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exporting to FCP
Hi there I am very new to after effects.
I have been cutting in FCP (4.5) for a few years.recently i started with AE 8.0
my question is why are my mov exports from AE into FCP so bad? they look great in AE. I am exporting on lossless. quicktime.
is there a better way to export compositions for use in FCP than this because my results are very disapointing.
thanks for any advice
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So let me get this straight, even though the trial animations i did have no digital footage in them. when they get openned up in FCP, the codec that deciphers them reduces their quality to a DV standard…
Ugh 🙁
time for a new camera.
thanks for your response. Im only new to this site, but the replies i have received to my queries have all been very helpful. thanks a lot!!!
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so in any project with high proportions of animation sequences and keying i would be better off bringing all the footage into AE and cutting in there? then exporting directly from there?
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[anthony Faulkner] “so in any project with high proportions of animation sequences and keying i would be better off bringing all the footage into AE and cutting in there? then exporting directly from there? “
Or use a better quality sequence setting in FCP.
for SD the uncompressed 8bit and 10bit codecs are great to use with lots of GFX.
If storage/data rate is an issue try prores.I’m just finishing a GFX overlay intensive show and used ProRes(HQ) with great results.
How are you exporting from AE? what settings, pixel aspect, dimensions?? Is FCP having to resize/resample the .mov? This can lead to softening and a bad case of the uglies aswell.
Colin McQuillan
Van. B.C.
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