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Quicktime output – low quality
I would be grateful if anybody could cast any light on the following.
– I have been editing some F900 footage, digitised as Prores 422, with the presets 1080i25.
– When I view each individual component of the completed sequence in the *viewer*, the quality of playback is absolutely fine.
– However, in the canvas window, the quality is dreadful, even though my RT playback is set to ‘safe’ – rendering the entire thing doesn’t help either.
– The centre of the issue though, is that when I export the sequence as a Quicktime movie (current settings, not QT conversion), the output it just as bad as it was in the Canvas.
– I tried to resolve the issue by exporting as Quicktime but creating a custom template (1080i25, Prores 422, i.e. exactly as what I am editing from) – this produces a normal quality output, but the transitions (cross fades) appear as brief and untidy white flashes.Any suggestions or wisdom would be most welcome!
MichaelMacbook Pro 15″, 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT; OS X 10.5.8, Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
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[Michael Pye] “rendering the entire thing doesn’t help either. “
STOP….RIGHT….THERE….
RENDERING? Why are you RENDERING? If you drop a clip into a timeline, and you need to render, that is a big RED FLAG and SIREN BLARING that “HEY…YOU! YOU HAVE THE WRONG SEQUENCE SETTINGS!” Meaning that you are dropping footage into a sequence that is NOT ProRes422… Most likely some lower resolution.
CLIP and SEQUENCE settings need to match exactly. When you add a clip to an empty sequence, you typically get the warning “do you want the sequence settings to match that of the clip?” to which you click “HELL YES!”
Shane
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Also, stop right there and tell us about your media drives, which you failed to mention in your post.
David Roth Weiss
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Ok, no need to shout!
… but nevertheless, a very heartfelt *thank you* as that was exactly the problem. For some reason the sequence presets had reverted to default (how it managed to do this without warning me with the standard ‘don’t do it!’ dialogue box, I don’t know). This of course was the source of the issue. Fortunately for me, the piece is quite short, so I created a fresh sequence with the correct settings then dropped the original marked clips back into that. Phew!
David – thank you also for your input, I am using a Firewire 800 drive, and had already ruled that out as the source of the problem before I made the post.
To both of you: you can watch the (draft version) of finished product, if you are interested, right here…
https://www.tracingtea.com/kyrgyzstan.html
Many thanks for your help.
Macbook Pro 15″, 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT; OS X 10.5.8, Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
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… and on that note, if either of you know of a way I can smooth the appearance of the flowing water in the river, in the opening sequence, while retaining the overall speed of the time delay, I would also be very grateful.
Macbook Pro 15″, 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT; OS X 10.5.8, Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
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Beautiful!!
The river is easy to mask because the camera doesn’t moves.
Export an still frame and make the mask in Photoshop.
Then you need Color Correct the river and animate the levels.
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Nice little promo. Looks awfully cold there however.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Thanks for your help Rafael, I’m glad you like it. Can I ask – would the same principle apply to the shot at the end (close up on smiling little girl). The background is a white, however the client requests blue sky / fluffy clouds…! Is there a way of achieving this within FCP as regrettably I do not own Photoshop.
MichaelMacbook Pro 15″, 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT; OS X 10.5.8, Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
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