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Modifying A Final Cut Pro 6 Video Frame (Or Frames) In Photoshop CS3 ?
My method of doing this is very clumsy and I am sure there must be some more elegant way.
I export the frame as a still image and modify it in PS after which I import it back into FCP and put it on the track immediately above the original frame.
This works but is rather fiddly.
Is there a quicker and better way and whatever happened to that handy “Frame From Video” grabber that was part of PSE 2 ?
What about FCP’s “Open in Editor” command ? I have got PS listed under “video” but can’t seem to open a selected frame in PS using this method.
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If you want to modify the image then you are doing it the best way I know of.
If you don’t need to modify, then make a freeze frame in FC. click on timeline, Modify/ Make Freeze Frame then drag it to the time line.Alan Stephens
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Thanks Alan …… it looks as though I am searching for the impossible!
It’s just that I always seem to use the slowest and most cumbersome techniques available.
After four years with FCP I have only just stopped using the razor blade to slice up clips and started with In / Out points in the Viewer.
Likewise today I have just started adding transitions and effects by dragging them from the Browser and dropping them on the timeline. Up to now I have ben going up to the menu etc. that takes ages.
So that’s why I thought there must be a better way of using Photoshop!
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If you own Extended.. you could just open the video and work on it that way in PS
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
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That sounds promising Richard as I do have PS CS3 Extended …….. but how do I, “just open the video and work on it” ?
I have been trying to do that for the past year! (I’m a slow learner).
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I think I’ve got it!
File>Import>Video Frames to Layers
Is that it?
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File > Open
Then use the Animation timeien to step through
Workflow is well documented in the manual
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
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Hi-I’m trying to do exactly what was specified above (export a freeze frame to play with in photoshop) except I cannot seem to bring up my image in Photoshop. Its been a while since I’ve tried this, but I too made a freeze frame with a shot I’d like to make into a graphic and when I export it as a still image or even a jpeg it just saves an empty file with no image. The quicktime conversion in FCP does ask me what fps I want, which I find unusual when exporting a still image. I’m just not sure what I’m doing wrong. I use FCP quite regularly but am very rusty with my Photoshop skills. Can you help me?
Thanks in advance
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OKay, I’m an idiot, I just figured out what my problem was. For some reason I felt the need to export it as a sequence rather than directly from the viewer hence the fps. I’m not sure where I got that from, maybe it had to do with my Avid/AE days. Maybe I did it wrong then, who knows…
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Select the frame you want in the timeline.
Then File>Export>Using QuickTime Conversion.
In the window that opens change “QuickTime Movie” to “Still Image” and in the “Options” tab select the format you want, as the default is “PNG”.
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I’m following those steps (file < export < QuickTime Conversion < Still Image) but my image is distorted. I'm attempting to export Freeze Frame images from a 960x720 HD timeline shot at 24p. I'm guessing the 960x720 has something to do with the distortion. So, do I drop the freeze frame images to a new SD timeline? Or, is there an adjustment I need to make once I open the images in Photoshop? Resizing is not an option in the QuickTime Conversion/Still image process. Txs. MacBook Pro Mac OSX version 10.4.11 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB DDr SDRAM FCP 6.0 G-Raid 2 Tb external hard drive
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