Match sequence settings

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Sreene,
When FC ask you to Conform the Sequence to the clip you are dragging, is not just about changing the codec. is about to changing ALL the parameters (size, pixels aspect, time-base, field order, audio,..) of the sequence to match the footage. This way there is nothing to render.
What you need is to know which setting you need on export.
If you are working with HD stuff and you go to finish on a DVD, you have two options:
– Edit on an HD sequence and take care of the SD downscaling when you make the MPEG-2. In this case Conform the sequence to the footage. You will have RT.
– Edit on an SD sequence. In this case you DON”T have to Conform the sequence to the footage. You will have less RT performance.

[Sreeni Jonnalagadda] “b) How can I find out what my choice was for each of these clips?
“The sequences were you said YES has the same setting that the footage. The sequences were you said NO, has the “Easy setup” setting. That’s the setting of your default sequence.

[Sreeni Jonnalagadda] “c) Is there a way for the issue to be fixed in the two fcp files or do I need to re-narrate these clips again?”
– Open a new sequence and drag a clip. Say YES when ask you to conform.
– Open any of your ‘wrong” sequences. Select ALL & Copy.
– Go to the new sequence and Paste.
– Select all the stuff on the sequence and left-click> remove Attributes> Basic Motion + Distort.
this should work.
rafael

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[Sreeni Jonnalagadda]

Thank you. That is very instructive. I will tweak the files tonight and let you know how it worked.

Thanks!
Sreeni

Sreeni

[Sreeni Jonnalagadda]

Do you think that the match sequence response likely is the cause of the differences in the size of the picture?

Sreeni

[David Roth weiss]

You really need to wrap your head around these matters Sreeni.

Anything that does not exactly match the size of the pixel dimensions of your seq. settings will be automatically scaled (sometimes right, sometimes wrong) by FCP unless you set it not to scale things automatically.

Automatic matching of sequence settings to the media is something that you need to control. You can’t just do it every time and hope for the best.

Matching sequence settings has an effect on everything that comes after. As the editor, it is up to you to make a decision about sequence settings for your entire project, and stick with those from the very beginning.

Never change settings from sequence to sequence and hope for the best at the end when you join together sequences at the end.

Practice!!! Bring various media into a timeline and see what happens to them… Use undo and do things again and again until you understand what’s going on, otherwise you will have problems like you’re having now every time you edit.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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[Sreeni Jonnalagadda]

Thanks for your wise and considered response. Your insight is very good. Reminds me of my dad – he was a physicist and if ever I asked him a physics related question, it would not be long before we got to the fact that I was lacking in my fundamentals. FCP, I am learning, is not my forte either! Fortunately, I am a physician now and not a physicist. I am enjoying the challange working on this project and hope to do more as the opportunities present themselves. The best way to learn is to try, learn from mistakes and move on – I am at this time somewhere between the “try” and “learn” phases.

Thanks!
Sreeni

Sreeni

[Sreeni Jonnalagadda]

Rafael: your method worked for one of the sequences. It did not work for the second sequence – I looked at the format in item properties and it has 3 different resolutions, including 1920 by 1080. In the conformed sequences, there is 1024X768 for the keynote and 1440Xxxx for the video. I have decided to redo/renarrate this sequence as that will be much faster.

Thanks!

Sreeni