AVC-Intra 100 shot at 60fps will consume 1GB on a P2 card, but at ProRes HQ that same clip will require 1.6GB of drive space. At regular ProRes, the clip will be close to native size, around 1.1GB. An hour of AVC-Intra 100 at 60fps will require 66GB of storage in ProRes. At ProRes HQ it will require 96GB per hour. Due to the processor intensive steps need to decode AVC-Intra and re-encode as ProRes, real time encoding is dependent on the Mac's processing power. Using a Mac Pro 8-core machine running at 3Ghz, AVC-Intra will transcode into ProRes near real time. ProRes HQ will require more processing time. On a Macbook Pro, with its limited processing power, it will be noticeably slower. 10

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Using AVC-Intra with Final Cut Pro
Using AVC-Intra with FCP is a two-step process. However, the advantage to using AVC-Intra on P² is the beautiful high
resolution, ±0-bit quality produced, without the need for expensive video gear. First, the AVC-Intra files must be decoded
and then encoded into ProRes. To produce this gorgeous image quality, strong processing is required.
That is why a minimum system of an Intel-based Mac and FCP 6.0² are required. In addition, the AVC-Intra ±00 codec must
be downloaded from Panasonic and installed into FCP 6.0² prior to ingest.
Download it at
See Apple’s publications, “Final Cut Pro Working With High Definition and Broadcast Formats”, and ProRes Whitepaper -
Article L34²568A for detailed information. View these documents at
and
As compared to DVCPRO HD, AVC-Intra requires much greater disk systems for editing, both in capacity and throughput. Of
course, the benefits of AVC-Intra video using ProRes is stunning full raster, ±0-bit video quality. ProRes will require a ² drive
RAIDO setup for throughput. At ±080i60, that will provide for four streams in real time.
One minute of AVC-Intra ±00 shot at 60fps will consume ±GB on a P² card, but at ProRes HQ that same clip will require
±.6GB of drive space. At regular ProRes, the clip will be close to native size, around ±.±GB. An hour of AVC-Intra ±00 at 60fps
will require 66GB of storage in ProRes. At ProRes HQ it will require 96GB per hour.
Due to the processor intensive steps need to decode AVC-Intra and re-encode as ProRes, real time encoding is dependent
on the Mac’s processing power. Using a Mac Pro 8-core machine running at 3Ghz, AVC-Intra will transcode into ProRes
near real time. ProRes HQ will require more processing time. On a Macbook Pro, with its limited processing power, it will
be noticeably slower.