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Export issue with black and white frames now and then
I have a school project to finish, and have exported the sequence as a Quicktime file in DV format.
When I open it in QT I see both black and white frames in between some of my scenes. It is only one frame of black or one frame of white on certain places. I did the same export after restarting FCP but the problem was not solved, it still had white and black frames appearing on the same places.
I copied my project on an external harddrive over our network, and opened it in a newer version of FCP (6.0) on a new Mac Pro, but the same problem appeared there.
It seems like there is some kind of a “bug” in FCP, or maybe in my project..Anyone who has experienced this before?
My specs:
PowerPC G4
V. 10.4.11.
FCP 5.1.2.Thanks in advance,
Solfrid -
6 Replies
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Hi Solfrid,
No idea what can be causing those black or white frames, but to suggest you to update FC.
FC 6.0 is very buggy. Just few days after being released Apple had an update.
Go to FC 6.0.4 works better than any of the previous versions.
Rafael -
Thank you for your quick answer.
I have been working on my project in FCP version 5.1.4, not in version 6. 😀
If it is a bug in that version, or in the sequence is not good to say.I tried to open a copy of my project on another computer, but it was the
same problem there (and that was in the newest 6. version).I’ve also noticed that my exported QT movie is slightly brighter than it appears in FCP.
Can’t really figure out why, they should’ve been similar both in the timeline and in the export when I choose same settings, shouldn’t they?Thanks in advance,
Solfrid -
[Solfrid Nikita Tveit] “I’ve also noticed that my exported QT movie is slightly brighter than it appears in FCP. Can’t really figure out why, they should’ve been similar both in the timeline and in the export when I choose same settings, shouldn’t they? “
That’s normal. FC canvas display with a 2.2 gamma, like a PC or Monitor.
QT Player display with the 1.8 Apple native Gamma.
In the QT Preferences check: Enable FC Studio Color Compatibility.
Rafael -
That’s normal. FC canvas display with a 2.2 gamma, like a PC or Monitor.
QT Player display with the 1.8 Apple native Gamma.
In the QT Preferences check: Enable FC Studio Color Compatibility.
RafaelOkay 😀
But if I use the already exported QT file and encode it into a Flash file, the same Gamma correction appears, slightly brighter there too..By the way, I still haven’t figured out the white and black frame problem… 😀
Thanks in advance,
Solfrid -
If you want to see everything how will look in a PC then you need to set the gamma of your monitor to 2.2.
But then you will see that the FC canvas looks very dark because you are applying the 2.2 gamma twice: One by FC second by your monitor.
Rafael -
I had black frames at the ends of a few clip after exporting to an uncompressed qt mov. I found that changing the sequence settings to the settings I ultimately wanted then leaving ‘current settings’ upon exportation worked.
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