STILLS that looked great in FCP4.5 look very BAD in FCP5

[Frank Nolan]

Trash all you old render files and re-render.

[Tom Adams]

Frank,

that’s he first thing I thought of and did..BUT it didn’t work. It’s weird, it’s only happened to certain clips and actually, they’re not all clips with motion.

I’ve noticed a very little small subtle gray line above the timeline where there usually is green or red (indicating rendering necessary).

here is the text from the window that came up when i first opened the project in fcp5:

“this project contains one or more sequences with this version of final cut pro can render with motion tab quality scaling, rotation, etc) , please choose a scaling quality to use (drop down) New quality> fastest, normal or best)

here’s where I think I went wrong, but I can’t remember what I did…
there is a box to check with the text:
remove exisiting render files (this action is not undoable), (keeping exisiting render files may result in sequences with quality differences in rendered material.)

any more suggestions??

[Todd Beabout]

Try creating a new sequence and copy/pasting the entire timeline into the new sequence. Or you could go a step further, and create a whole new project, new sequence, then copy/paste. Even if this doesn’t work, the results could help troubleshoot where the problem exists.

-Todd Beabout
Vazda Studios

[Tom Adams]

todd, thanks, i tried that too…. the same mysterious little gray line appears in the timeline (of the new sequences/projects) above the problem stills….

[Dan Riley]

Tom,

Not sure if this will help, but the line above the sequence should be blue.
If it’s any other color, something isn’t completely rendered.
And also your video processing setting may be wrong.
First go to sequence, settings, video processing tab.
select best for motion filtering quality. hit OK.
Second, go to sequence, render all, and check all the colors there ALL OF THEM.
Now go to sequence, render all, both, (for both audio and video).
See if this helps.

Dan

[Tom Adams]

dan, and others …thanks.

i need to go smell the fresh air and look at some trees or so ethin’…. get my eyes off the darn screen and come back with a full cup of coffee over the weekend. i’ll keep you posted. any others with tips would be super…thanks again.

[Television Tim]

I’m having the same problem in FCP 5. Almost any picture, mostly use .jpg’s & .psd’s, looks like crap. The work around that I have found is put the picture in anyway and change the field dominance for the sequence to none. Doesn’t seem to make anything else look different but the photoshop files look wonderful. I’ve read in other forums not to do this but it’s the only way I’ve found to fix the problem and it works for me.

[Walter Biscardi]

[tom adams] “what can I do to return to the images backto their crisp full resolution.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated”

In your Sequence Settings make sure your motion render is set to “Best”. Normal is default for FCP 5 and it doesn’t look good at all.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Television Tim]

There is no “motion render” in the sequence settings. I’m assuming it’s the “motion filtering quality” under the video processing tab in sequence settings?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Television Tim] “I’m assuming it’s the “motion filtering quality” under the video processing tab in sequence settings?”

yep, whatever it’s called, I’m not near my system. You should only use “Best” for all your projects.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

“The Rough Cut,” an original short film premiering December 7th in full High Definition in Atlanta.
rsvp@biscardicreative.com to reserve seats.
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters