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CC in FCP, Autoduck to AE for final design and output. Final Touch?
What’s the best way to cc in FCP and then have that translate over to AE via automatic duck? I can’t use FCPs 3 way cc, the render files don’t transfer over to AE via XML. Is Synthetic Aperture a good way to go? As I understand it, as long as AE has the plug in, then the settings should transfer over, no?
What about Final touch? How does that work out? I understand you use the XML to get back and forth from Final TOuch to FCP, but how do the Final Touch renders pan out? I need to give my AE guy the final timeline and corresponding media via Automatic Duck’s XML export.
Just to let you know what we’re trying to do…more and more, our process is to cut for content in FCP, then hand it off to AE for the final design of the piece. I’d like to cc in FCP before the hand off to AE. Our AE guy is a really great designer, but refrains from cc as he’s not used to it. I’d like have my cc filters translate into his final comp.
Thanks for any insight.
Jeremy
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Tricky one, to be truthful although companies say that all the apps talk to each other and you can roundtrip to your hearts content, as you point out there are limitations.
Make a self contained movie of each of your CC’d video tracks from FCP and give that to your AE guy.
Peter
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The latest Automatic Duck claims to support 3rd party filters transitioning from FCP to Motion — so, you need a CC that runs in both. You could try Color Finesse from Synthetic Aperture, as it is precisely the same plug-in in either app. The only drawback is that it runs in its own interface, and because of this, you have to also run their other product Echo Fire, in order to get previews on your SMPTE monitor (you also have to disable FCP’s video out — using Command-F12 — before you apply the Color Finesse plugin or the Echo Fire output program will not be able to take over the monitor). However, that combo should work.
Color Finesse is bundled with AE Pro. I wonder if that bundled version could be copied to FCP’s plugin folder and woud run there?
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The Color Finesse plugin for AE will not work in FCP. Synthetic Aperture makes one for FCP separately.
Shane Ross
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Yes, we would have to buy the full version if we decide to go down this route. Version 2 looks like it’s going to be pretty sweet actually, but the release has been delayed.
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It sounds like they want to get it right though.
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Jeremy
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FCP to AE via Automatic Duck is a great way to go. Color Finesse does translate over if you have the plug in for both AE and FCP. Version 2.0 of CF will indeed be great upgrade, and should make going from FCP to AE work even better. Another good CC plug in (a bundle of plug-ins actually)are theDigital Film Tools 55mm and Composite Suite stuff. Most of the CC filters (maybe all of them) translate over from FCP to AE.
Chris
OutPost Pictures
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