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Compressor 2.3 HD Text Aspect Ratio Bug
Hello,
I’m wondering if anyone else has seen this and if they’ve discovered a fix.
I’ve noticed that if I render a DVCPROHD 720p23.98 timeline using Compressor, text generators get rendered in what appears to be the wrong aspect ratio. When I was making the frame captures below, I also noticed that the same problem happens with shape generators. I’ve had this problem using both the H.264 and Sorenson 3 codecs (haven’t tried any others), rendering at 640×360 (half res), 512×288 (2/5 res), and 384×216 (3/10 res). The problem does not happen if I render at 1280×720. I have trashed my preferences for both Final Cut and Compressor.
The problem also doesn’t happen if I render straight from the FCP timeline, either as a QT movie or using QT conversion. I realize I could export a QT movie and then compress that in Compressor, but sometimes it’s inconvenient to do that.
I’m running Final Cut 5.1.2 and Compressor 2.3. I haven’t yet been able to upgrade to 5.1.4, let alone 6 and Compressor 3. Would this problem be solved with an upgrade?
Here are some frame grabs. The rectangle (an imported TIFF file) stays the same size, but the text changes:
Export using Quicktime Conversion:
https://www.davidheidelberger.com/bug/qt_convert.jpgSame settings in Compressor:
https://www.davidheidelberger.com/bug/compressor.jpgAny thoughts?
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4 Replies
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Export a reference movie from FCP (make sure the make self contained and recompress all frames boxes are NOT checked) and bring that into compressor. By exporting a ref movie, you are cutting way down on disk space and the export goes really fast as it’s basically creates a little database that link to the original files sitting on you scratch disk. Make sure you have gone into the Sequence > render all and Sequence > render selected menus and checked all the option there including ‘full’ before exporting. Then, render all those rt effects before exporting by hitting option-r (render all), then export the reference movie.
Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy,
I realize I can use that method. I was just wondering if, first of all, anyone else had seen this problem (or if it’s something I’m doing wrong), and also, if there’s a fix or trick within Compressor in situations where I don’t want to compress my graphics twice.
– David
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I’m having the same problem.
Here’s another post with the same issue:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/997389I can do the work-around that Jeremy suggested but I would prefer not to.
Thanks,
– Rob
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Robert Turnbull
The Backyard Bard
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Leopard 10.5.4
FCP 6.0.4
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[Robert Turnbull] “I can do the work-around that Jeremy suggested but I would prefer not to. “
Just curious, but why not? I wouldn’t call it a work around, it’s more of the best way to do it while minimizing problems.
Jeremy
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