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does “self-contained” recompress?
If I trim a DV clip in Quicktime Pro and save as with “make self-contained” selected will it recompress the movie or make an exact copy of the trimmed frames?
Will it cause problems with timecode in FCP?Thanks
-Aidan -
4 Replies
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i’m not sure.
i do know that if you do the same thing in FCP all is well, quality-wise, and TC-wise.
you can also be a bit more accurate with your in/out points.
nick
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If the setting of your time-line is exactly the same that your footage, unless you check the “recompress all frames”, when exporting, only the clips that you apply a filter or chage any parametter in the motion tab are recompressed.
About the TC: when you export a clip in FC a new TC is generated. If you want that your new clip start with a certain TC, you can set it in the prefferences.
Cheers,
rafael -
raf, you’re talking about exporting SEQUENCES.
they take on the timecode of the sequence.if you export a CLIP from FCP as a QuickTime Movie it retains the clip;s original TC
nick
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Sorry Nick, you are right. When you trim a clip in the brownser window and export its keep the original TC. I was thinking about exporting something from the time-line.
Cheers,
rafael
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