Exporting still frame from HD footage.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Audio sample rate should be 48,000 not 48,999 and make sure your sequence is set up to 23.98

[Matttpotter]

Where do I do this and how?

Also any smarter people out there that know how to export a high quality still from Final Cut as mentioned above?

Thanks

Mattt

[Tom Wolsky]

You can only export what it is. 1920×1080 at 72dpi.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Matttpotter]

Right but how exactly? I mean do I use quicktime compression? Do I export it as a TIFF? a PNG? It seems everytime I try it is blurry in comparison to what it looks like on Final Cut. I need a break down on the best way to do it. Because I am obviously doing something wrong. Which is why I thought maybe I am loading the footage in FINAL CUT in wrong.
currently this is how i am doing it.
Export>Quicktime Conversion>FORMAT>STILL IMAGE>
And I have tried PNG, TIFF, TGA, Gone in the options and have tried Best Depth verses Millions of Colors + (there did not seem to be much of a differece.) And everytime I bring it back in final cut. It looks blurry in comparison to the video being paused. I need to export it so it looks like that for a CLEANPLATE I am using in MOKEY.

Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Thanks

Mattt

[Tom Wolsky]

That’s all you’ve got. You’ve done what you can in FCP. You’re exporting an interlaced frame of video. You could remove the interlacing in Photoshop. TIFF, PNG, PSD at best quality, color at millions will all look pretty much alike.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Matttpotter]

Alright I guess I am still not making myself clear. Because I did at one point export a still using QT conversion and set it for a tif. Millions of colors, and got about a 7.5 meg file. Now I do the same thing and I get about a 1.5 meg file and the quality is not as good. Also it has shows the black bars above and below and is not anamorphic like the 7.5 file is. But I can not figure out any other alternate setting to do. As there is only so many options in exporting a still. Which is why I think maybe. I have my sequence setting wrong? Or maybe that is not it either. All I know is I was able to do it once export it at a much more high quality image before and I am unable to replicate it. Hopefully the black bars being visible on the top and bottom will give you some sort of clue as to what the problem might be.

Thanks

[Matttpotter]

Alright so it looks like if I change the frame rate to 29 verses best it goes out full size. But it still is exporting the black widescreen matte top and bottom. Any ideas on how to export out anamaorphic verses I don’t know the word, flattened I guess?

[Jeremy Garchow]

How did you capture this material with such an odd audio sample rate?