-
Stills coming in at 23.97 in a 29.97 Project
This one has me stumped.
I’m editing a 15 second spot for a client. SD, 29.97 fps — just as I have for hundreds of other spots. The spot is made entirely of stills.
When I import the source stills, they come in as 23.97 fps. The timeline is 29.97 fps, and I checked my settings — everything appears to be set at 29.97.
I experimented by importing a couple of stills from a previous 29.97 fps project, and they came in perfectly fine. I then copied the source media (original stills) into a new folder, and imported them into the project from the new folder… still came in at 23.97 fps. (?)
Is there a way to dictate frame rate when you save in PhotoShop? Any thoughts?
-
5 Replies
-
Hi Jeff,
It seems that when FC imports stills and audio (no TC), associates to this elements the time-base of the “Sequence Preset” on your Preferences (Easy Setup).
So, if your default sequence is 23,97, this is the time-base that audio and stills will show when you import them. This will cause discrepancy when you edit those element on a sequence with a different time base.
Solution: To set your sequence-preset to 29,97 before importing audio and stills.
Here Matt Lyon explains how to fix it with an XML:
https://library.creativecow.net/lyon_matt/fixing-fcp-assets/1
rafael -
Thanks for your response.
Do you mean an animation? If so, no.
This is just 5 jpg images with a dissolve between each, and a full screen logo over a color background for the last few seconds. It’s a really simple timeline.
-
Hi Raf.
Thanks for your response.
That was it!
I looked at the link… and my project is so simple, that it’s easier for me to just start over than to use XML to repair what I’ve started. But the info was very useful for getting my setting correct.
So I created a new project with the proper settings and all is well.
But it’s worth noting — for archiving of this thread — that when I imported the original media files into the new project, they were still coming in at 23.97 fps… had me stumped. Apparently FCP still had its hooks in that media and was assigning that timebase to it. So I copied the media to a new folder, and imported it from the new folder – that way FCP treated it as fresh media… and problem solved!
Thanks a bunch!
-
Hi Dave.
Yes, can extend ins and outs.
Got it figured out with the help of Rafael — see below. The default timebase was the root of my problem.
Thanks for your response though.
jp
-
For long time we have bee dealing with this annoying issue without a clue, until Matt pointed in the that direction.
Seems that associating a time-base to those elements is a need of QT, because QT manage every thing as movies. Hopefully this will be fixed by the next “Awesome FC” 🙂
Best,
rafael
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up