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  ProRes HQ Output Issue

  Posted by Connie Simmons on April 13, 2008 at 11:28 pm

  ProRes HQ Output Issue
  HI. I am editing a Pro Res HQ program. The footage was shot on a Sony Cinealta F900, HDCAM 1080i. I am editing on an 3 gig 8-core macpro, with 8 gigs ram, OS 10.4.11 and FCP 6.02.

  The project has many large stills as well.

  I have been trying to output an QT movie (use same settings) to send to a post house in another city to be used as a master for an HDCAM tape.

  When I play the QT movie there are glitches. Sometimes where there is a dissolve between 2 images, it sticks on the first image, ignores the disoolve and jumps some where later in the next image. Or there is a screen of lines where there is a dissolve.

  Anyone else have this problem? Any solution.

  Best, Connie Simmons

  Gary Adcock replied 18 years ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  April 14, 2008 at 2:52 am

  What kind of drive are you playing back from? Are the glitches consistent?

  Do you see these glitches in your regular timeline?
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  Connie Simmons

  April 14, 2008 at 4:18 am

  Hi. I have 2 5 terabyte esata drives. It glitched there, then I copied everything onto one of my 4 internal harddrives and it happened there as well. I can narrow one part of it down – it only happens on images – all RGB, all fairly large(3000 x 4000). If I rightclick and reconnect media – to the same media! – it seems to stabilize for a while. Then it later happens again. I have a clip of the problem, if I can figure out how to upload it.

  It happens on the timeline and in the QT movie. I finally output a QT movie
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  Connie Simmons

  April 14, 2008 at 4:28 am

  Here is an example of what I mean. https://www.paintingclass.us/Pages/Glitch.html
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  Uli Plank

  April 14, 2008 at 6:15 am

  AFAIK, 4000 px is the absolute limit for FCP.
  Are you using those large images for zooming or panning?
  If not, I’s scale them down. If you so, try to pre-render them (maybe using a different codec) and copy the result into the time-line.

  Hope this helps,

  Uli

  Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts
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  Connie Simmons

  April 14, 2008 at 12:41 pm

  Thank you for your response. Yes, I am panning and zooming on some, but teh others are just too big I guess. I’ll scale them down.

  What do you mean about prerendering them in another codec before puting them in the timeline?

  THanks, Connie
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  Gary Adcock

  April 14, 2008 at 12:50 pm

  [Connie Simmons] “What do you mean about prerendering them in another codec before puting them in the timeline? “

  do your moves in an application like After Effects- that is made for that style of animation.

  gary adcock
  Studio37
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