[2lucid4]

I was just wondering if there was something inherently wrong with what I was doing.
As I mentioned, Final Cut was not working with those DVCProHD animations and I was thinking that maybe this was the reason why.
Luckily, I AM able to proceed with my project…I just am still trying to troubleshoot that FCP thing.
Thanks..

[2lucid4]

I made the quicktimes in After Effects.
My compositions are 1920×1080, 29.97 and I rendered them out upper field first with the DVCProHD codec.

On Monday, I am going to try locating an HD deck and digitizing some footage.
I’ll also download that AJA VTR XChange app and see what things look like through there vs Final Cut.

more tomorrow…

Thanks again!

[2lucid4]

I presently am working in HD, so I have the output downconvert turned on.
I have no signal going in though, so I have the input downconvert off.

Blackmagic support had me uninstall and start over. No good.
I am now back to where I was…using the older blackmagic codec….my FCP viewing on hte monitor works, I can SEE the blackmagic video preview options in After Effects again but can’t get a preview, and my Quicktime also no longer previews on the monitor.

[2lucid4]

Thanks for the advice. fantastic!
I downloaded the trial version to check it out. Looks like I need the Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD version.

My only problem is that I am unfamiliar with non-mac settings.
For optimal quality, should I be rendering my files out 1920×1080, upper field first, lossless high-quality animation codec quicktimes?
Or can I use apple’s H.294 compressor for the initial render without losing too much more quality in the second converting step? Or does it not matter either way?

So far, I have tried exporting my animation through Quicktime as an AVI movie. Cinepak and BMP compressors are too low. The only other option is no compressor and that leaves me with a massive file. At that point, I might as well deliver the lossless high-quality animation codec quicktimes to them because I know they can read those files.

I’ve tried exporting them out as .WMV files, but it fails almost immediately. This is with the WMV 9 standard codec.
I tried the WMV 9 Advanced codec and it also failed.
Perhaps because this is still a demo version?

Are there any other solutions out there?

[2lucid4]

Yes, they are low-res on purpose. They are just some rough moves for the offline editor to cut in for an assembly cut. I am ftp-ing them, so I wanted small file sizes.

Would the difference be due to color settings?
I just realized that I’ve upgraded all my Adobe apps but haven’t set any color preferences.
My monitor is defaulted to “hp L2335” because that is the type of monitor it is. The other monitor’s default is “Apple Studio Display Calibrated.” (I do realize these should probably match)

Photoshop CS2 defaults to sRGB IEC61966-2.1.
Should I set my monitors, photoshop and after effect’s project settings to “Apple RGB?” The description sounds the most correct of the other color preset options.
Or should I set them all to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 since that mimics what most PC computers look like? I have a Mac, but that sounds to me that it would make my mac colors look similar to whatever someone on a PC was seeing.

I mostly work with RGB files since my stuff generally is for video, not web or print.

Sorry. Color is not my thing really. And as a stay-at-home mom who also works from home, my time for troubleshooting and researching is quite limited! frustrating

Thanks, again.