EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro

EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro

Ver.1.4

Quick Start Guide

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Content of this Quick Start Guide

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Example: EOS-1D X  1D X

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About This Quick Start Guide

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Canon may change without notice the software specifications and contents of this Quick Start

Guide.

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Canon does not take responsibility for the outcome of the software operation.

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Trademark Acknowledgments

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Final Cut Pro is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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Before Using

This plug-in software allows you to convert MOV movies shot with an

EOS DIGITAL camera into ProRes files at high speed in the [Log and

Transfer] window of Apple’s Final Cut Pro.

This software is compatible with Final Cut Pro version 6.0.6/7.0.3 or later in a Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later environment. Also, this plug-in software is only compatible with computers with Intel processors.

Computers with PowerPC processors are not supported.

For details on system requirements for Final Cut Pro, refer to Apple’s website, etc.

Connecting the Memory Card to your Computer

Insert the memory card with a movie shot with an

EOS DIGITAL camera into a commercially-available card reader to connect it to a computer.

 An icon appears on your desktop.

 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels) movies shot with a supported by this software.

1D C are not

 Video snapshots and video snapshot albums shot with a are not supported by this software.

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Installing the Software

1 Double-click the software’s disk image (dmg file).

2 Install the software following the on-screen instructions.

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If you connect the memory card to your computer and then use Disk

Utility to create and mount a Disk Image (dmg file) of the memory card, you can perform [Log and Transfer] without connecting the original memory card to your computer.

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[Log and Transfer] Window View and File Conversion

1 Start up Final Cut Pro, select [File]  [Log and

Transfer], and then open the [Log and Transfer] window.

2 Select [Canon DSLR Movie] in [Preferences].

3 Specify the folder.

The folder structure must be one of the following for movie files to be loaded.

 Folders retaining the directory structure created on an EOS

DIGITAL camera

 A folder where the movie files you want to convert are located immediately under it

 After converting MOV movies shot with an EOS DIGITAL camera into ProRes format using this plug-in, be sure to perform the following operation before editing in [Timeline].

(1) Select the files converted to ProRes format in the [Browser] window.

(2) Set [Field Dominance] to [None] if it is set to [Upper (Odd)].

4 Select the movie files you want to convert, and then click the [Add Selection to Queue] button to load them.

 The files you want to convert are converted into the file type specified in step

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 For details on the [Log and Transfer] window, refer to the Help for

Final Cut Pro.

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 In the [Log and Transfer] window, you can display the following shooting information for the files before the conversion.

(1) Aperture * [Av (Aperture Value)], (2) Shutter speed * [Tv (Shutter

Speed)], (3) ISO speed * [ISO Speed], (4) Lens name [Lens], (5)

Focal length [Focal Length], (6) Camera name [Device Model

Name], (7) Camera serial number [Device Serial Number], (8)

Picture Style [Picture Style], and (9) White Balance [White Balance]

* Displayed only for movies shot with a manual exposure setting.

To select and display information items, click on item names in the window such as [Name] or [Volume] while holding down the

<control> key, and select with the menu that appears.

 If there is already a file with the same filename in the save destination, the newly converted file is saved with a different filename.

 When loading movie files shot with a 1D Mk IV 5D Mk II and “.THM” files * are not in the same folder, the following restrictions apply.

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(1) A part of shooting information are not displayed.

(2) Movies shot with a 5D Mk II having firmware version 1.2 or earlier cannot be loaded.

* A “.THM” file is a (thumbnail) file generated and saved together with a movie file when shooting movies with some of Canon digital cameras. It has the same file number as the movie and includes shooting information, etc.

 This software does not support movies shot with cameras other than the following compatible cameras:

1D Mk IV 5D Mk III 5D Mk II 6D 7D

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Uninstalling the Software

 Before starting the software uninstallation, quit all the programs you are using.

 To uninstall the software, log into the account used when installation was performed.

 When you have moved the folders and the software to be deleted to the Trash, select the [Finder] menu  [Empty Trash] and empty the

Trash. You cannot reinstall the software until you have emptied the

Trash.

1 Select the folder in which this software is saved.

 Select [Macintosh HD]  [Library]  [Application Support] 

[ProApps]  [MIO]  [RAD]  [Plugins]  the

[CanonE1.RADPlug] folder.

2 Drag the [CanonE1.RADPlug] folder to the Trash.

3 Select the [Finder] menu on the desktop  [Empty

Trash].

 This software is uninstalled.

4 Restart your computer.

Final Cut Pro Support

Model

Movie recording size

Support

Frame rate

Final Cut Pro 6 *

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Final Cut Pro 7 * 2

EOS 5D Mark II

30.00 fps

1920x1080

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Model

Movie recording size

Support

Frame rate

Final Cut Pro 6 *

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Final Cut Pro 7 *

2

EOS 5D Mark II (Firmware version 2.0.3 or later)

1920x1080 1280x720

29.97 fps 25.00 fps 23.976 fps

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Support

Frame rate

Final Cut Pro 6 * 1

Final Cut Pro 7 *

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Version 6.0.6

Version 7.0.3 or later

EOS-1D X/EOS-1D C/EOS-1D Mark IV/

EOS 5D Mark III/EOS 6D/EOS 7D/EOS 60D

1920x1080 1280x720

29.97 fps 25.00 fps 23.976 fps 59.94 fps 50.00 fps

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Data that have been deleted by emptying the Trash cannot be retrieved, so be particularly careful when deleting data.

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