Still Jpegs

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

Still Jpegs

Posted by Carlos Ferguson on December 23, 2008 at 4:27 am

Hello,

I am editting 1504 x 1000 pixel still jpegs into an animation. I am not yet sure how I will output the resulting animation. I would like to retain as much flexibility and resolution as possible.

This is what I have currently for my settings, based on some information I found online about editing animations. My computer can’t keep up and I am wondering if there is a better way, different compression, other things I should be considering?

Frame Size: 1504 x 1000 Pixels
Editing Timebase: 29.97 fps
Field Dominance: None
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Anamorphic 16:9: Off
Video Processing: RGB Only
White Point: N/A

Compressor: Photo – JPEG
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
No Keyframes Set
Quality: 100

Audio Settings:
16-bit 48.000 kHz Stereo

A second question – I did a bunch of editing using a sequence setting of 640 x 441 – is there any way to transfer this editing to another sequence with the higher (1504 x 1000) resolution, or is it all lost?

Thanks for any help, it is much appreciated.

Carlos Ferguson

Captain Mench replied 17 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
3 Replies

Bill Dewald
December 23, 2008 at 5:36 pm

Final Cut Pro is not designed to work with non-standard frame sizes.

What is the final deliverable for your project? Web, HD tape, DVD?

The answer will inform your sequence settings.
Carlos Ferguson
December 23, 2008 at 8:28 pm

Thanks for the help!

I would like to be able to output this for web, burn it to a dvd (high resolution if possible) and project it from a computer. These different outputs probably need different sequence settings?

Last night I was trying to solve this problem and came up with this work-around…

I use offline RT ntsc (photo jpeg) codec to edit the film with a setting of 351×250 pixels, then when I am done I use the media manager to re-compress the film to a higher resolution 1504×1000. Then I could output it with h264 to have it play from my computer?

I’m wondering if this is an ok plan or if I should fix on an output format (like hd) before I start?

Thanks,

Carlos Ferguson
Captain Mench
December 31, 2008 at 3:28 pm

What I suggest you do is create a sequence that will work best for FCP and look natural to the eye.

Say… 720×480 or 720×480 anamorphic (16:9) or a basic PAL configuration.

This will do two things, again, make it pleasing to the eye and also make it simple for FCP to deal with it.

Then, edit your photos in the timeline scaling and moving to taste.

When you export… you can export to Broadband High and set the size from the OPTIONS button.

Will look great and relatively small file size.

More info to follow as needed.

Mike

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