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Limit SmoothCam to In/Out points
I need to put the SmoothCam filter on a 3-second clip, part of a 30-minute file. Even though the in/out points are set to just the few seconds I want, the filter wants to analyze the whole file (which is estimated to take over 2 hours).
One solution is to render the few seconds that I want, then import that small file, the apply the filter to that new, tiny file. While this will work, it certainly doesn’t seem very elegant. Is there a better way?
Thanks,
Tac
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8 Replies
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Not sure if g-g-g “Limit selection” would work for applying Smoothcam; Smoothcam ALWAYS sources back to the entire clip duration.
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What is g-g-g?
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Export the clip using your in and out points as a Quicktime movie (same as source). Reimport that and apply Smoothcam. This is actually what the manual tells you to do
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You can also send it out to Motion (don’t embed content) and analyze there. Then simply render out a movie and replace.
Jeremy
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[Jeremy Garchow] “You can also send it out to Motion (don’t embed content) and analyze there. Then simply render out a movie and replace.
“Even better. Thanks for that one.
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Triple-G is the FCP Keyboard Shortcut to apply a filter to a chosen section of a clip.
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Aware this is an old topic but it helped me out so thought I’d post what I found to be a good method.
Follow method described in post marked as ‘Solution’ however if you are still exporting a fairly long clip and want to save on Hard Drive space you don’t have to make the movie self-contained, the method works with reference movies
Regards
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I couldn’t get this to work. Can’t find Smoothcam in Motion and Final Cut still uses the whole file when I roundtrip a clip.
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