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Anyone seeing this?
Here is a Dynamic RT problem with still images.
I have noticed that a timeline showing a light green line which used to be fully rendered RT easily played out by FCP is now showing less than desirabe quality compared to rendered portions of the timeline.
Try this test: Load two high resolution still image (tif, jpeg etc)
Drop the images into a timeline.(withRT set to high the timeline has a light green line on it)
Put a motion move on the first image with keyframe A@45 and keyframe B@100 (I was using 1600×1200 jpeg file)
Place a dissolve between the shots and render only the dissolve.
Go to the headframe of the dissolve and the arrow back one frame to compare the quality betweent the two. You should notice a vast difference.In 4.5HD there would be no distinction between these two frame with the same settings but somehow we last this ability now. FCP 5.0 does not even give you a choice to see the high rez image when stopped on the still frame, which is very useful for picking out detail in high rez still images. This was a major bonus in all previous versions of Final Cut..
If you would like to see still images please e-mail me and I will be happy to show you the comparissons.
go here to see the stills
https://homepage.mac.com/scarlettfilms/PhotoAlbum9.html
David Battistella
*This is cross posted in the Apple FCP discusiions*
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2 Replies
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I’ve seen something similar to this with some JPEG’s. My fix was to open them in Photoshop, save them as pngs and only after rendering did they look OK David. FWIW, I’m pretty sure the FCP team is aware too… welcome to a .0 release.
FCP had a big time rewrite of the scaling and I think it’s not quite done…
Jerry
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thanks Gerry,
The files do look perfect when rendered and I should point out that the scaling in general is much better quality in this release of FCP. I guess what just feels odd is that it is not “really RT” because all of these stills have to be re-rendered. It would be great if the image snapped back to full quality when parked on a frame (adaptive resolution like after effects) so that you could pick out the specifics of a part of an image.
I guess there is jsut a bit more work to do.
Thanks for the reply, we’ll render everything inthe meantime, which is no big deal.David
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