HD Video: Recorded, Now what?

K8-90 · Jul 4, 2011

Hey!

So I've upgrade from a Rebel to the fabulous 7D, woot! One of the upgrades was the addition of video, although that wasn't my reason for purchasing it. Anyways. Having the option, I have obviously tried it out. Video is pretty tricky, I must say. But what I am trying to figure out is what do I do with the video clips once they have been recorded? I shot the clips in full 1080p, and now I would like to watch these clips. Apparently, my laptop can't handle the task, as the video is very choppy. But if I burn to DVD, the video is no longer HD, right? So How do I go about watching the clips?

Thanks,

Kate

Village Idiot · Jul 5, 2011

Do you have any video editing software?

K8-90 · Jul 6, 2011

Yes. I have the prepackaged mac stuff, and also Adobe Premier, which I don't know how to use.

K8-90 · Jul 7, 2011

Any ideas?

Village Idiot · Jul 7, 2011

K8-90 said:
Any ideas?

Convert it! Are they only going to be watched on your laptop or what? What's the screen resolution of your laptop? Do you want to watch them full screen or does it matter?

Snyder · Jul 7, 2011

Make a multimedia story. Thats what I use it for.

K8-90 · Jul 8, 2011

I wanted to included the clips with some pictures and make a slideshow. The slideshow would then be watch on a 52" HDTV...

Thanks for the replies!

GeneralBenson · Jul 9, 2011

How old is your computer that it can't play 1080p footage back?

ShutterSpeed · Jul 9, 2011

i have the nikon d7000...that also has 1080p video. And I was wondering how to burn them into a HD format for use on a DVD..or else, what is the point of having it.
my computer also plays the videos a little choppy, but i think its because of their format in QuickTime...not so much the computer. HD in another format would likely be smooth.

K8-90 · Jul 10, 2011

GeneralBenson said:
How old is your computer that it can't play 1080p footage back?

i was using a two year old macbook pro.

Village Idiot · Jul 11, 2011

Here's a tutorial for 5D MKII premiere work flow. There's a lot of them on the web.

A DUMMIES STYLE TUTORIAL for editing those 5DMKII files in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Canon Digital Photography Forums

K8-90 · Jul 13, 2011

Thanks, that was quite helpful!

Village Idiot · Jul 14, 2011

hunter121 said:
Make a multimedia story.

OP was asking what to convert the video format to so that they could use the video, not what they should do besides leaving it sit on their hard drive.