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importing pdf files
I’m using FCP 6.06 and I’m trying to incorporate a .pdf presentation in a DV timeline. The pdf file has 44 pages and when I import it into FCP, each page is 3 or 4 frames long. I need them to be 10 seconds long each.
Some of the files are 362 x 272 and others are 792 x 612.
I used a blade tool to chop up the clip into the individual pages, brought them separately into the timeline, and Ctrl+V by butt off until I got enough to make 10 seconds. There has to be a better way.
Is there a program that can automate any of this process. A friend helped me with a similar issue with power point slides, and I’m hoping to find something similar to work with .pdf files. The final product will be a web video that cuts between the speaker and his .pdf presentation.
Thanks
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6 Replies
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I would convert each page to a tiff and work with those.
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Or at least look through your menu choices for freeze frame.
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Great to learn that, although FC do not supports .pdf, is able to open them without crashing.
Fallow Michael advice and convert them to any Bit Map format.
rafael -
Open in Photoshop and convert first.
Chris Tompkins
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Thanks, everyone for helping me. I managed to get the pdf’s in Photoshop and resized them for the dv timeline, and exported as TIF files. I then rendered them. There was a little improvement, but the imported graphics are still not sharp like I see in the viewer. I’ve tried exporting the graphics as 720×540, 720×480, 720×486, and 640×480.
I’ve also tried the freeze frame idea with similar results. Before I throw in the towel (because I’ve read where the DV codec and graphics don’t play well together), I just wanted to find out if there’s anything else. (reminder: these are pdf pages from a presentation – not graphics created by me)
Lastly, I know an external monitor is a true representation for how an image will look on television or projected, but what if the final output is for a computer screen, via web? Isn’t the canvas then a true representation of how it will look?
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I exported my 5 seconds pdf clip as a Quicktime movie, re-imported it and slowed it down at 50%. I obtained a nice string of shots, worked perfectly as b-roll footage.
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