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Editing with different Quicktime frame sizes
So I’m doing a documentary in HD…and I have an animator giving me 3D animated photos that he’s exported to Quicktime .mov files. Problem is, they are different frame sizes (1340×900, 1320×2000, etc) and when I put them on the timeline, it refuses to display the whole image. I have tried scaling and distort tools, but it only displays in it’s cropped state. What can I do to fix this?
On a side note, I’m using regular JPEG images too…and some of them have some slight strobing when I do moves on them. Is there a recommended filter to put on some of these so they’ll look better?
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Thanks for the condescending reply.
I actually did give the guy frame rate and codec information thinking that would be just fine, but that obviously wasn’t enough. So what should he or I be doing to make this work?
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If the animator is not complying with the spec you gave them, either find another animator, or lean on the one you have until they get it right.
Arnie
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Anyone with any HELPFUL information that isn’t some surly TV station guy?
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What ‘type’ of HD are you working with? Have you asked the animator to give you files that match the size and frame rate that you are working in? If it is impossible for the animator to give you the files in the correct size you could use Compressor to transcode the animations into what you need.
W/regards to your Q about the JPEG images, are you watching this on your computer monitor or on a broadcast monitor?
-Andrew
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Thanks for the professional response.
I’m working with 1080p24 and that’s the specs the animator has been delivering to me.
As for broadcast monitor…no, I don’t own one. I’m just going off my HD computer screen.
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[Andrew Kasch] “I’m working with 1080p24 and that’s the specs the animator has been delivering to me.
“No…he isn’t. He is giving you…quote…
“Problem is, they are different frame sizes (1340×900, 1320×2000, etc)”
Those are NOT 1080 frame sizes. 1920×1080…period. Tell the animator to get the frame size right. That’s what you need to do. He gave you something wrong, he needs to fix it. THEY screwed up.
Shane
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And I’ve come to the conclusion that over-the-hill TV station douchebags in bumfuck Iowa don’t have much free time or actual advice to give beyond common internet trolling.
Thanks to the REAL professionals on the board for helping me out with this glitch. Things are going smoothly now.
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Thanks, Shane for your professional response. Final Cut’s settings don’t always work with the kind of After Effects animations I’m getting. Problem solved.
I’ve also come to the conclusion that the so-called “post” people out in Iowa don’t know much beyond their daily corn-poke.
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