vidding with multiple sources?

[electrizity.livejournal.com]

Hello! I have an idea for a vid I want to make centered on a musician, using footage of interviews, performances, and music videos. I now realize that I have more than ten sources from which I want to edit clips, and each of these sources is in a different format, with different aspect ratios, frames per second, etc.

Clip 1:
H.264, 1280 × 720, 0.008999999999999999 fps, 1.80 Mbps

Clip 2:
H.264, 640 × 320, 0.003 fps, 600 kbps

Clip 3:
224 MPEG-2, 1920 × 1080, 16:9, 29.97 fps, 65.00 Mbps, upper field first

Clip 4:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 576, 16:9, 29.97 fps, 9.00 Mbps, progressive

Clip 5:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 480, 4:3, 29.97 fps, 9.50 Mbps, lower field first

And so on and so forth.

Is this venture doomed from the start? I know it's been done before, but I'm also still a relative n00b. Does anyone have any advice or know of any guides for this sort of project using Final Cut Pro? Thanks!

Comments

[destiny-f.livejournal.com]

which program do you use?
Should be possible so cut a 4:3 video into a 16:9 clip. Don't think that yo actually can see the difference with the framerate.

And there is a program "SUPER", you can transver almost every source into another format:
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[electrizity.livejournal.com]

I'm using Final Cut. I'll look into using SUPER, thanks! ♥

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I strongly recommend following thingswithwings' process for making multi-source vids (http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/73210.html?thread=2518778#ljcmt2518778). I have made a few, but it was her guidance that made the last one easy for me.

I use FCP too, so let me know if I can provide additional info.

[china_shop]

OMG, thank you for that link! \o/

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! I only wish I'd known this years ago. (:

[electrizity.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much! This was exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find!

I'm not exactly sure what she means though by importing all the clips "native." Wouldn't that require rendering each clip imported into FCP?

Thank you! ♥

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Native means clipping at the native aspect ratio. Yes, that means rendering any clips that don't match your pre-set. Trust me: it's worth it.

[electrizity.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay! Thanks so much for all your help!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

So glad I could help!

[suckmyglock.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to do it, but I do know it's not doomed from the started as I have seen vids that have done it. Seems to be a particular issue in bandom, because of the necessity of using high-quality widescreen-optimized music video & documentary footage from official DVDs combined with shitty quality live shows and interviews off youtube. It can be done!

[electrizity.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the encouragement. :) I've seen it done too, and I get the feeling that I'm only just about to really appreciate how much work and skill it takes!