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SmoothCam renders disappearing
Hello,
I have noticed over time that a lot of my SmoothCam renders are disappearing for no apparent reason. Basically, I will render all of my sequences, and quite often, when I go back into a sequence some time later, everything is still rendered, EXCEPT for where there is a SMoothCam effect. Even though I KNOW it was rendered before.
Any suggestions as to why this happens? Didnt see anything mentione about this happening in the forum.
Thanks,
Sterling
Sterling Noren
Owner/Writer/Producer/Editor
WideWorld HD Productions
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8 Replies
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Smooth Cam looks at the Entire media file…not just the clip…so if you use the same media file in different areas of the sequence, any changes will cause it to unrender.
The way around this is to export the clip you wish to use Smooth Cam on as a self contained Quicktime…then re-import it and replace the original. Then Smooth Cam will only look at the section you want, as it is now a new media file. This will also drastically speed up your rendering and analysis.
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This has been happening to me too. It’s maddening.
It’s not multiple instances of a clip either, it’s small captured clips that appear once in the timeline. I was thinking of trashing the smooth cam analysis and trying again, but talk about boring.
It’s totally boring.
Although SmoothCam is sweet.
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I have already exported all of these clips as independent Quicktime movies. They are only used once on the timeline. Any other suggestions anyone? I really hate to keep rendering the same thing over and over again.
Sterling Noren
Owner/Writer/Producer/Editor
WideWorld HD Productions
Seattle, WA -
Yeah, it’s buggish.
Have you trashed the tracking data? i haven’t yet.
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No I have not done that because then it would have to redo the tracking AND the render. In any case, this has been happening consistently on several different clips in different sequences over a period of 1-2 months. I cant be more precise but it is definitely an annoying occurrence to say the least.
Sterling Noren
Owner/Writer/Producer/Editor
WideWorld HD Productions
Seattle, WA -
I feel your pain. I have the EXACT problem. What’s weird it usually becomes unrendered after I render some other stuff. Fricking drives me nuts. The project I was using this for is now finished and mastered. So, as a beta test, I will try and trash the tracking data, re track and see if it holds up in court on MOnday. If it does work, it’d be wroth sitting through the track again as it will save me rerendering the damn things all the time.
Cheers.
Jeremy
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DId you solve this ever? I tried deleting the track files and retracking but nada.
Have you upgraded to 6.0.3? Maybe that fixed it? I can’t upgrade at the moment.
Jeremy
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I’m having this same issue. I’m on 6.0.4, and it is INFURIATING.
My entire stabilizing workflow is kinda nuts actually. I either take everything over to Motion, (where I can’t analyze all of the clips at once) and then export each as a separate media file and reimport to FCP (because Color can’t handle embedded motn files)
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I apply Smoothcam and analyze forever, then render forever, then export each clip as a self-contained file and re-import and replace the existing shots….. Ugh. Not an efficient way to work, but I haven’t been able to find a good alternative.Anyone out there who has to do a lot of stabilization found a better way?
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Jason Mann
Compass Light, Inc.
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