[Alden Brigham]

Jack,

Here it is 2012 and I’m having the same issue. Did you ever figure out why your sliders were stuck? The answer about having them at the same settings is irrelevant in my case. The numbers don’t match, not even close, and I can’t change the settings of the Matte Density &/or Noise Removal.

Thanks.

[Alden Brigham]

Ok thanks Stephen. I sent it again, and think my issue has to do with render files from Color.

From my FCP timeline (which shows all the clips as .mxf (960×720), both my pre color corrected files (.mxf), along with the 1280 x 720 Apple ProRes files exported from Color back to FCP (the sequence being used) are being sent to Motion. The tricky thing is the 2 versions give the clips very different names, and formats.

So now I realize that’s my basic problem, I have the DVDPRO HD footage in my Motion project, and the .mov APR files created when I exported from Color back to FCP. I’d like to work with the color corrected, APR (1280×720) files, but they have very different names and don’t show up in either timeline (FCP sequence or Motion’s) so I don’t see how to work with them.

This has to be a real newbie issue, but I’m stuck! Thanks again!

[Alden Brigham]

Interesting, with more testing I found I had much cleaner audio using the mic on phantom power.

[Alden Brigham]

Hi Jack,

If you’re still monitoring this thread, did you ever figure out the problem? I had the exact same thing happen to me on Friday. Sounded great on set, no noticeable studio noise, bring it into FCP and there’s a really strong hiss. I had a shotgun mic, and lav, so the internal mic wasn’t being used, but it seems like hiss was introduced from the camera at some stage. Yikes!

(I was using an AG-HPX170)

thanks,
Alden

[Alden Brigham]

Thanks to both of you! I did shoot DVCPRO-HD, and at 30P to match the frame rate of my older footage. Now on to the editing and compositing!