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speed ramp renders poor in 7.01
Hello
Before I updated to Final Cut Pro 7.01 I had quite enjoyed using the new speed controls for ramping and the ability to now add curves into and out of the speed segments. In Final Cut Pro 7 these speed ramps rendered perfectly but now in version 7.01 they work fine before rendering (albeit in lesser quality) but once rendered are useless! Each speed change now has an obvious visual jump frame at the beginning and end of the speed segment; the result is unusable video, any smooth entry or exit has gone.
I have attempted this using various codecs, frame rates (PAL, NTSC & 24P), SD and HD with exactly the same result every time the timeline renders. It is very disappointing especially after making use of it frequently in version 7.
Why did I update to version 7.01 you may ask? Well, I use an AJA ‘ioHD’ unit and though it worked mainly okay with version 7 the advice was to update the AJA’s firmware and drivers as well as Final Cut Pro to the 7.01 version.
I would go back to FCP version 7 but I’m not sure the now updated AJA ‘ioHD’ will work and I don’t know how to roll it back. However, tit is a Final Cut Pro 7.01 issue, that’s the core problem.
Does anyone have a solution or suggestion on how to get Final Cut Pro 7.01 to render out smooth speed ramping changes? Any advice or help would be greatly welcomed as I’m now forced to detour via After Effects to do what I could in FCP 7 (first release).
Even advice on how to rollback to the earlier versions of final Cut Pro 7 and AJA’ioHD’ would be welcome.
Thanks – Ged Yeates.
Ged Yeates – Lighting Cameraman
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Try exporting your speed ramps to Motion and render them there using the Optical Flow option you can choose in the timing parameter… It will give you a lot better result in any event.
Jerry
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