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Outputing Mattes & Fills to Digi Beta
Hello Gang : )
So another project in which i am new to procedures has come across my plate. I have layed off to tape mattes & Fills on an Avid before although its been some time – I have NOT however ever done this using FCP.
I have to say I really do love using FCP in comparison to Avid but for this project i need to layoff to Digi the spot itself with audio and slate at the front and then after that multiple elements from the spot need to follow with Matte & Fill + Slates to explain what each element is.
My question is about how to do this or maybe someone could even point me in the direction of an article or tutorial which explains how to do this in FCP.
Thank you in advance
best
Lisa
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4 Replies
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I have done this type of thing before using pure black and white images.
Just import them into final cut and lay them into the timeline then edit or assemble to tape.
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It helps if you lay the matte & fill off at the same starting point minute wise
eg matte 01:00:00
black
fill 02:00:00Peter
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Hi
FCP has a number of compositing settings, like After Effects. Right click on any clip and you will see a choice.
I am sure there are ways to lay out the video (with alpha) on a timeline, then add a layer of white (or black) on top, and using the compositing settings, get the graphic to “cut out” the white for the matte. I have done this, but i cant remeber if the white goes above the video or below, and if you can mute the video but still get the cut out
I would also lay them off to 2 separate tapes with matching time code, one tape for foreground (shape) and one for the key or matte.
hope this helps
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
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thank you for your responses but there still remain questions on my side…
to respond to what you guys told me YES i will be laying off all elements a solid minutes of course because this is the standard at the graphics house i am working at – the original spot will be at minute one follow at each additional minute mark with matte & then fills.
What i need specifics about is how to import the assets whether they be tiff sequences or qt’s ( do i need to make them animation codec to retain alpha or will designers be able to make tiffs in a way that i could just make them uncompressed 10 bit in order to work with my blackmagic hd card?
Also once i bring in these mattes & fills how EXACTLY do i use composite modes and such to make these elements work properly on the digi beta layoff?
I need to do this on wednesday and put together a game plan before then so that the ae artists give me assets in the correct format and i know what i am doing : )
please if any could help me out or point me in the right direction of a blog or something that explains this i will be forever oin debt!
best
Lisa
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