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FC to AE to FC Workflow
Hey all,
I have some footage that I want to do a high quality reverse on. The footage was given to me as ProRes 422(HQ) so that is what my FC sequence is as well.
When I do speed-reverse in Final Cut, the footage is smooth but slightly blurry. I expected this as I’ve found this always happens when reversing footage in FC.
So I tried sending to AE, doing time-reverse, and sending back to FC. No matter how I do it, the footage always looks sharp back in FC but is really jittery. I’ve tried multiple workflows…ProRes out and back, uncompressed out and back, mixing and matching. Just can’t seem to figure it out. I’m thinking it’s an interlacing thing, but I just can’t find the right settings.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!!
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4 Replies
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Hi James,
FC have a silly bug when reversing footage: It doesn’t reverse the field order.
There are two easy workarounds, or you apply a “Shift-fields” filter, or you download (free) the “reverse” filter from Nattress web site.
Rafa -
If your original footage is interlaced, you need to render out of AE as interlaced in the same field order as your footage. What format is the original?
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/ -
Sometimes AE handles the QT files I export from FCP with wrong field order, even if they are progressive. Try ‘Interpret footage’ and look at ‘separate fields’. There might be something surprising.
Good luck
Andras -
Thanks guys!
The shift fields filter in FC still didn’t work, but the Nattress reverse plug-in worked great! Wish I had found it a while ago!
Thanks again!
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