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Can’t get Smoothcam working with XDCAM or ProRes???
Hi guys,
Was wondering if anyone has had success applying smoothcam successfully to either XDCAM or Prores footage?
I shot on an EX3 using the 720P format and cannot see any ‘smoothness’ in applying the filter to either type of footage?
I have adjusted the settings and understand how they work but am not getting any results.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
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Do you mean that if you open the background processing window after applying the effect, nothing happens?
Jeremy
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Maybe I tell you exactly what I did…
I converted the handheld 720P XDCAM to ProRes 422, then brought that in on a ProRes timeline. Adjusted settings to Smoothcam then dropped it on for analysis. Once analysing was complete I renedered the green out to blue and saw no changes.
My Smoothcam settings were:
Auto Scale 1
Transitional Smooth 3
Rotation Smooth 3.5
Scale Smooth 0
Mix 100I’ve had success with smoothcam using SD DV but none with the XDCAM/ProRes.
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Nope. That wasn’t it, but this is interesting…
I see what you mean about the mix value. The strange thing is, when I did that on the original clip nothing happened. But when I copied the file to a new timeline to make you a short clip, I could see the mix value change. (That sort of overlay ghosting).
So I went back to my original timeline and reduced the length of it and presto I could see the two mix values. But when I extend the clip back to its original length, I don’t get any smoothcam???
What is this telling me?
That I need to increase my Transition & Rotation Smooth values or something else? -
BTW, the clip does include graphic/photo overlay in it that doesn’t require the smoothcam. Could that be an issue?
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[Andrew Mula] “Could that be an issue? “
Yes, it could be. I rarely adjust the Smoothcam parameters once it’s done working.
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