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Projects settings for TIFF
Hello and thanks for reading my post.
I’ve had several jobs now where I edit high quality 1200dpi to 600dpi TIFF image scans of photos.
I’ve tried several presets and the ones I’ve used require constant rendering after cuts/moves or show a less detailed version of the photos. The resolutions are 2000×3000, not exactly but roughly and I plan doing pan/scans/zooms, etc..
I would like a timeline I can drop these photos into and edit to my hearts delight. Is this possible? No renders? I thought the new FCS 3 was drag and drop as far as the timeline went. It would recognize the best setting? Anyway, would love to know my best option without trying 50 presets.
Thanks again for any help you might offer,
Will Keir
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4 Replies
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Will,
Stills are RAM hogs, and a still that’s 2000×3000 will eat up much of you available RAM as soon as you drop it on the timeline.
What codec are you editing? Or, what’s your final destination for this project?
With those answers I may be able to help you with a somewhat improved workflow.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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David, thanks for the reply.
I’m gonna make a standard DVD, NTSC
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Will,
Your stills only need to to 2 to 3x the pixel dimension of your final output in order to put good moves on them. So, 2000×3000 is too big. So, first scale down the stills. Try cutting them to half of their present pixel dimension, and if that’s too much scale down by 1/3.
Next, create a new sequence and set it to edit DV50 anamorphic. DV50 is the lowest bitrate codec that operates in 4:2:2 color space. DV50 won’t hammer the quality of your stills the way DV compression will in 4:1:1 color space.
Next, change your RT settings to: Playback Video Quality – High; and Playback Frame Rate – dynamic. That will allow you to see the unrendered material at a high resolution while playing back at a somewhat lower frame rate.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Thank you David, I appreciate you help.
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