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Workflow/Exporting Question
I’ve got students who want to add special effects to a scene from their movie. I’m not sure I’m giving them the best instruction on exporting the clip for After Effects. Here is what I have been doing:
1. Make a copy of the scene and drag it to a separate video track.
2. Turn off all the other video tracks.
3. Export using Compressor (Animation)Questions:
A) Is there another (better) way to export just a single clip from a FCP project?B) Is Animation the best format for exporting to After Effects?
Thanks for any help!
Nate -
2 Replies
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Mark an In and an Out Point before exporting.
Export at the native resolution of the clip…. don’t bother recompressing
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork
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Thanks, Richard. Can you clear up two more questions for me:
1) When I set the in/out points, would that be in my viewer window (not the canvas)? So I would double-click on my footage, and then set in/out points in the top-middle window?
2) Once those points are set, FCP will only export what is selected by the in/out points? I thought it exported the entire timeline.
Nate
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