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FCP Importing Lower Field as Upper Field
Hi There,
Since upgrading to FCP Studio, I have been having a problem where imported clips import as upper field first when the clip is defiantly lower field first.
For example when I render motion graphics in After Effects, as DV – PAL, Lower Fields First, then import this clip into FCP, FCP sets it as Upper Fields then automatically applies the shift fields filter. I then have problems with jitter, and shots moving up and down between cuts.
I’ve never had this problem before, and I cannot find any import as preference, any ideas, is this an After Effects problem?
FCP 5.0.4
MacOS X 10.4.3
QT 7.0.3
AE 6.5 ProThanks,
Stephen BottingStephen Botting
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2 Replies
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Hi Stephen,
Your AE render settings should be determined by the field order of your destination program. So if your FCP sequence’s Field Dominance is set to Upper Field, then you should render your AE comp out to Upper Field. Maybe you already know this, but the preference for Field Domincance in FCP is in the Audio/Video Settiings, then Sequence Presets menu.
Try making a new seqence, and ensuring that the field dominance is Lower (which it should be for a DV-PAL sequence), then re-importing you AE render, and see if that forces the field order to come in properly. Also make sure your capture preset is set to DV-PAL. It shouldn’t matter, but sometimes it does, as when importing Photoshop files with layers- they’ll come in with the frame-rate of the current capture preset.
Good luck,
Joni -
Hi,
Thanks for the response, but I have checked all the audio/video settings and it is all set to PAL – DV and lower first. And I’m defiantly rendering from after effects as lower first. I have tried removing prefs to FCP but that didn’t fix it.
Thanks,
Stephen BottingStephen Botting
stephen@43south.co.nz
https://www.43south.co.nz
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