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FCP7 to Motion 4 – file format question/problem
I have a DVCPRO HD sequence (all the clips were shot that way) in FCP that is compressed with Apple ProRes422 HQ. I want to roundtrip to Motion and keep the same frame & compression format. For some reason, even with 960 x 720 as my preferred sequence setting in Motion, when I send my project to Motion some of the files end up 960 x 720 and some are 1280 x 720, AND the ones that remain as 960 x 720 are DVCPRO HD and the 1280 x 720 files are Apple ProRes 422 HQ, even though all the files in my FCP sequence are 960 x 720 Apple ProRes.
Why is this happening? I’d be grateful for any help! I haven’t used Motion much so perhaps this is elementary, but I can’t figure out what’s going on and it’s really holding me up.
Thanks
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DVCPRO HD squeezes the image when recording it and then stretches it out when it gets into the NLE. Think of it like Anamorphic. So 1440 x 1080 is really 1920 x 1080 in a nutshell. This shouldn’t be a problem unless you are seeing distortion and you images are squeezed or something.
Stephen Smith
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Ok thanks Stephen. I sent it again, and think my issue has to do with render files from Color.
From my FCP timeline (which shows all the clips as .mxf (960×720), both my pre color corrected files (.mxf), along with the 1280 x 720 Apple ProRes files exported from Color back to FCP (the sequence being used) are being sent to Motion. The tricky thing is the 2 versions give the clips very different names, and formats.
So now I realize that’s my basic problem, I have the DVDPRO HD footage in my Motion project, and the .mov APR files created when I exported from Color back to FCP. I’d like to work with the color corrected, APR (1280×720) files, but they have very different names and don’t show up in either timeline (FCP sequence or Motion’s) so I don’t see how to work with them.
This has to be a real newbie issue, but I’m stuck! Thanks again!
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FCP can’t edit .MXF files. You have to log and transfer the .MXF files in the log and transfer window where FCP 7 will convert them to quick time files (.mov)
Stephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Vimeo page
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