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Final Cut Pro > AE
Hi there, I realise that there are many posts on this and I have read every one. I wanted to post up a new topic as I have a specific question related to my situ’.
I have an FCP project and it is fully edited; there’ll no longer need to be any more editing. I simply want to bring the whole finished edit into AE for some effects and then export from there as the finished article. My questions are..
1) I hear about SheerVideo and AutomaticDuck but these are only useful when going back and forth between FCP and AE, am I right? … in other words; the fact that I have my finished edit in FCP, I can just export from FCP as FILE > EXPORT > QUICK TIME MOVIE > (CURRENT SETTINGS) EXPORT … and import into AE. Correct? Any loss of quality?
2) When I come to render / export the finished article, what is the best option, straight out of AE or back into FCP or Compressor for any reason?
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2 Replies
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1) I don’t use SheerVideo or AutomaticDuck regularly and its been years since I’ve tried either so I can’t speak on them other than to say that what you described is in fact what they’re for, but it doesn’t sound like either is necessary. If you’re using a lossless codec in your FCP sequence, export from FCP as you described using that lossless codec, then render from AE using that same lossless codec, correct, there will be no quality loss.
2) Do not “export” from AE … always render using the render queue … for explanations as to why, search the forum for posts with both terms. You didn’t mention what your final output needs to be, but there’s no need to go back to FCP (or any other software) unless you need to do something AE can’t do or doesn’t do as well as some other software (i.e., master to tape or convert to web video).
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Dave makes a very good point about needless rendering … unless you want to color grade the entire edit in AE, want to decide where you’ll add effects on-the-fly or something similar, you really don’t need to bring the entire edit into AE. If you do choose to do that, just know going into it that you may face a very long render time (depending on what you do in AE, the format you’re working with, how much footage you’re working with, the horesepower of your machine, etc.).
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