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Clip OK in Viewer, Lower Res in Timeline
Hi,
I am currently working on a project with material exported from FCP to Color, back to FCP, then to AE and finally back to FCP again.
The workflow:
The footage is shot with SONY EX1 (XDCAM HD) and first cut natively. Then copied to a new sequence which is ProRes HQ 422 with 10-bit rendering. This is exported and graded in Color and re-imported, exported as QT to AE.
I work in AE as ProRes and export again, LossLess and ProRes.
Here´s the problem. When I look at my AE clips in the Viewer they look good. When I place them in the timeline again they are a bit lower Res. than in the Viewer..
Can someone give me some input on this?
Is the workflow optimal?
Any help is appreciated!
Regards,
Johan
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[Johan Windh] “The footage is shot with SONY EX1 (XDCAM HD) and first cut natively. Then copied to a new sequence which is ProRes HQ 422 with 10-bit rendering. This is exported and graded in Color and re-imported, exported as QT to AE.”
you could skip the step of copying the EX-1 sequence and putting it on a ProresHQ sequence to be sent to Color. You don’t win nothing this way. Just send to Color the EX-1 sequence and render to Prores HQ in Color.
rafael -
Hi guys. OK thanks for the export-tip.
Yep, it´s 1080p. I´ll check out the field-order. Thanks!
/J
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OK, I just checked the Render settings in AE. The field order is set to None, just as the clips themselves are.
Again, when looking at my AE-clip straight in the Viewer in FCP, I get the full res. When I drag it into the timeline (and render if necessary) the clip is in lower res.
The ones straight from Color looks good, both in Viewer and in Timeline.
/J
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Btw, I tried to render one with Field Order set to upper, just to check, but unfortunately, the same result.
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Going for a little bump here, since I am convinced that someone could help me figure this one out. Could be a small step I missed somewhere.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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Well I sortof solved it myself, by simply adding a new sequence for the new material. When I drag it down I let FCP do the setup when prompted.
The clips are now in its original res. but the reason why this happened in the first place remains a question.
Kind Regards,
Johan
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