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Kingsly
Jan 7, 2007, 07:49 PM
I just finished a huge shoot. We used a Panasonic P2 Camera running 1080pA24 to a firestore drive. I then dumped the files from "CONTENTS" to my HDD. I then went into FCP and chose P2 import and, to my delight, it tells me that the directory structure is invalid. I have the "LASTCLIP.TXT" files.
I need a fix before the firestore gets erased!

Also... we shot with 35mm lenses and all the footage is upside-down. Is there an easy way to flip the images over without having to render every clip in the timeline?

EDIT: I added a clips and icon folder to my directory and it seems to work now. Unfortunately, I am able to select the P2 folder but my import window is just as blank as before I selected anything.

Help???


huntercr
Jan 7, 2007, 11:00 PM
You might try asking your question here:

http://www.lafcpug.org/forum.html

They are very experienced FCP users.

Hope this helps!
LethalWolfe
Jan 8, 2007, 01:06 AM
I'd take a look at dvxuser.com (http://www.dvxuser.com), and if everything you recorded is flipped there's no way to flip it right side up w/o rendering it, AFAIK.


Lethal
puckhead193
Jan 8, 2007, 01:12 AM
You might try asking your question here:

http://www.lafcpug.org/forum.html

They are very experienced FCP users.

Hope this helps!
that's a great website with great tutorials...
VideoTour
Jan 17, 2007, 03:27 PM
Wow, am I late to this thread! But I'm newly registered, though a LONG time reader of these forums.

It sounds as if you have attempted to copy files directly from FS-100 (I'm assuming you're using this with the Panasonic HVX)
As an FS-100 user who was initially baffled by this step, you must first choose "Organize P2 Files" on the Firestore.. and then import them from FCP's Import Files option. I have no idea technically what "organizing" does on the FS-100.. but it works (and other options I have tried do not.)
3dwater
Feb 14, 2007, 07:58 PM
does anyone have a solution for a situation in which some of the footage on the fs-100 wasn't organzized/ all the raw data is stored on a hard drive and wondering how i can import it into fcp or at least have it organized after the fact. please let me know....
FF_productions
Feb 14, 2007, 08:06 PM
does anyone have a solution for a situation in which some of the footage on the fs-100 wasn't organzized/ all the raw data is stored on a hard drive and wondering how i can import it into fcp or at least have it organized after the fact. please let me know....

Make a new thread.