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is this a bug? or just a gotcha? DV sequence softens 8 bit clips
Hi
Lemme see if i have this right:
oh yeah, g5, os 10.4, fcp 5, kona LH, promax SATA Raid
1.Digitized a bunch of clips beta component via 8 bit uncompressed (kona 525 29.97) laid em out on a DV sequence and got stuttery video
2. ooops! realized it was a dv sequence, so made a new sequence at 8 bit 525 29.97 and copied and pasted all the clips from the old dv sequence to the new sequence. now the clips played but they were soft. compared the clip info to the sequence settings and both are the same. no filters either, like the field shift filter
3. cut in more 8 bit clips from broswer to 8 bit sequence. those clips that were cut in from browser were sharp.
4. match-framed soft clips, then cut into sequence, and they were sharp.
is this right? shouldnt the clips that were cut and pasted from the dv sequence play right in the 8 bit sequence cuz they are 8 bit? wahts the difference between cutting and pasting versus editing in? did they get “stuck” in some kind of mode that is not indicated anywhere?
And, is this one of the reasons that some of you say not to mix codecs in the sequences?
so is it a bug? or a feature that will “getcha”?
bee eph
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4 Replies
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Check the motion tab. If you put an 8 bit clip into a DV timeline, FCP will automatically shift it one line to deal with the different frame size (486 instead of 480) causing a field inversion.
If you paste this clip back into an 8 bit sequence, you will have to manually shift it back or it will be soft. -
aha! so it is a “feature gotcha”!
so FCP would shift in one line up under “motion” as opposed to putting in a filter? i guess i did not look closely enough at the motion tab to see. i will check into this
thanx!
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To fix this, select all of your clips in the 8 bit timeline right (or control)-click and choose “remove all attributes” and when the dialogue box pops up, check the basic motion box, and then you should be good.
Jeremy
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Hey John
I went back into the job and looked under the motion tab, and nothing was there, all the values looked normal
i am gonn try clearing out the attributes and will let you know
sorry to take so long to reply, but i had been jammin w clients all day
bee eph
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