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Exporting stills from timeline – random white frame?
Hello fellow Cows,
Done some searching, no answers to this, but found one person who has the same issue but no answer.
I’ve been pulling stills from my timeline/viewer for as long as I’ve used FCP. I can’t remember which version started this issue, but when I export a still from a parked playhead, sometimes I just get a still that is a white matte, and sometimes it just works.
What I do: park the playhead on chosen frame. Go to Export, Quicktime Conversion, Still Image. Choose whatever format I want whether it be jpeg or tiff. Save.
It’s pretty random, sometimes I get the still image no problem. Sometimes it comes out as an all white frame. No idea what I’ve done to get it to work, clicking on windows, closing reopening windows, etc. etc. It just suddenly works and then it suddenly doesn’t work.
Does anyone know of why this is happening and how to solve it? It’s not a huge issue, I’m usually able to get what I want after some fiddling around, it’s just a PITA.
Thanks in advance.
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Weird, I just had the problem on a specific frame: all white matte frame. Moved the playhead around, pressed play a few times, came back to the exact frame and exported, et voila! totally fine. No idea why this happens. Just a bug?
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I always mark and in/out on the frame before exporting and I have not had this issue. I don’t know if this is necessary or just a habit.
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I usually set my still image duration in preferences to one frame.
Sequence- place the playhead – shift+n – drag the frame to a bin, continue until I am satiesfied and then do a batch export.
I have never had any issues with this workflow.Yours Sincerely
Tina Hedegaard
Editor | Final Cut Pro 7 | Media Composer 5.0 -5.5
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Thanks for the suggestions, and I’ll try them.
In the manual, it doesn’t mention setting in and out, just parking the playhead at the frame you want. So it shouldn’t be necessary, but if it works for you, it should work for me. It does mention though, and I’ve forgotten all about this, is setting the Use (under format). I haven’t done this ever, and will try this next time.
Best,
Joseph
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