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Still Image Sequence
Hello,
I need some advice on assembling a sequence of about 100 still images for a graduation video. For years I have made dozens of these types of videos using Premiere and After Effects, as you may know, it has an “Automate to Timeline” feature which works well for this type of project. I generally mixed between straight stills and prepared .avi’s rendered from After Effects that included zooming, panning etc…all the while in a DV mode.
Two days ago I received Final Cut Studio that I promptly loaded on my new dual 2.5 and put my PC out of its misery. Although my experience with FCP is limited I’ve already cut a few videos and am very pleased with it. So here are a couple of questions I hope someone can help me with. Is there a feature in FCP similar to “Automate to Timeline”? Would there be an advantage to working in an “uncompressed” or SD mode rather than a DV mode to eliminate compression…or is there a particular mode I can work in that is conducive to this type of sequence?
I have scanned, corrected and formatted all of the pictures, each weighs in at roughly 1000 pixels at its widest, this project will go directly to a DVD.
Any other pointers, tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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6 Replies
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i’ve no idea what automate to timeline means but if you tell us exactly what you’re trying to do i think i can help. i’ve done several projects like this before. as for codecs i think you should use dv for maximum realtime performance. if you render to mpeg using compressor it will pass uncompressed data anyway without pre rendering.
/matt
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Matt,
Thanks for your response. Automate to Timeline is a feature of Premiere that allows you to select multiple media files from a bin then automatically place them in a sequential order on the timeline complete with a transition. In this process you can specify the duration of each clip and its transition. This is a very quick way to prepare a sequence of a few hundred images/clips.
My FC Studio pack came with a stack of manuals that I have searched but found nothing like I
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you can drag multiple images and clips to the timeline and you can set the default length on imported stills. the scale to sequence command will make them all shrink to fit. i don’t think you can add transitions this way though.
“would the still images NOT be subject to DV25 compression during the compressor session? Does the same hold true for lower thirds and other graphics?”
correct. if you’ve rendered your timeline i’m not sure though, so don’t.
/matt
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[the202] “Automate to Timeline is a feature of Premiere that allows you to select multiple media files from a bin then automatically place them in a sequential order on the timeline complete with a transition.”
In FCP this is called Overwrite With Transition. Simply select all of the stills you want to use in the browser, drag them to the Canvas (the window on the right), & hold the mouse for a second or 2 until an overlay comes up. Drop the pictures into the well that says “Overwrite with Transition”, & it will drop them into the timeline with whatever your default transition is (probably a Cross Dissolve, unless you’ve already changed it). If you want a different transition you can then select all of the pix in the timeline afterwards & choose whichever transition you want from the Effects>Transitions menu, or you can change the default transition before you make the edit.
Arnie
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Thanks Matt and Arniepix. I used the methods you both described and it worked perfectly.
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Hey guys
You’re safe, compressor renders all rendered frames again, natively, in the output codec, whether you have rendered the timeline or not.
I love that feature.Regards
Peter—
Peter Dominic Ryan – Freelance Editor
raycity* media – pdr@raycity.comPowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP HD 4.5, Motion 1.01, DVD SP 4
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