Edit Blackmagic Raw in Final Cut Pro, FINALLY! Color Finale Transcoder
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- You can now edit Blackmagic RAW footage directly inside of Final Cut Pro with the new Color Finale Transcoder! If you film in BRAW and edit in FCPX and not Davinci Resolve, then this software is about to change your entire editing workflow! The Finale Transcoder allows you to open and make adjustments to all of your BRAW settings directly inside of Final Cut and then import the footage as ProRes, ready to playback smoothly for quick editing.
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Who is Chadwin Smith? I am an aspiring cinematographer. I love creating videos and showing others how to light and shoot better videos! I also review tech and gear. Based in Arizona, USA
What do you think, will Apple and Blackmagic ever truly get along? Will they add Blackmagic RAW support to Final Cut Pro natively in the future? Either way, at least we can do it now!!
Why don't you just edit in davinci resolve? What's holding you back from leaving Final Cut?
@@markoboychuk fair question! I’ve been editing in FCP for almost a decade now and have gotten very fast and efficient at it. It also runs the smoothest on my computer. Davinci really struggles on my machine and I’m just not fast with it. However, resolve has superior color grading built in for sure!
I believe the new M1 apple computers have now got Braw support natively.
@@WinstonEdgoose you can edit BRAW in Resolve on the M1 with no issues, yes! But sadly no you can’t edit BRAW on final cut, that’s why we’re using the transcoder
Just a few questions ... I don't think it's that much of a hassle to generate proxies in DR to edit in fcpx and one can relink to camera originals in that proces. Which I like as it is a non destructive workflow for colorgrading later on and DR is fast in transcoding. So, Is CF Transcoder faster than DR transcoding? Can one relink to camera originals using CF transcoder. You transcoded to prores LT, Is that you're delivery codec?
I downloaded it but I'm not getting that extra button that you have so I can't even do anything.
I'm a BIG fan of the BMPCC6k, Color Finale, and Cinema Grade, but I'm not all that impressed with this Color Finale program--at least as you describe it here. You're still going to have to transcode it for the final edit, and that takes considerable time.
your video on transcoding Braw into pro res is excellent, and really, it's no big deal. So, I'd still rather do most of the things that BRAW provides in Davinci because you have fluid view assessment of the clips, and then transcode in Pro Res, and do the final tweaks in FCPX as needed.
Because of the transcoding issue I really don't see any advantage in using the new Color finale transcoder. In fact, it seems more problematic, more time consuming, and more difficult.
Tell me where I'm going wrong.
I agree with you man. Also all this being said I don’t even understand why shoot raw at all if this it’s going to have to be this much of a hassle
Your a legend for this 2022 August
haha thanks! glad it helped
This is super exciting! Just downloaded mine after pre-ordering it
that's awesome! I think once you start using it, you're gonna really like it cause it really speeds up the workflow!
A brand new Bu-In. Why dont people use the letter T anymore. Laugh. Thank you this is great watched about 10 times.
Looks great :) although you will need the 4444 to retain the 12bit color of course
Good call out!! The nice thing is, I haven’t seen any notable loss in detail and color when using prores 422 with 10bit color only.
@@chadwin No surprised there ProRes is not a baby codec at all especially 422 HQ / 4444
I think your use of the word, NATIVELY, is misused in this case. You cannot edit BRAW in this FCPX, it's transcoded for FCPX with a few import options, that's all. I'm having a terrible time with this transcoder, unfortunately. It simply won't open. I hope CF gets back to me and it gets sorted soon. I can't even reinstall because the computer says the program is open even when FCPX is closed. It's nuts.
Hey sorry to hear it’s giving you trouble! I’m by no means qualified tech support, but what I will say is double check their website for system requirements to make sure the software is compatible with your configuration. Also, from the upper right tool bar on your desktop, near the clock, there should be a small icon for the transcoder, you must click on that and select close from the drop down to close it out completely even after closing FCP.
@@chadwin Thanks, I do have the right specs. I got it to work one time but I guess I'll need to close and open the CFTranscoder for every clip I want to trans code. It's all very clunky. I hope there will be updates to smooth off the rough edges of this program.
muchas gracias
You’re welcome! Hope it helps
But you completely lose the whole point of B-RAW and it's color grading benefits. Yes, you can "re-import" and make some adjustments but that's nothing compared to what you would do in Resolve with color adjustments. So if you like and are faster in Final Cut Pro editing-wise, then it would be great if the software could export an EDL that would open in Resolve and automatically re-import everything so you could color correct in Resolve like days of old.
OR, could it transcode into Pro Res RAW? I'm sure that's technically very difficult but that would be the real solution. This hardly gives you any benefit of shooting B-RAW.
