• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  tracking line on final cut capture

  Posted by Mike Smith on May 26, 2011 at 2:52 pm

  I’m capturing video from digital 8 to my imac in final cut express. There is a tracking line at the bottom of capture and when I export. On the viewer of camera, there is no tracking line. Why is this there and how do I get rid of it? Thanks.

  Jeff Greenberg replied 15 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jeff Greenberg

  May 27, 2011 at 2:45 am

  it’s in the part of the video that never gets seen on a TV set/DVD – it’s called blanking. It has to do with the way the signal is encoded.

  If you add a small mask or crop you can remove the dead lines.

  Best,

  Jeff G

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  Mike Smith

  May 27, 2011 at 5:23 pm

  Thanks for quick reply. I typically export to a .mov without self-containing the file for time purposes. Is there a way to mask or crop without having to go through the render process? Thanks much.
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  Jeff Greenberg

  May 28, 2011 at 11:17 pm

  Not that I know of in FCE; in FCP, maybe.

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  Jeff G

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