• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP imports my AE footage with wrong field dominance

  Posted by Brian Mclean on July 5, 2011 at 10:28 pm

  I have noticed that my renders from AE are importing into FCP as upper field first. I have double checked my AE settings and I am indeed exporting progressive.

  Why is FCP importing my AE renders (422 prores 1920×1080) as upper field first? I can manually change it in FCP but is there a reason why this is happening?

  When I import video footage that is progressive it seems to import fine.
  It seems my AE renders are not coming in correct.

  Help anyone?

  Thanks.

  Brian Mclean replied 14 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

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  John Pale

  July 5, 2011 at 11:22 pm

  AE doesn’t set the flag properly. Just manually change it.
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  Brian Mclean

  July 6, 2011 at 2:58 pm

  Thanks!
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  Michael Freund

  December 15, 2011 at 12:07 am

  could you tell me what you mean by manually change it? what is a flag? how? in AE or FCP?

  editing a show for TV, sequence settings are no field dominance (because that’s how it came in from original xdcam footage, and thus i converted it into prores without field dominance) – AE editor supplying me with upper field dominant files, type ends up looking crappy.

  any fixes other changing my entire 30 minute sequence, and converting all associated files into upper field? is there no other way to export AE files to make them without field dominance?

  thank you –
  m
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  Brian Mclean

  February 22, 2012 at 3:26 pm

  in FCP find your clip that has the wrong field.
  In the Project Browser (far Left) drag that window extra wide.
  Now use the Bottom Scroller and keep scrolling until you see field dominance at the top.
  Click up the word up and select none.

  That is what the other guy ment buy manually changing it.

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