-
Final Cut not rendering properly
I have some AVI footage from fraps which I am editing in Final Cut Pro (6). The quality of the footage is crisp and clear when in the viewer, but once rendered it is seriously degraded. Any tips? Thanks i advance.
-
10 Replies
-
What are the sequence settings you are using them in? If they are HD clips, and you put them in a DV sequence…they will look like total crap.
This is stuff you have to pay attention to.
Type CMD-0 (zero)
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
It’s set to compress as ‘DV/DVCPRO – NTSC’, Frame Size: 720×405, Pixel Aspect Ratio: ‘RTSC – CCIR 601/DV (720×480), Field Dominance: Lower (Even). Though now that you mention it I’ve only ever dealt with DV footage before and never had an issue with these settings modifying only the frame size.
What setting might you recommend I use? I’ll admit that I’m rather unknowledgeable regarding the matter and am looking for quick solution rather than a bunch of research, so any help is highly appreciated. Thanks.
-
How does it look on your external video monitor?
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/ -
Just as poor, I’ve exported it at full quality and see the same results.
-
What is the format of your source? I know it is AVI, but AVI, like QT, is just a container. In the Browser, scroll over until you see COMPRESSOR…what does it say? Is this an HD file, or SD?
Time to get knowledgeable. FCP doesn’t edit every format you throw at it. AVI files will not be the best, so don’t expect pep from it. If you plan on doing this a lot, you need to know how to use the tool.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Under Compressor it just says ‘Fraps (Perian)’ (I recored my footage using Fraps). Data rates are all between 10-15mb/s, 30 fps.
-
Well, you are taking media that is not optimal for editing in FCP, and editing it with FCP. Look at the EASY SETUP list…THAT is what FCP works with painlessly. Screen captures? Nope. Not well.
FCP is designed for tape based, and tapeless based cameras, and broadcast workflows, and DVDs. Television and film workflows. Not screen captures. If you do a screen capture, you have to try to get it as close to 30fps as you can, and as close to the dimensions FCP works with, like 1920×1080, 1280×720, 720×480. And then you need to convert that footage to the codec that FCP works with. A lot of work, yes. Again, designed for television.
You might need some other editing application to do this. Like Adobe Premiere…
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
All right, thanks a lot.
-
John…
The easiest thing to do here is to use Compressor to re-compress the footage into something that is useful to FCP. Once you do this, everything should be fine. Just remember that FCP will only formally recognize the common formats, not the odd ones, like Fraps.
_______________________________
Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com -
Adobe has a desktop mode that allows basically any codec on your system to play. It’s not always painless, but it works well on many codecs. Mileage may vary. I think that CS5 and the Mercury Engine may help facilitate these workflows more.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up