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Color Smooth 4:2:2 problems
I’m using a 2×2.8 Quad-Core Intel Xeon MacPro with 8GB of RAM.
OSX 10.5.7FCP Studio 6.0.5
Keylight plug-in installed, purchased from ‘The Foundry’.I have DVCPROHD 720p footage that i’ve been working with for the last year, keying green out of it via Keylight and using a 3-way Color Corrector and Color Smoothing – 4:2:2. Suddenly, the ‘Color Smooth’ is causing odd white lines to show up behind the subject. I’ve re-started the system, deleted the filters and re-applied them and nothing has changed. As soon as it’s rendered, the white lines show up. Only 6 of them in different thicknesses. This has never happened before and I’ve been using the same setup for over a year now, working the same footage and keying the same Codec that entire time.
What’s the problem? Anyone know? Naturally, I need to get an example of this footage out the door for a pitch by Thursday end of day.
Rock and a hard place.-Karl Richter
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It is the first filter, but doesn’t it have to be?
If it isn’t the first in the stack it doesn’t seem to do anything.Trashing my FCP preferences?
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I put it on the top of the stack because otherwise it doesn’t seem to do anything.
No, I don’t have to use it, but the image is better when I am using it.
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What happens if you remove the COlor Smooth, does it render cleanly then?
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Yes, it renders cleanly.
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Do you have to use it then?
Also, try recordering where it goes inthe filter stack. Put it on top, then put in on the bottom
Jeremy
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Trash preferences too… Is color smoothing applied as the first filter in the order of operations?
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Yes, for that filter, top is good.
I haven’t used Keylight in FCP only AE, but isn’t there a smiliar control within Keylight? Basically, the 4:2:2 smoother smoothes out any chroma inconsistencies. You could also put a clip in a ProRes or UnCompressed timeline and see if that gets you any better. DVCPro HD can be a rough codec for the type of work you are doing.
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Do you mean trashing my FCP preferences? is that a ‘plist’?
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I noticed in your signature you are running 10.5.7. Did this problem appear after you updated to 10.5.7?
Just curious.
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