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Problems w/ Imported AE Graphics
Hello,
I’m creating Lower 3rds, graphics, etc, in After Effects to be used in Final Cut Pro. Once imported, any and all motion/movement is stuttering (just the graphics, not the video footage underneath). The Final Cut Pro project is Pro Res 4:2:2 (HQ) 23.98. I’m exporting my graphics out of AE as QT Animations, 23.98, RGB+Alpha, Premultiplied (Matted).
The strange thing is, if you play the graphics w/ QuickTime, they plays smooth as butter. Even when you watch them in the viewer in Final Cut, they play fine. But as soon as they’re put on the timeline overtop the footage, it stutters. No aliasing or anything like that, just choppy motion.
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated as I’m exhausted trying to troubleshoot this issue.
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3 Replies
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Not an AE user but I have seen many posts here talking about AE needing to be set to 23.976 which is the actual frame rate that is abbreviated as 23.98.
AE however will give you exactly 23.98 if you set to that and the speed is therefore out with the FCP rate (which is actually 23.976). I presume you are matching field settings (upper/lower or progressive)
Confusing? Thank the slack broadcast engineers who introduced the whole.1% debacle last century. I mostly work in 25fps and such issues are happily avoided.
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Is the clip fully rendered with Sequence > Render Selection > Full checked?
You might try using ProRes 4444 instead of the Animation codec, that is, if you have upgraded to FCP 7.
Also, check footage on a broadcast monitor.Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
I’ll concur with Michael on this one…I had the EXACT same problem with a similar workflow. Its the 23.976 vs 23.98 issue.
-Jason
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