re: How do I keep gold logo color consistent & clean?

[Ira Liss]

That does make sense!

I found “Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)”
and “Apple ProRes 422”

and selected the (HQ) and it does
clean up the logo a bit.

Have not yet exported to QuickTime.
That’s what I’m very curious to see.

I very much appreciate your seeing this
color issue through to its conclusion.

Thanks again,
– Ira

[Ira Liss]

Dear Tom,

Re:
“Try right-clicking on the graphic and changing the alpha type to black.”

For the jpeg imported into FCP which contains the gold logo,
I’ve gone to item properties > Format > and see “Alpha” listed, and under the “Still” heading,
it says, “None/Ignore,” and under “V1” it also says, “None/Ignore.”

Am I in the right place?
I’m not seeing an opportunity to change the alpha type to black.

Further comments?

Thank you very much for your help!
– Ira

[David Roth weiss]

[Ira Liss] “I found “Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)”
and “Apple ProRes 422”

and selected the (HQ) and it does
clean up the logo a bit.
“

Ira,

Bad boy!!! Bad boy!!!

You don’t know me well enough yet to understand that I am very precise, and had I wanted you to to select ProRes HQ, I would have said, “select ProRes HQ.” I’ll give you a break this time…

ProRes HQ is overkill for anything less than 2K resolution. Gary Adcock, another FCP Forum leader, has done extensive testing of the ProRes codecs, and his testing bears this out.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.

[Ira Liss]

Ouch! Ohhh. Sorry!

(I’m doing my best to be the good student. : )

I’ve gone back in to select “Apple ProRes 422.”

No HQ overkill.

(By the way, I didn’t see “DV50” as a choice
in that long drop down menu.)

Also, regarding Tom’s suggestion, I did not
see a way to turn “alpha type” to black.

Alpha is listed as “none/ignore.”

– Ira

[David Roth weiss]

[Ira Liss] “I’ve gone back in to select “Apple ProRes 422.”

No HQ overkill. “

Good boy!!!

[Ira Liss] “Alpha is listed as “none/ignore.””

As it should be if your graphic has no alpha channel. That would tend to make Tom’s idea not applicable in this case, but it was wise of him to suggest that as a possibility.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-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.

[Ira Liss]

Thank you! Thank you!
Have a fabulous weekend!

What an excellent service you and
your colleagues at Creative Cow provide!

Thank you for sharing your time and
expertise. (It’s diamonds and gold!)

Warm regards,
– Ira

[Tom Wolsky]

Right click where it says none and select black, though I don’t actually think this is going to work. Not sure why you’re using JPEG as it doesn’t carry transparency. An image format like Photoshop or PNG or TIFF or PICT, anything in fact but JPEG, would be better.

All the best,

Tom

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[Ira Liss]

Dear Tom,

Thank you for this information about jpeg
versus other formats, PNG, TIFF or PICT.

I didn’t realize these distinctions.

I will try out the client logo in one
of these other formats, and then I’ll try
the right click.

Thanks again,
– Ira Liss