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quicktime to final cut pro settings
i looking for settings to use in quicktime pro 7 to export to final cut pro 4 or something better.
i’ve created quite a mess… i was working on a final cut project when my foot tipped my external drive over (no, i do not have a backup), from there it seems my drive is hosed. i’m having a 2nd person looking at the drive now. the only remaining element from that project i have is a rough 320×240 quicktime movie… my idea is to export this from quicktime using a larger size 720×480, importing that file into final cut and finishing the project which is due in 1 day. i’ve tried this and final cut cannot recognize the quicktime file. i’ve also tried importing the low rez movie into final cut and scaling to 175% which works, but the file exported from quicktime looks a little better than the scaling in final cut.
i’m looking for advice in getting a 320×240 size movie to a 720×480 size movie that can be imported into final cut pro.thank you,
thad (who will be backing up everything from now forward… lesson learned) -
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yes.. self contained was selected.
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I don’t have a lot of scaling comparison experience, but someone I trust has said that AfterFX has much better
scaling than FCP. If you have AE, you might want to do a small test to see for yourself. 320×240 to 720×480
isn’t going to fool a discerning client.
Ed -
i do have a buddy with AE and will give that a shot.
this is for a film festival entry so no one will be paying for it..except me. so my hope is that the projectors used during the screening will help with interpolation.thanx
thad -
If you are talking about an external firewire drive like the Lacie (easy to tip in my experience) check that the problem is not in the firewire interface rather than the disc itself – these tend to be quite flimsy and easy to break. You may be able to open the case and hold the firewire connector in place by hand whilst you transfer data (don’t scoff, I rescued 200Gb like that once – got terrible cramp).
If the drive is one in an enclosure, you may be able to buy another external drive (same size enclosure – doesn’t have to have as big drives, just the same number internally) and slot the drive into it. I’d really persue all the options on this level, and don’t give up on it – if it is firewire, it’s probably an IDE drive and pretty rugged internally. I’d be suprised if just tipping one over with your foot would totally fubar it – even if it was running.
Any process you embark on to ‘upsize’ your lower rez file will not recover the lost detail unfortunately.
Good luck and sympathies.
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