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Text not formatted correctly after compression in Compressor…
Hey all, hopefully this is a really quick and easy question. When I export a project that is in an HDV timeline (16:9) to compressor and then compress to a 16:9 H264 file, the file ends up looking great, it’s correctly formatted but my text is always stretched out vertically. My solution has been to export from FCP to a self contained “current settings” quicktime movie, then pulling that back into a new FCP timeline and then use compressor for my file. Is there a setting to get around that step for my text to be formatted correctly? This wouldn’t be a huge issue except that exporting anything to HDV takes so long that my fix is a serious time issue… Thanks!
Dual core g5 2.3
3.5 gigs of ram
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Hi Brian,
Some how your text is not being rendered, otherwise should look like in the FC canvas.
We don’t you go through ProRes? When you have all your sequence ready to export, change the sequence codec to Prores. The rendering is much faster than in HDV because you avoid all the MPG2 re-compression.
rafael -
I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think this is the case. I meant to mention that this happens with a project in DVCPROHD – both 720p from p2 cards like an HVX and 1080p24 DVCPRO HD when I was cutting a feature shot on a couple F900s. It seems like it happens no matter what as long as I have a 16:9 output file size (it formats correctly when I did a 4:3 test project).
Regarding your prores trick… are you saying once I’m done editing a show in HDV, I can change the compressor on the timeline settings to prores and it won’t take as long to export out a file to compressor or do you mean it won’t take as long to export a current settings quicktime file from FCP? Thanks!
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[Bryan Roberts] “Regarding your prores trick… are you saying once I’m done editing a show in HDV, I can change the compressor on the timeline settings to prores”
If your sequence is HDV then you can set the render codec to ProRes. No need to change your sequence or drop the edit into another sequence. In the render settings you have the ProRes option. It is a faster and better render than staying native HDV.
As for the text problem, I haven’t ever experienced that, as I mostly play out to tape, not file.
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Hi Bryan,
As Michael pints you can edit in HDV and in the end change your sequence setting, or just set Render to Prores. This is an option only when working with HDV or EX-1 footage. Everything is faster because after rendering you avoid the final MPG2 compression. It will yield better quality picture off-course.
Render in HDv only makes sense if you want to print to HDV tape again. For any other purpose (web, DVD) is better to render to Prores or any other intraframe codec.
About your text problem: Make a short test with a sequence with same setting same footage and the text on top. Do it with a short clip. Make a Alt-R to make sue that everything is rendered. Export and see how the text look.
rafael -
Just wondering if you ever figured out a solution for the Compressor text problem. I am having the same problem with two files, both 16:9 going from FCP into compressor. The titles actually look bad in preview, pre-compression, w/ no settings so I assume the issue is in FCP.
I have another file that left FCP w/ ostensibly the same exact settings that has perfect post-Compressor text. I didn’t create any of the files and from where I sit all settings look exactly the same including the sequence…
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Oddly enough it seems to have fixed itself after an update to FCP and Quicktime…
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Interesting.. Thanks!
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