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Force conform
Hi all,
I have imported an FCP7 XML and a few clips are not coming in right.
The footage is 1080i 29.97 prores.
There is one clip that seems totally normal – no effects at all in FCP. The naming conventions and location are exactly the same as other clips that work fine. I can see the clip in the finder and in the Resolve media pool.
I try to use the “Force Conform” command as described in the manual but the option to “Force Conform” is greyed out.
The media is of exactly the correct duration for the clip in the timeline.
Any tips / ideas?
Thx
AS
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7 Replies
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Duhhh……I just worked it out…..had to unlock the track on the timeline…..
Another thing….is there any way to easiily find / sort the clips with conform conflicts or that are offline other than scrolling through the timeline and seeing it?
Thx
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Now another one…..
A short clip (12 frames in FCP timeline) is sped up by 1888% in FCP. This clip shows up black with a red cross through it in Davinci. When I check back in FCP all is fine. When I try to force conform I get the message “The Replacement clip is too short”. However I can replicate the exact speed effect with the source media manually in FCP so I know it is not too short.
Any suggestions other than baking?
AS
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I usually remove any speed effects from clips and grade them at their normal frame rate. This approach helps when doing tracking especially. Much easier to track something that isn’t flying around at high speed!
I will put these clips on their own video layer or at the end of the sequence and reconform them to their proper location / speed effect back in FCP.
Robert Due
Editor / Colorist
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I whole heartedly agree with Robert on this one. Your best bet to get it to work in DaVinci, and also get the most accurate color, is to grade the entire clip at it’s original speed, and then add in the 1888% effect after the fact.
Another option is to “bake and replace” the said clip – render out the effect in FCP, export only the clip in question, and reimport that new clip, replacing the original in your timeline.
Of course though, before replacing any of your picture locked clips, I’d always make a duplicate sequence and manipulate that instead, just to be on the safe side.
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Carl Ryan Stemple
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Yeah… Thing is other speed ups seemed to work fine and for some projects a quicker and less fussy round trip is important….
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Theoretically, this is what Unmix is for. From the manual:
“Unmix is essentially the same as the Clip mode, however no effects such as dissolves
or speed changes will be displayed.”But I tried it, and in Unmix the clip still plays back at the speed in the conform timeline.
I would personally love for Resolve to get even simple frame blending, so I can just bake in speed ramps on render and not rely on FCP to do it.
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I think the speed effects should be the responsibility of the editor who gets your graded material. I grade for FCP and Avid systems at my facility and each NLE treats speed effects differently.
Also if there are revisions to the edit, they have the original non sped up clip graded (usually with handles) to trim with.
Robert Due
Editor / Colorist
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