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Max resolution for tif in FCP?
What is the max vertical resolution for a .tif importing into FCP? I tried importing a tif 38k pixels tall but it wouldn’t come in – I cut it in half vertically and that came in okay.
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38k? or 38K? 38,000 pixels? FCP has a limit of 4000×4000…4K.
Shane
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38,000 pixels. I was able to cut the file down to 1280×20,000 and that imports okay. The sequence is only 720p.
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Well, I’ve always had issues with stills over 4000K. FAILED TO RENDER errors.
Shane
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Maybe it’s something that’s been changed in FCP 7, I don’t know – normally I’m working with smaller files. I haven’t exported, but I animated it and it renders in the timeline fine. The only problem I have now is that there’s a maximum value on the position transformation of 10,000 pixels in any direction, so I need to split more evenly, or split into thirds. If it doesn’t export I’ll probably just re-author in AE rather than splitting it into ~15 pieces. Thanks.
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the 4000 pixel limitation in FCP is (was?) in relation to SEQUENCES.
you cant create a sequence with a frame size larger than 4000 pixels.
there is no hard, coded-in frame-size limit on images you import.
i have had rollers that have gone way over 4000 pixels high,
and not had problems.oh, and here’s a curio:
if you import a layered PSD file larger than 4000pixels,
it will come in as a sequence LARGER than 4000.
so that is a way to get around FCP’s limit.
seems like asking for trouble to me, though.nick
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[Nick Meyers] “the 4000 pixel limitation in FCP is (was?) in relation to SEQUENCES. you cant create a sequence with a frame size larger than 4000 pixels.
there is no hard, coded-in frame-size limit on images you import. “Actually there are some guidelines Nick.
Yes – The pixel limitation in Final Cut is for the sequence width settings only and it is hard coded in the sequence settings – the vertical pixel limitation for such a file is with photoshop. I have loaded 2048 x 20,4800 pixels images in for a credit roll in FCP 6
however there is a point where the processing of files with larger vertical pixel aspects are limited by the computer’s CPU / RAM config- the beefier the machine the bigger you can go.
gary adcock
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Looks like the limit on my system is somewhere between 32,000 and 33,000 pixels; 3.2 octacore w/ 16 GB RAM.
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