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Hi,
I have a animation created in After Efects 854 x 480 square pixels. I rendered it lower field first, animation. Imported it into Final Cut Pro into a 720×480 anamorphic sequence.
1. When you play it it does not loop through to my deck. it plays on the screen inside of FCP but the firewire output to the deck just sits on the same frame then updates when you stop playing the clip.
2. When you put it in the timeline it requires rendering.
I guess this is one of the dangers of working as a one man biz. When your stuck you really stuck!
What would be the best work flow!?!?!?!?
Thank you in advance.
Doug Normington
Doug Normington
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5 Replies
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IT seems the issue is interpeting the file in Final Cut. I would try rendering it out in AFTER EFFECTS at the exact resolution and aspect ratio you need or want in Final cut. I personally am not aware of whether
an 840×480 square pixel image is SUPPOSED to just snap into 720 x 480. Those numbers seem odd to me. If I am right its simply that final cut is blending or softening the fields into each other a as a result of this. You need CLEAN field separation. So do it in AE FIRST. Than import into final cut.hope that helps some
SuperNova
Animation & Visual Effects
Scott Novasic
Los Angeles Ca
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Hi,
Yeah, it is 845×480 square pixels. I will try your idea of rendering it out at the aspect ratio of the FCP sequence.
Thanks!
NORMCO
Doug Normington
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[Doug Normington] “When you put it in the timeline it requires rendering. “
If you have not rendered it to the sequence’s codec then this is probably why you can’t view the output on an external monitor. Try rendering it in FCP and see what shows up on your monitor.
Darby Edelen
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Hi,
Since I posted this I did render it in the sequence. Now I can see it through the monitor.
However, I was hoping to not have to render every little thing. It is going to slow my edit way down as this is a background for other elements.
Any way around that?
NORMCO
Doug Normington
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Either change the FCP sequence setting to match the render file-Animation (probably not a good idea since you can’t get realtime with your hardware)
Or render out of AE with the FCP setting of DV anamorphic-instead of Animation. But the render probably won’t look as good. At least that’s been my experience.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
Television Production
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