smoothcam export solution nowhere to be found! help!!

[Jack King]

Hi mark,

do you have motion? how unfamiliar are you? i’m assuming you have applied the smoothcam filter in fcp 7 and now just want to export it but can’t without getting the shake back?

[Matt Gibbs]

Just amateur. I do have Motion but I’m yet to teach myself how to use it.

And yes Im applying the smoothcam filter in fcp7 but the shake returns when I export.
Im editing a multi-format sequence, the clips that Im applying the filter to are standard definition 720×576 the rest are 1080i50 if that makes any difference? I struggle to understand what I should do with all the formats.

[Jack King]

hi there,

it really shouldn’t make a difference. Fcp 7 just doesn’t export smoothcam – i don’t really know if the multi format thing is a problem but if your timeline is fine with it then i wouldn’t worry about it!

Basically, all you need to do is right click on the clip you want to apply smoothcam to scroll down to ‘send to motion’ – or whatever it says. It should open up in motion. When it does that find smoothcam in motion, (i can’t remember where it is but it’s there – i’m not on my imac writing this so can’t check) – and just apply it. Again, i can’t give you specific details but it’s really not difficult to figure out – i never used motion before doing this and haven’t used it since.

Once you’ve done that you just need to export as a self contained clip back to your desktop. It will automatically make the changes in fcp but i found this didn’t work still when i exported. So you’ll need to re-import the clips and just slip them back into your timeline over the top of the old clip.

when you export you won’t get the shake back. FCP won’t know there is a smoothcam filter applied to it.

let me know if this makes sense to you!

[Matt Gibbs]

ok I think I get that, I shall give it a go tomorrow. Thanks for your help 🙂

[Lucas Ridley]

I had the same problem, it was almost like a ghosting effect that was really shaky only when I exported with smoothcam. It played fine within FCP.

I fixed this by changing the field dominance in my sequence settings from Upper to None. I was using footage converted from MPEG Streamclip, originally from a Canon 7D.