• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  odd flashframes

  Posted by Pamela Magnus on February 9, 2011 at 7:08 pm

  I’m cutting a promo out of a PAL tv show and the files I were given were H.264 quicktimes. They cut no problem but any time I try to add any effects, even something as simple as a cross dissolve, or subtitles even, I get flashframes. I’m guessing this has something to do with the way the original files were compressed but is there anything I can do about it?

  Thanks!

  Richard Cooper replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  February 9, 2011 at 8:26 pm

  Please, you should NOT edit h264 files in FCP.
  Convert files b/4 editing.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Richard Cooper

  February 9, 2011 at 9:12 pm

  Hi Pamela, Chris is correct, cutting in h264s what is causing it. I tried this (only once to save a little time) and got the exact same result. Never again!
  Trans code your h264 file to a ProRes 422, edit with this file and your flash frame issue will go away.

  Richard Cooper
  FrostLine Productions, LLC
  Anchorage, Alaska
  http://www.frostlineproductions.com

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