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What is happening with FCP 6.0.5?
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Hi Tom,
I’m working with HD pictures but ending in SD.
They made me the PNGs 1920×1080.
I’ve been editing in HD.
Then I’ve dropped the HD sequence in a SD 4×3 (for subtitling).
The PNGs worked well in the HD sequence but no in the SD one.
I’ve deleted the graphics from the HD sequence and lied then in the SD sequence and now they look well.
Anyway I don’t know why some PNGs shows with Black Alpha and others with Strait.
Which one do you think is the best graphic format for FC?
I think that with .psd files works quite well.
Rafael -
[walter biscardi] “Uncompressed 10bit is the codec for 720×486 which is a standard frame size for uncompressed Standard Definition.
If you’re dropping 720p to Uncompressed Standard Def, you should be working in 720×486, not 480. “
I do not agree with you Walter.
That is right (and Lower-first) when you go to print to DigiBeta, but you can customize your sequence up to your needs. And most of all with Uncompress that don’t need to keep any kind of Macroblock structure.
If you are working with DVCProHD and you want to go to a NTSC DVD (720×480), we go hrough 720×486?
Why to downscaling?
Coming from Upper-first footage you can even work in a 10b Unc Upper-first sequence. After you make an Upper-first NTSC MPG-2. What’s the problem? Its works. Is standard.
You can even work in a web-size 10b Unc Progressive sequence if you go to end in a video for a web site.
Digital video is very flexible and gives many options to customize and simplify every workflow.
Things very easy to check if they work or do not work and without putting at risk your computer life.
Cheers,
rafael -
For images with transparency or multi-layer images I just work in Photoshop format. It seems the most flexible and seems to give good results. For flattened images I usually use PNG.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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Exactly Rafael. Sure, 720×486/10-bit unc is the way to go when laying off to DigiBeta for broadcast. This is of the standard for SD. But we’ve been working in the 720×480/10-bit for years now. And since our delivery format is mostly DVD and web, we found it best to upres our DV and DV50 timelines (we use Panasonic P2 cameras for our SD acquisition) to 10-bit before exporting out of Final Cut, because it just looks better this way. DV or DV50 yield poor-looking graphics.
“Be the dream, NOT the dreamer!”
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[Aaron D Hose] “This worked for me! “
That’s exactly what myself and Don told you to do…?
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ALso, this has been a ‘problem’ or difference with FCP6 since it started. It’s not really a problem, you just have to hold it’s hand a bit more. I point it out here from 11/2007:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/garchow_jeremy/final_cut_pro_6.php
Check out the section on “interlacing changes”
Jeremy
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[Don Greening] “Any video or graphics media in a DV NTSC project defaults to lower field first when imported into the Browser whether the media is progressive or not. Drives me crazy.”
Why?
NTSC is an interlaced format with Lower field first- that would be the default unless you modified the original- no matter how the content is created, it will be converted to the default on import.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production WorkflowsInside look at the IoHD
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[gary adcock] “NTSC is an interlaced format with Lower field first- that would be the default unless you modified the original- no matter how the content is created, it will be converted to the default on import. “
Well, with SOME codecs, yes. With the advent of ProRes, you can choose to select interlaced or progressive in the codec itself. That metadata will then stick rendering from AE and importing to FCP. BUT if you don’t set the interlacing within the codec (meaning that you keep the interlacing check box off) and just render lower field first out of AE, then FCP will interpret the footage as progressive even though it’s not. The fun continues!
Jeremy
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Jeremy, get ready to laugh (or cry) along with me…
Tried it at home with your suggestion… it worked. Tried it this morning at work (same technique)… darn thing went back to interlacing the graphics!! Yuck!! What I’m doing now is, redoing the whole timeline in 720×480/Animation/no fields codec. That seemed to crystalize it best. Since I’m staying within the digital realm (not laying off to tape), I should be fine. 😉Yes… the “fun” continues…
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