How is this any better than just transcoding in davinci? You're not really editing bmraw clips directly in fcp .. you're just using fcp to transcode instead of davinci? Am I missing something.. someone enlighten me.
you can transcode in davinci yes, but this Transcoder gets rid of a lot of steps like importing to resolve, correcting footage, exporting, then importing to final cut and exporting again when you're done. You can edit the BRAW footage in the Transcoder before you transcode and import to FCP.
@@chadwin yeah I guess.. wish you could just import braw straight in though! :)
@@chadwin actually.. lol. now that i think about it. The only step you're losing is the "importing to final cut" step... :) - everything else you have to do either way. Guess you save about 5 seconds there.
@@table22projects maybe someday! if Apple ever opens up FCP to do that, that would be the best situation.
I was wondering whether to buy bmpcc, now the answer is simple! 😄
I have one question:
Do you have M1 Mac? If yes, how does it perform while editing some more complicated projects?
Heck yeah, the BMPCC is an easy choice, great cameras! I don’t have an M1 yet. I’m hoping they announce new M1 iMacs tomorrow. It performs well on my 2013 iMac, so I’m positive it’ll work 10x better on a new M1 Mac haha!
ill sell you mine with only 4 hour on it
Awesome!
yeah, it really is so awesome to have a tool like this finally! I feel like FCP users are always getting left behind, so this is a nice addition.
Hey so you need to download the snowflake thing before you can do this video and in the free trial when you export it from that app it has a water mark on it.
Just transcode in resolve and do whatever you want with the footage later. You dont beed a transcoder
So that’s the thing we’re trying to avoid here! If you transcode in Resolve, you have to import all your footage into another program (resolve), adjust and export it. Then import it to FCP and adjust again as needed. This Transcoder eliminates all of the extras steps and wasted time. But yes, you can do that, which is what I used to do, it’s just tedious and time consuming.
Not gonna lie, I thought the transcoder would speed up the process but it seems to be the same slow tedious process, just now in FCP
@@chadwin you cannot natively edit Braw files on fcpx. You are transcoding the footage to an editable format in a plug in. Lets say to QT 422. All I am saying is, keep your money and use the Resolve that came with your camera. Transcode to QT422 and import to fcpx. It is literally the same workflow, only free. Or, just do not use fcpx if all you edit is braw footage. It is literally the worst NLE in the whole universe. This is coming from a pro editor of 15 years.
@@marnikovic i'm a pro editor of 20 years and I'm saying that it's the best NLE in the whole universe, so what? It's a matter of taste, habits, and preferences. Davinci utilizes the outdated paradigm of track managing. I'm editing in FCPX for 10 years now and I don't want to become a track manager ever again. I am used to the creative process of FCPX that takes almost all the editing routine away from me. But I completely understand those who don't like that paradigm shift and still like what they used to.
@@chadwin You can film straight to Prores on Blackmagic cameras saving you the transcoding step. Since you're basically taking away the benefits of BRAW before editing it anyways.
When i heard of this plugin i actually thought it would let you open up BRAW in FCP but its just a transcoder. I rather do it in Davinci which is FREE and FAST.
What if I originally imported and selected Rec 709 for the files or another one - but now I need to go back to the raw original import without Rec 709 since colorist needs it without conversion?
With this method, you wouldn’t really wanna do that because it’s meant to be for final color. But, you could export your project as an XML to import into another program for color grading.
Thank you, make more FCPX tutorials!
Thanks!
hope it's helpful! thanks for watching
its just a transcoder... there are so many others out there... like Davinci free edition!
Yeah, I’ve already made an entire video explaining the process for doing that with davinci. It’s just much slow and requires more steps than this. This transcoder is for speed, convenience and an all in FCP workflow.
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Can you see the scopes while making changes to the Braw footage when using the transcoder?
You can't, but that's a really good idea to have scopes and other exposure tools available! Maybe they can add that in a future update.
@@chadwin Thanks for the info. I'm really happy to see this plugin for FCPX, but for me I really like to see the scopes when making adjustments. I'll keep an eye out and if this gets an update that adds that feature I'd be all over it.
@@TaskForceMediaGroup There is a free 1.1 update that has Scopes, RGB Parade, Waveform and Histogram.
If I'm getting an error "XML document sent from application Transcoder Panel (Final Cut Pro)" could not be imported. // The media file cannot be imported. An offline clip was not created because of insufficient data. - Any tips with Color Transcoder?!
hi! great question. You can't import XML files that are often generated alongside your clip (depending on what settings you're shooting int) however, you don't need the XML files to edit in FCP, you can toss them. XML files are typically used to transfer libraries between different computers or editing programs. more info here: support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/use-xml-to-transfer-projects-verdbd66ae/mac#:~:text=Import%20XML%20into%20Final%20Cut,them%20into%20Final%20Cut%20Pro.&text=In%20Final%20Cut%20Pro%2C%20choose,to%20import%2C%20then%20click%20Import.
i hope that helps!
