Compositing and Overlay

[Chris Yeo]

Yes, I’ve used composite mode overlay before. Highlighting the 2 clips then right clicking to composite mode and then overlay. All my settings are in pal.

Strange thing is, some composite modes like add and subtract work but stuff like overlay and softlight doesn’t work.

[Chris Yeo]

Thanks for the encouragement Rafael. Yes, I figured the only way to really learn is just to “do it” and see what happens. The overlay wasn’t essential as it was for a few clips, but it would have been nice. It just frustrates me since I try to do my best for it.

When you say that I need to tell FCP that they have to be displayed as 16 X 9, is it during the capture phase as 48 mhz anamorphic or just clicking the tick on the browser?

[Rafael Amador]

[Chris Yeo] “When you say that I need to tell FCP that they have to be displayed as 16 X 9, is it during the capture phase as 48 mhz anamorphic or just clicking the tick on the browser?
“
When you capture you better say FC that the footage is Anamorphic, otherwise you must heck, clip by clip, the Anamorphic column in the Browser.
On import the same. When you export an 16×9 movie from FC and re-import it, FC doesn’t know the correct aspect size. By default will consider any SD size (720×576/720×480) as 4×3.
When you work with codecs that have only one possible aspect, FC have no problem to interpret it.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Chris Yeo]

thanks a lot for the explanation. Now I know at least the camera needs anamorphic import all the time from now on. 😀