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Mixed Media in SD timeline HELP
We are cutting some spots that will finish DigiBeta for Broadcast. Some 720p footage, 1080p footage, and some 35mm film transfered to DigiBeta.
Since its finishing SD we’re cutting in a Uncompressed 10bit Timeline. Why is it, that when I bring in a 720p clip for example, i don’t get the full resolution of the clip? If the motion tab is at 100% it should be much larger than my 720×486 sequence….right? We’d like to repo some of these shots, and also put small pans across the HD footage, but i have to go above 100% to do this, and i’m losing resolution.
If I do the exact same thing in an After Effects comp, it acts as it should…the HD footage is 1280×720 and clearly larger than the 720×486 comp. Thus far, i’ve been bringing these clips into AE….but I’d rather stay in FCP for it all.
Should i be cutting in a difference Sequence?? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Ben
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Yes, if you’re Motion tab scaling is at 100%, it should be quite a bit larger than your SD sequence. A quick way to do that is to highlight the clip in the timeline and REMOVE ATTRIBUTES – Basic Motion.
Can you look at it in wireframe mode to double check? Also set your canvas view to 50% or so to see the oversized media in relation to the smaller canvas size.
The lack of resolution you are seeing in an SD timeline is a much more complicated issue. There’s a rather lengthy thread where we dug into this pretty deep – and Jeremy G has just today posted a solution, we think. But read it from the top to get the full story on what is going on and why…
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