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Offline to Online issues
Hello All!
So Here is the deal. I did an offline edit (SD) and cut it and I was happy. So I was ready for my online (to HD 1080) and it all pretty much worked just fine as always, except one thing:
I did some freeze frames on my footage in the offline, and did some simple “zoom” effect (just increased the scale) and now on the Online footage those clips that are still freeze frames with the motion are extremely zoomed in on.
Is there something I missed when dealing with freeze frames in FCP? Is there an easy fix?
Thanks for the help!
alan
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6 Replies
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THis is typical for offline and online when you are dealing with different frame sizes. SD is 720×480 or even less 320×240 if you choose one of the offline resolutions…and HD is 1280×720 or 1920×1080…so the zoom will be very different. So the fix is to go through the show and adjust all the moves manually. THis is very typical.
Shane
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Well let me throw this at you too.
When I noticed this, I opened the motion tab and pulled the scale back, and the footage was cropped, it didn’t seem to capture the whole frame.
What do you think? Maybe kick the cropped still freeze frame stuff offline, then take the motion effect out, recapture the stills, then open the motion tab and add the scale effect?
Does that sound right?
Thanks for the advice!
alan
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alan,
i am missing some data on your offline/online workflow.
did you freeze frame using shift + n from an SD timeline?
maybe next time you can freeze frame using the time remap tool in the motion tab, then scale, this should match in online just fine, with no crop or proportions issues.
Hector Berrebi
Schibber Group
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yes, I did a shift N freeze frame in the original SD footage. Then when I did the Online it was zoomed in and cropped. Still however doing the correct speed on the scaling effect, just everything is cropped and zoomed in.
and ideas?
thanks guys,
alan
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shane’s got it. When you first made your freeze frame, it was made at SD 720×480 or 486. Now doing your online, those still frames weren’t remade for HD they are still SD. You have to remake the still frames from the onlined HD material to have it correct.
Make sense?
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Got it! Thanks guys.
It doesn’t take very long when you capture one frame. Thanks for the advice.
alan
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