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Sequence setting problem
I have a project where the sequence is set to 1080p30 for footage that was shot 1920×1080. The sequence has many high res stills that have scale animation applied to them.
The footage shows up very small in the canvas. I checked sequence settings and all seems to be correct. The thing is if I open a new sequence and put the same footage in it looks correct. The sequence settings are the same in both sequences. Unfortunately I can’t simply copy everything over to a new sequence because the same problem occurs.
I can’t think of anything odd about this project, all video was shot with same camera at 1920×1080. Only other elements are a few still images that I scaled and did moves on, along with text animation created in FCP.
Any help is appreciated
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[Christopher Grosso] “The thing is if I open a new sequence and put the same footage in it looks correct.”
This pretty much would clearly indicate that the settings of your original sequence are not correct. This can happen in several different ways, most often when the sequence settings are changed after footage has already been placed in the timeline or when seq 1 in a project does not inherit the proper settings after the Easy Setup is changed when starting a new project.
David Roth Weiss
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Thanks for the fast response. Yes I don’t know what would have happened to change the settings. The first element in the sequence is actually a large format still image, larger than 1920×1080 (scaled down of course).
Reading in the manual I see that the sequence can be affected by the first item in the timeline. Even so when I change the easy setup and sequence settings it makes the video (not the graphics) very small.
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[Christopher Grosso] “Reading in the manual I see that the sequence can be affected by the first item in the timeline.”
Not a still… In FCP ver. 6 dropping the first video clip will generate a dialogue that will ask whether you want the sequence settings changed to match the clip, but stills don’t work that way.
What type of video will you be editing in that timeline?
David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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..already edited in the timeline. The video source is 1920×1080 DVCPRO HD.
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[Christopher Grosso] “..already edited in the timeline. The video source is 1920×1080 DVCPRO HD.”
If you’re saying that your DVCProHD footage appears anything but full frame in timeline, you have an issue.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Any idea what the issue may be?
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I feel as though we’re going around in circles here.
Its clearly seems as though you began your project in a timeline woith imporper settings. So…
Open a new sequence and drop a clip on it and allow the settings to be changed to match the clip. Then, you’ll have to cut and paste the stuff from the other sequence into the new timeline. Then you’ll have to make certain that “distort” in the motion tab is at zero for all shots. And, you’ll have to rescale your stills.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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