• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Editing Stills

  Posted by Annie Smith on May 29, 2008 at 6:37 am

  Hi,

  I’m trying to edit stills from my friend’s wedding, and I can’t seem to figure out the correct sequence settings. The size of the stills vary from 940×628 to 940×606 to 592×940 (and others). The end product will be both a quicktime that will be posted to a site and a DVD. I will be doing basic moves to these stills.
  I was told that the sequence settings should be the same as the source settings in order for me to NOT have to render the files in the sequence, but this is not the case. The stills are square pixel PHOTO-JPEG compressions. The sequence that I have created is 720×540 with a square pixel aspect ratio and PHOTO-JPEG compressor at 100% quality. I’ve also tried a sequence at 720×480. So why is it that when I cut in the stills, I get a red bar asking me to render the sequence? My sequence settings match my source file settings. What sequence setting should I be using so that I do not have to render these files? Please help.

  Thanks,
  Annie

  Zane Barker replied 18 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  May 29, 2008 at 9:38 am

  If it’s going to be a DVD, then just use a standard definition frame size. Use the Uncompressed 8bit NTSC Easy Setup or the Uncompressed 8bit PAL Easy Setup depending on where you are.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
  Biscardi Creative Media
  HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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  Zane Barker

  May 30, 2008 at 3:35 am

  [annie smith] ” I will be doing basic moves to these stills.”

  If all you are doing is motion on still photos I recommend using a program called Fotomagico. I use it on ALL my photo slideshows. You can bust out a photo slideshow in the fraction of the time it takes you to do it in FCP. Or you can also use iphoto or iMovie, you don’t get the control you do in Fotomagico though.

  [annie smith] “I was told that the sequence settings should be the same as the source settings in order for me to NOT have to render the files in the sequence”

  That is true when you add video, but you will need to render eventually if you are doing stills in FCP.

  There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
  Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

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