Posted by Quasar X on 01/10/26 11:42

I'm making a documentary from 125 hours of 1080i HDV footage.


I've only used iMovie 5 HD before.

Barely touched Final Cut Pro 4.5... and FCP is confusing to me compared
to iMovie HD.


What are the major differences I should be concerned with between
iMovie, FC Express HD, and FC Pro HD?


My documentary is a very serious project, but I am totally new to Final
Cut Pro HD.


I also have limited $$ to buy Harddrives to edit down 125 Hours of HDV
1080i footage to 3 hours of documentary.



Is iMovie HD enough, since it is so easy --- or do I really need to
learn FC Pro HD? (Also will the FC Express version do instead?)


Also, any recommendations for importing 125 Hours of 1080i HDV footage?
Should I just downgrade it to regular DV? I heard Apple changes 1 HOUR
of HDV into almost 50GBs per hour! That means 6.25TBs just for the
footage itself!



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