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Uncompressed Quicktimes
Hello,
I am trying to work with uncompressed quicktimes in final cut.
When I open them in quicktime under codec it says, none. I want to work with these in Final Cut but Final Cut makes me render them. I have used compressor but no matter what I codec I use, I see color change. I have tried, Animation, Apple Pro Res HQ, AJA 10 Bit RGB, Uncompressed 10 Bit 4:2:2, none.
Should I be changing something when they are rendered out in the first place? Or is there I codec I can use in Compressor?
Thanks
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5 Replies
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What sort of hardware are you using? Editing uncompressed requires high end components such as a raid, high end graphics card and high end mac.
Ryan Spanger
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If FCP makes you render, it simply means something about your media is different from the sequence you have it in. To avoid rendering, you’ll need to make sure everything about your MOVs matches your FCP sequence (codec, frame rate, audio settings, etc., etc., etc.) To determine where the difference might be, when you right click the FCP bin window there is a list of things you can have it show about each file and sequence (video codec, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, etc.). Check all the pertinent ones then go down the list and compare the MOV file specs to the FCP sequence specs.
It’s important to note that all “uncompressed” MOVs (aka “none” codec) are not created equal … if the MOVs were made with one “uncompressed/none” codec and your FCP system uses another, you’ll have to render. For example, I ran into that when I first started bringing “uncompressed” MOVs from my Windows After Effects station into FCP since the Windows system was using BlackMagic Design “uncompressed” codecs and my Mac uses the AJA “uncompressed” codecs. I just installed the AJA codec on my Windows system, made sure the “none” settings I used to render from AE matched those I used in my FCP projects and voila … no more rendering in FCP. Similarly, you will have the same issue if both your FCP sequence and your MOVs use the same type of “uncompressed” codecs, but one is 8-bit and the other 10-bit.
I hope this helps!
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Hi Dave,
Thanks very much. All works fine now. Turns out all the quicktimes were different in someway so had to go back and ask everyone to render again!
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Ok I am capturing from a HF11 which is AVCHD and using Pro Res to capture. My sequence is also pro res. when in AE I make my changes and export out of AE using Pro Res. I import into the FCP and plays fine no rendering.
My question is should I be importing out of AE using Animation? It will only be rendered in FCP anway so I should stick with Pro Res right?
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Correct. If your FCP sequence is Prores then then best to come out of AE in Prores.
Ryan Spanger
Video Production Melbourne
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