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FCP to AE without loss of quality
Hallo,
first, sorry for my bad english, but I will try to make it understandable.
Some facts:
Camera: Sony PWM-EX1
File: XDCAM EX 1080p25 (QuickTime)
Programs: FCP 6.0.4 and AE 8.0.0.298My question:
I have a FCP sequence with my edits. Now, I would like to retouch some clips from the sequence with AE.
I have export the clip in FCP as an Animation with 1080p25 100% quality. Then I had make my retouch in AE and export it also as an Animation with 1080p25 100% quality. My problem is, that after the export from AE, the clip is darker and the quality ist not so good. I thought it is the best way (after some tests). Is there any way, how I get better quality and without other brightness?I’m gone mad with this… I hope someone understand what I mean an could help me.
Thank you in advance.
Moe
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3 Replies
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Export the clip from FCP in whatever format you are using to edit with – DV, Uncompressed 10-bit/8-bit, whatever. Use those same settings in AE and render out to that codec. Staying in the same codec should keep your quality high, and will probably solve the brightness issue, though if you’re colour correcting the clips in AE you should make sure you’re using a broadcast reference monitor for both AE and FCP so that you know you’re comparing apples and apples.
Hope this helps!
Steve -
“Staying in the same codec should keep your quality high, and will probably solve the brightness issue”
That’s not really true. DV, DVCPRO, and in this case XDCAM are all heavily compressed codecs, so rendering out to that codec two more times (once from FCP and once from AE)is going to degrade your footage.
The best option is to stick to lossless or 8/10 bit uncompressed codecs when bouncing between apps. If there is a gamma shift once you pull it back into FCP, something was set incorrectly at some point in the pipeline.
Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
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So, my way is the right one (with “Animatioan” as codec), only something was set incorrectly at some point in the pipeline?
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