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FCP project to Avid symphony: weird AE credit roll
I’m finishing my hour-long programthat I cut on FCP 5.1.1 on a Avid Symphony. I’m getting some weird anomalies in the credit roll that was prepared in After Effects. I initially prepared the credits in Photoshop 7, rasterized them and imported them into After Effects 6.5. I then rendered them as DV widescreen 720×480 (my program is anamorphic). I attached the flicker filter to the file, rendered in the Animation codec and, since the credit roll is supered over footage, applied an alpha channel, millions+.
Upon import and render in the Avid Symphony I get this weird “wave” in a portion of the screen, that’s the best way I can describe it being a layman. However, when I did the same thing in my offline Final Cut 5.1.1 program, using the same settings the credit roll is perfectly smooth (I’m editing in DV high quality footage shot with Sony XDCAM (SD),
Not being an Avid user outside of this situation, can someone give me a workflow that will allow me to get a smooth credit roll using After Effects andmporting into Avid symphony? I know I can use the Avid titler to do this, but shouldn’t I have the ability to use AE to create a credit roll offline and then bring it into the online? Again, my Final Cut Pro sequence looks superb. what’s up with the Avid?
Thanks ahead of time
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1 Reply
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Ashley
This is almost certainly caused by importing a DV (720×480) file into a 720×486 sequence and the field mushing that is happening as a result.
Go back to AE, change the comp setting to 720×486 and render out again as Animation codec at Millions+. Not sure whether you really went through DV codec before but it’s not a good idea if you’re going to an uncompressed Symphony.
Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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