Failed Compressor Attempt

[Walter Biscardi]

Export it as a self contained movie if you have a lot of unrendered Motion elements in there. Then take that into Compressor.

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[Conor Smith]

Thanks,

This is going to be a basics question about rendering, I’ve been taking a clip and sending it to motion to modified with graphics, After saving it and returning to FCP I then render the newly modified clips, now to me that seems like it should be rendered and done with. Is there another step to rendering these clips that I’m missing? On my timeline it doesn’t show anything else that needs to be rendered so I thought that I could export it directly through compressor from there. However, your saying that I still need to export it as a self contained movie, correct?

I am understanding that I need to take my master timeline and export it as a self contained quicktime movie and then bring it onto a new timeline and then export through compressor, right? I’m sorry for the basic question but I’ve continually been having problems with my motion projects when pushing them through compressor.

Again, thanks for your time.

[Conor Smith]

Great, Thanks Dave. Always helpful.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave LaRonde] “With self-contained QT’s, there’s no need for FCP.”

The same is also true for reference QT’s. You can drag them directly into Compressor, bypassing FCP.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Conor Smith]

Again, thanks. This is working very well.

[Conor Smith]

Just wanted to thank you all again. This has made my life much easier. Hope to help you someday…