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how do i export from final cut pro?
I have tried exporting a 3 minute fully rendered sequence from final cut pro 6.0.5 into a quick time pro 7.6 (472) and then burning to idvd!
my footage was log/captured from a canon xha1 under the HD setting and at 16:9. pretty sure imported it under the sequence preset hdv – 1080i50
a couple of problems have occurred. i have used the standard crawling text and then tested with Boris crawling text and tried a number of export approaches….remaining consistent with the hdv 1080i50 presets and 16:9 (exploring different outcomes via the exports : movie, compressor and conversion). For some reason no matter what approach i take the crawling text (when played on a HD 16:9 plasma) always ends up jittery/staggering and looks no where near as smooth as it did in the FCP browser (before exporting as quicktime). Im not sure how i should be exporting and what settings are necessary for the text to crawl smoothly.
Also when i export as QT conversion i go to format as QT movie – options – under video go to movie settings – and set compression type as HDV 1080150. Frame rate 25 fps and Key frames set at 24 or automatic. Now, when i apply these settings the frames (and people/images) are also transferred all jittery – much like a jump cut. Again these problems only become evident AFTER I have exported using quicktime. so im pretty sure its just a matter of finding the right compatibility/settings.
Why wont quicktime play back exactly like the footage when played on my sequence in final cut???
If any one can help, i would very much appreciate your time.
thank you, thank you thank you!
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Hi Brydie,
I don’t know the reason of the jittering, but I think you should export/render to other codec than HDV.
Is a very compressed codec and takes ages in compress. Go to HDV only if you need to print back to HDV tape.
Change your sequence codec to ProRess and have a look at the crawl.
Rafael(and here some clips for the friends: https://www.vimeo.com/2694745 )
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thanks for that – but there are a whole bunch of apple prores options….which one?! Im only onto the basics with final cut!
cheers!
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Jitters sounds like field reversal.
Were you careful in chosing the field dominance at each step? (Was the camera even set at 50i or perhaps 25p?)
(FCP has been accused of blowing field dominance with European formats.) -
i dont know what field dominance is? has this something to do with interlace?
my cam was set at 50i and cam output 1080i/576i
also checked and setting was at odd frame first
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You have only two ProRess option: Standad and HQ.
Try the standard.
rafael(and here some clips for the friends: https://www.vimeo.com/2694745 )
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Field dominance is pretty well explained in https://lurkertech.com/lg/fields/. I’m no expert, and don’t know if your settings were right and if FCP honored them. Let the experts on this forum weigh in.
If you have access to a CRT monitor, field dominance error is easy to see on that. FCP can’t step through fields as a decent editor should.
I once made a big Quicktime (DV-PAL converted to 10-bit uncompressed 4:2:2) with reversed fields, so I’m nervous about repeating the error. Now I’ll check Quicktimes I make on a friend’s Avid system.
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