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Two Simple Questions: Video Adjust and QT Export?
Hi,
Ok two easy questions for you FCP folks from a Premiere guy.
1) How do I adjust the brightness of a shot in FCP? I choose the video controls from the effects menu, but when I select the option I want nothing happens??????? Where is the control “thingy” that I use to change the levels? The Help in FCP is of no use on this topic.
I am selecting the clip and then: effects>video filters>image control>brightness and contrast. But nothing happens after that?
2) I want to export a two minute edited sequence as a quick time movie, but when I try all I get is an error message. Why is this????? Can FCP not export a two minute edited sequence as a QT movie? I can do single shots but not the sequence.
Thanks, and yes I know I am dumb.
R,
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4 Replies
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1) Open the clip into the viewer from the timeline and in the filters tabs adjust the brightness/contrast controls.
2) How are you exporting the clips? We can’t tell what the error message is from here.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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[Tom Wolsky] “1) Open the clip into the viewer from the timeline and in the filters tabs adjust the brightness/contrast controls.
Thanks, that seems to work. I wish FCP had an easier sliding scale so I could get “finer” levels.
2) How are you exporting the clips? We can’t tell what the error message is from here.All the best,
I’m choosing: File>export>quick time movie. When I hit save I get “Codec Error” if I do just one clip it’s fine, it starts the process of exporting it as a QT movie. Do I have to highlight or select the time line in some way?
In Premiere you make a blue line above what you want to export and it exports only that portion of the time line. FCP seems to want to export the time line from the first video.
Thanks, Richard
Tom”
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1) Hold down the Cmd key as you drag the slider.
2) It just says, “codec error” nothing else? If the timeline is active it will export that sequence or a portion of it. If you use the default settings for QT Movie it should export in whatever settings are used in the sequence. What are your sequence settings?
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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[Tom Wolsky] “1) Hold down the Cmd key as you drag the slider.
2) It just says, “codec error” nothing else? If the timeline is active it will export that sequence or a portion of it. If you use the default settings for QT Movie it should export in whatever settings are used in the sequence. What are your sequence settings? All the best,”
FCP is like the car that makes a noise, but won’t do it in front of the mechanic. Now it’s working????
I’m exporting a 720X480 DV NTSC QT movie, quality=best. Maybe it’s working now because I exported it to tape and it wanted to render the audio before it did that, then it went to tape. I used the tape output as a re-load, then exported the whole thing as a quick time once I hacked off the slate.
Typical video editors half assed work around 🙂
Ok thanks for your help, I’m sure I’ll be back with more simple and obvious beginner questions.
Richard
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