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Gradient Wipe Works in DV Seq, Not in HD Seq Why?
I apply the gradient wipe to DV footage in a DV sequence in Final Cut and all works well. I can wipe between clips or from an empty area of the timeline to the clip. However, when I apply the gradient wipe to HD footage in an HD sequence
(1920x1080i, uncompressed 10bit or 8 bit, Motion Video Processing Best, Normal, or Fastest, Render in 8 bit, 10bit or Precison YUV–makes no difference),
not all is well. I can wipe between clips, but I can’t wipe from an empty area of the timeline to the clip. The wipe icon in the latter case is visible on the head of the clip in the timeline, but no wipe effect can be seen. It just appears as a straight cut. I’ve tried using a slug instead of an empty timeline, but as soon as I make the slug transparent the transition appears as a cut.
WHATSA MATTA?
FCP 5.1.2, QT 7.1.3, OS 10.4.7 -
7 Replies
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try trashing your FCP preferences
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thanks for the suggestion. Trashing made no difference. This has been happening since FCP 5.1 was installed.
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Are you using a DV sized gradient in the clip well…if so, it might be really tiny in an HD frame.
I just tried it in a DVCPROHD sequence, and everything seems to work fine.
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I haven’t messed with the clip well. I’m using the same effect that works when the clips are adjacent.
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Ah.. well the “clip well” is for adding a custom gradient.
The transition seems to work correctly w/o a clip in the clip well in DVCPRO HD 1080i.
I’ll try to mock something up in Uncompressed HD to check a transition, but my drives arent really up to it. -
Created some sample media as Uncompressed HD in After Effects. The Gradient Wipe seems to work correctly here. Not sure whats up at your end.
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Thanks so much for trying those clips. Well, you got me thinking…so I went to a different mac running 5.1 and created an uncompressed 10bit 1920x1080i square pixel sequence and dropped a few Bars and Tone (HD) clips from Final Cut’s generators and had the same bad result. The gradient wipe works with adjacent clips but not on the beginning of a clip with an empty timeline preceeding it.
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