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SmoothCam Filter Not Exporting
I’ve done a basic search of the forum already – hopefully I didn’t miss this answered already, forgive me if I did.
My problem:
Clips with SmoothCam applied, analyzed and rendered in a sequence do not export with the filter applied.
Details:
I’m editing XDCAM EX 720p30 footage in the same preset for the sequence, and Render Codec set to Apple ProRes 422.
The clips with SmoothCam applied look fine (though fuzzy) with the preview (green) render bar over them. When I export a Quicktime file (still XDCAM EX 720p30) from this point I get no smoothing in the final QT.
When I do a full render of the clips (blue-ish purple bar now) the smoothing goes away as well.
Working on MBP, full RAM, FCS 2 with all updates, OS 10.5.6 and minimal 3rd party plug-ins.
Thoughts:
Is there a render setting I’m missing to apply the filter to the full render (and thus final output)? Does SmoothCam not like XDCAM footage for final output?Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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5 Replies
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[Aaron Vogel] ” Does SmoothCam not like XDCAM footage for final output? “
That’s a great question that I don’t know the answer to, but was the SmoothCam filter applied on your current machine with this media or was the media on project originally on another machine?
Jeremy
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The footage has all been on one machine and just in FCP, no movement to Motion, Color or any other program.
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Update:
I’ve tried other codecs for export – PhotoJPEG, and H.264 – and both give the same results as exporting to XDCAM EX. -
As a test, copy just that clip to a new ProRes sequence that matches the format/frame rate. Export that movie as a self contained movie. Reimport that movie into that new sequence you created and drop the SmoothCam filter on it. Does that work?
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Was there a fix to this problem?
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