AE into FCP – Mixed footage

[Mark]

I would have to see your render settings in AE, and not just the comp settings… One thing that I notice is that your comp is set to half res, which is fine, this is just for previews in AE and allows you to work faster….but, make sure in the render settings you are using Full resolution as the output. Also, are you rendering out to 23.976, or are you rendering out to 29,97 with a pulldown ???? All important questions. One more thing, are you properly interpreting the footage and fields etc of the footage that you are bringing into AE ???

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Michael Nielsen]

Hi Mark,

I am rendering out the project at full resolution, and I am rendering at 23.976 and not 29.97. Which should it be? And as for the footage I’m working with in AE, it is all still footage that I am adding motion to, so there is nothing to interpret on that end.

I’ve attached my render settings. Thanks for your help.

[Mark]

Unfortunately, I am not too familiar with the ProRes codec…I am an Avid dude….but could you not render out of AE back into the ProRes codec.

Also, when you say that it is all footage that you are adding motion to, what excatly does this mean ??? If you are bringing footage from FCP into AE, then you still need to make sure that it is being properly intepreted by AE…maybe AE is deinterlacing, and shouldn’t be….

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Michael Nielsen]

I think I have figured it out. I rendered the AE footage back out as 29.97 material in the Apple ProRes codec and so far it is smooth. I am not importing FCP footage into AE and rendering it back out, but rather adding motion to still photographs that are then being put into a FCP project and mixed with live footage.

Either way, so far it works. Thanks again.
Michael Nielsen