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Proper Motion to Final Cut Pro 5 workflow for highest quality in Final Cut Pro 5
I have read several post on Motion 2 to Final Cut Pro. I am somewhat unclear as to how to get the very highest quality Motion 2 project into Final Cut Pro 5. I am currently creating a new DV project in Motion 2, as I am working in DV in Final Cut Pro 5. I notice the Motion 2 files look blurry inside Final Cut Pro 5 when I import the Motion project file and add it to my sequence timeline. Clearly I am doing something wrong. Should I ever export from Motion as a Quicktime movie, and then add that Motion Quicktime movie to the sequence timeline? I know that the Animation codec gives the highest quality from Motion, but what about when you are using the Motion project file in Final Cut Pro 5?
As always thanks in advance for taking the time to read and reply to my Post,
Sebastian
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[Sebastian] “I am working in DV in Final Cut Pro 5. I notice the Motion 2 files look blurry”
DV is highly compressed, and as soon as you throw the Motion project file into a DV timeline it WILL get blurry. Because it is highly compressed.
-Todd Beabout
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[Todd Beabout] “DV is highly compressed, and as soon as you throw the Motion project file into a DV timeline it WILL get blurry. Because it is highly compressed.”
So, what’s the solution?
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[David Roth Weiss] “So, what’s the solution?”
The footage will most likely look slightly better on a NTSC monitor if you have one connected. Sebastian does not mention if he has a way to monitor externally in his profile, so I would assume that he does not (which is probably why he is working in DV). Other than that, I would say the “solution” would be to not work in DV if you want crisp, clean graphics. Sebastian, how are you outputting this project? DV tape, DVD, web?
As far as another option for getting the Motion clip into FCP… You could experiment with exporting a QuickTime and see if you get better results, but the only advantage to this that I have personally found is that the Motion project files (or LiveType for that matter) seem to render very slow in FCP.
-Todd Beabout
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You’re probably soing this already, but if you (while in FCP) change the Alpha of the Motion files from Straight to Black, there’s a huge quality increase. Also, render times seem longer if you use a .motn file in your FCP timeline, than if you import a .mov file with an Alpha channel.
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