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Upconversion / redigitize motion effect problem
Hi there,
I’m finishing some longform shows in HD for a new network and I’m seeing a recurring FCP error happening with what seem to be slowed or sped-up shots in the timeline.
what’s happening is , after the upconvert, the clip(s) in question will be truncated/ compressed into 1 frame, and basically leaves a gap to the next incoming shot. I can go in and trim out the shot, but it is also in the wrong segment/timecode of the clip in question. This requires that I go back to an SD reference video of the roughcut, which is not too terrible but certainly takes longer than necessary. is there some trick I can suggest to the offline people/anyone helping with the upconvert that can help prevent this? Or is it just a random glich?
Thanks in advance- Also curious if other folks have had this problem
Aloha,
Aaron Ekroth
Freelance Editor -
3 Replies
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Are the shots physically retimed? (sped up or slowed down)
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right, so a shot might be at 67% speed, or 180% speed, etc. THis seems to be the common link between the problem shots indeed.
Thanks
Aaron Ekroth
Editor – DesignerExpress Pro 4.6 on a dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5, 2
GB RAM running OSX 10.4.11 , 2 Graids for storage -
[Aaron Ekroth] “THis seems to be the common link between the problem shots indeed. “
And XML can’t keep track of the ins and outs so…
If you can, ask the offline guys/gals to do you and your pals a kindness:
The easiest way to keep it straight in the online is to copy and paste the 100% speed clip into a new sequence and for every subsequent clip that they change the speed/time remap, they keep adding the clips before they change the speed to that timeline in their full length glory. That way, you get the online timeline edit and this separate timeline that allows you to capture the soon-to-be speed changed clips with the proper ins and outs and you, as the ‘onlinist’ will have to rebuild the speed changes in your online timeline using these 100% speed clips.
Also, the frame rate is basically the same between HD and SD?
Cool?
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