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Flash animation -> FCP / DVDSP
I’ve made an animation sequence in Flash, that’s supposed to end up as a motion menu in DVDSP, after some editing in FCP. I work woth SD PAL. Should I have a 720×576 or a 768×576 canvas in flash? And which settings should I have in FCP to get the best result?!
At the moment I have a 720×576 canvas in Flash, exporting 8 bit uncompressed, Framerate 25, 720×576. In FCP I have a sequence with CCIR 601/DV PAL, square pixel aspect ratio, upper field dominance, uncomp 8 bit. But the end result doesn’t look good – graphic curves are very “hard”, cut off…
I know this is an old issue, but I can’t seem to find the exact answer anywhere at the moment…
Thank you very much in advance.
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Hi Christian, to ensure correct sizing of your graphics, create your flash sequence at 768×576 (this will be square pixels that display correctly on your computer monitor).
Then you then need to “squish” your output to the DV PAL pixel aspect ratio (so it will display correct on a DVD). Resize the file to 720×576, using either compressor (for best quality), or QT player pro (for simplest workflow).
Set your FCP timeline to “CCIR 601/DV PAL” pixel aspect ratio … NOT square pixel.
I don’t know if this will solve your problem with “hard” curves. I’m not sure what you are describing, to be honest; Aliasing?
If you can post a picture of the issue, that may help.
Matt Lyon
Editor
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Hi Matt,
Thank you very much for your time and very good input!
Basically I was working (I have now sent the master to a replication facility) with many different colours in (thick) lines (not straight) lines across the screen… I don’t know if that makes sense?
I eventually re-did the graphics in photoshop and made the frame by frame animation (it wasn’t more than 8 frames!) in FCP, and from that I got the best result.
I guess it would also be a good idea to field dub the video for the motion menu…?! When you press a button in the menu, it freeezes on a single field, which makes it look even more “chopped”/hard curves…
Thank you again,
Christian.
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