SNAPZ PRO X issues

[Nicole Haddock]

It’s been a long long time since I used Snapz Pro for anything, we’re using I Show U instead- https://www.shinywhitebox.com/

That being said, have you actually rendered your timeline? It will look like crap until you render, as I’m sure you’re getting a nice orange bar over your footage. Set your sequence Compressor settings to Animation, set your Video Processing to Best, bring down a 10 second clip, and render. See what happens.

Alternatively, buy I Show U for $20 and you should have no problems. Having FCP 6 with Pro-Res helps the screen caps, but even in a DVCProHD 720p24 timeline, I can zoom up to 200% without too much of an issue (screen cap recorded at 1920×1080).

[David Roth weiss]

[Nicole Haddock] “buy I Show U for $20 and you should have no problems.”

I agree. SNAPZ is essentially worthless.

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[Nicholas Bierzonski]

Also make sure your sequence matches your clip in frame size, aspect ratio and frame rate. If it doesn’t match exactly Final Cut Pro will do some odd calculations within the distortion and scaling tab.

-Nicholas Bierzonski
Senior Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com

[Matt Sepeta]

Thanks guys! I will make sure every setting matches up and try again a few more times.

BTW I stumbled upon a few articles claiming I should use QTpro to export the .mov to a .dv – Could this help?

Buying IshowU will be a last resort as I already had the company expense snapz pro for $70, I doubt they will be pleased when I tell them I had them buy me the wrong program…

Thanks again
-Matt S

24″ Imac | 2.8 ghz duo | 4 gb

Mac Book | 2.2 ghz | 2 gb

pscs4 | idcs3 | macromedia suite 2004 | fcp5

[Nicole Haddock]

We sink in screen caps all the time to sequences that don’t match the original record specs. You just have to be careful about checking the scaling, distort and center points in the Motion tab if stuff is looking off. But quite right about the frame rate.

My 1920×1080 Apple Animation 23.98fps screen cap is in a DVCProHD 720p24 timeline. It’s automatically scaled down to about 66.7% and the aspect ratio is flipped to 33.33%. Still looks crystal clear with no weird flutter, but my sequence settings are on the Best motion setting up in the Video Processing tab. YMMV of course.

[Nicole Haddock]

$20 is pretty cheap for a great program. Just buy it for yourself and uninstall off their system when you’re done 😉

I don’t see why a .dv movie would make any difference, and you might be recompressing the footage, which won’t help the situation. Can you link to the articles?

[Matt Sepeta]

https://samazamanokotoba.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/screen-movies-with-snapz-pro-x-and-final-cut-express/

this is one of a few I found, I just don’t have the time to dig them all up again

24″ Imac | 2.8 ghz duo | 4 gb

Mac Book | 2.2 ghz | 2 gb

pscs4 | idcs3 | macromedia suite 2004 | fcp5

[Nicole Haddock]

Bizarre!

I think the $20 out of your own pocket will probably be the easiest and best solution. If you want to see an example of the screencaps, just look at the Final Cut Help podcast up on the Podcasts section of Creative Cow. The HD ones really show off what iShowU can do.

[Matt Sepeta]

SPOT ON

I just downloaded the trial version of ishowu and it works like a charm. Thanks for the suggestion. Before you guys clued me in, I had even checked out snapz v ishowu before i bought snapz. What a waste of money….

IshowU let me plop it right into fcp without changing anything, and I exported using QT conversion for broadband – high and it is crystal clear.

Thanks again!

24″ Imac | 2.8 ghz duo | 4 gb

Mac Book | 2.2 ghz | 2 gb

pscs4 | idcs3 | macromedia suite 2004 | fcp5

[Mark Pothier]

Try this, in your assets tab right click on your sequence, then click on settings, under field dominence select none, then render, to see a video on how to do this visit https://www.YouTube.com/finalcutbasics