Interessting video, through your hint I bought Color Finale etc... do you have a hint, how to setup FCP in a way that it not render all the time the changes we made in Color Finale? This changes an reder process slowing down the Mac...
I’d like to use LUTs in camera while shooting Braw to preview my end look. But that assumes I’d import the BRAW footage into an editor and then apply that same LUT.
Does that change with this Color Finale Transcoder workflow? Could I just convert/import the Braw footage looking as is and then apply the LUT to the ProRes version and still get the same look?
yeah exactly! just import the footage without a LUT just as it was shot in camera, and you can add the LUT later on whenever you want.
how do i get that "new little button. I have color finale transcoder downloaded
Chadwin, I don't expect you should necessarily know the answer to this, but I wonder if this CF Plugin for RAW in FCPX would also effectively work for the Canon RAW light from the C200?
it should not because it seems it was made for Black magic and Arriraw based on what they say on their website - Instantly preview and adjust the settings of BRAW, ARRIRAW and CinemaDNG media in
Now is there a way to transcode without the LUT baked in? I haven't looked allot into why it does this.. tried all three ways to transcode and import
It keeps crashing. Is this something you experienced, and if so is there a fix?
Please help: why would you not just shoot in Prores to begin with if you are ending up there? Is there any advantage?
Great question! I know it seems strange since you end up with ProRes anyway. The main advantage is that you can change your ISO and White balance if needed after shooting, before transcoding you ProRes.
@@chadwin exactly this, as a wedding videographer shooting on the fly with constantly differing environments throughout the day the biggest advantage of raw is to be able to change my iso and temp in post.
hm actually I think davinchi would be better choice even for m1 ( since they pretty much optimised for m1 ) than final cut.... when using braw afcourse!
yeah, DaVinci's new software update makes it a lot faster to work with on M1 macs now! when I need to use Resolve, I do. But i'm just so fast and efficient in FCP, it's hard to make a full switch.
Understandable! But is any degradation using method you show? Is this really behaving like raw after all after transcoding and doing so extreme editing like changing wb and exposure and doing with prores proxies? Thnx
Installed no icon to import :(
But that's transcoding not native. Am I missing something?
What I want to is what BM RAW player SHOULD do but doesn't! That is, I want to trim my BRAW clips BEFORE I store them to save space on my drives. Will this do that?
You can do that in Resolve. Non-destructively cut/split footage and store as BRAW without encoding in another format.
@@JaymesPoudrier how do you do that without rendering? that's beyond my pay grade
@@JaymesPoudrier Ok, worked it out. create your timeline and trim your clips, go to file-media-management, then select "used media and trim" and it will copy all clips individually to where you like. Can do it with any format too which is great!
HEEEELLLLP - Have you experienced only video importing from BRAW into FCPX via Color finale? Its there when I view via Resolve and client has it via Prem Pro? Any thoughts - everything is up to date.
nice commercial for color finale.
Uh yep, that’s basically what it is and it works great! No secret there
I got it but Im getting irritated that they have not sent me the activation code? ................. Still waiting?
Is color finale a plug in you have to buy?
yes. It's linked in the desc. worth it if your do a lot of heavy color grading in FCP!
Hello, i can’t seem to import high frame rates. Is that possible with Transcoder or am I doing something wrong?
5600 kelvin to 6000 kelvin is “warming it up?”
I mean, it’s not drastically warming it up, but technically yes it’s warming it up 😂
@@chadwin 3200 kelvin is considered a warm color. 5600 kelvin is considered a cool color. As the kelvin number goes up the color becomes cooler. Going from 5600 kelvin to 6000 kelvin is the opposite of “warming it up.”
@@carpballet that’s is correct! However, when editing if you move the white balance slider towards 10k, your image warms up and if you move the slider towards 2000k your image cools down. 🤷🏼♂️
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Can you use this for the blackmagic 4k pocket?
Yes! It will work with all BRAW footage
@@chadwin do you know the difference between standard and pro?
Does this work with the M1 yet .. lmao
YES! It's M1 ready! omg I'm so excited for the Apple Event tomorrow, really hoping they announce new M1 iMac's cause it's time for me to upgrade my 2013 iMac I think....haha!
no little button shows up, waste of time.
its not that hard to transcode in Resolve if you wanna edit in FCPX. I dont see the purpose of this. looks like a PITA.
you can definitely transcode in Resolve. honestly, this does save time though cause there are a lot less steps and it all happens in FCP.
Exactly! The whole point of the resolve/Braw -> Prores workflow is that you're using the braw functionality. Transcoding straight to prores without grading processing the footage first defeats the purpose for Braw when Blackmagic cameras can shoot native Prores.
this is transcoding. misleading click bait title: 1 star
lol thanks for the review! it literally says "transcoder" in the title.
THIS IS POINTLESS AND A WASTE OF TIME.
It’s actually a HUGE time saver if you are already transcoding and exporting your footage from Resolve to FCP.