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Final Cut Pro – After Effects workflow
Hey guys!
I can search and read these forums for as long as I want, but I might as well just ask the question, right?
I have been a FCP and AE user for years now, and mostly used them independently of each other. Now I’m integrating them on almost every project via Automatic Duck. It seems when I export XML to AE, areas on the timeline where audio wasn’t clipping in FCP is now clipping in AE. It’s a little frustrating to re-edit audio in AE after all the work that is done in FCP and Soundtrack, seeing as I want to finish and do a final export from AE. (And editing for audio in AE is just irritating anyway).
Is there any tried-and-true workflow that anyone can share with me? I really prefer to start in FCP and finish in AE, like I stated. Is there any way to go back to FCP from AE, in a roundtripping sort of way? I’m working with mostly DVCPROHD and some HDV, if that makes a difference to anyone.
Thanks!
John
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5 Replies
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Just a suggestion. Check to make sure that the audio is not dual mono. A stereo converted to dual mono will be raised 4 dB.
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Why not simply render from AE and drop the file back in FCP where all your audio is the way you like it and is easily edited?
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When you guys render out from AE, what format would you suggest exporting DVCPROHD and/or HDV for the best, lossless footage? I seem to lose a lot of red quality exporting in animation or h.264 codec. And also, I don’t want to export a 10 second AE file that is a gig in size… but beggars can’t be choosers, I suppose.
John
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In addition to checking for the latest version of Automatic Duck to see if it addresses your problems, you could also try going through Premiere Pro depending on what your edit is like.
You can export FCP XML and import it into Premiere Pro. Save your Premiere Pro project and import it into After Effects or simply select all and in Premiere Pro CS4 and greater, right click and choose ‘replace with After Effects composition’
Let me know if you have any questions on this approach.
Dennis
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Right back to whatever format timeline I’m working in. It would be pointless to render it as something like lossless, only to have it recompressed again in FCP.
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