Andreas Kiel
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Riana,
Have you checked what kind of codec the animation files do have – that might prohibit CT to make the conform.
Andreas
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CT should work – at least it works here all the time this way.
For the audio convert you should use STP, it got some nice features to change the length of the audio, though I can’t tell you how to do, because that is always done by the sound guys (if necessary)Andreas
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The method I recommend is to apply a filter set (including settings) to a Text generator. You can type some notes into the text field as an mnemonic.
Then just select the generator in the browser copy and ‘Paste Attributes’ to the clips.
Another advantage of this method is that you just can save the generators as XML which can be imported into every project on any machine (as long as the filters are available)Andreas
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Hi Phil,
Even though it’s too late here a tip for the next time. (Maybe others are also interested)
Use Motion next time in case your “tracking animation” for each title covers the same time – even if you don’t know too much about Motion.
In Motion create a project with the same settings as your sequence, adjust the length to a length you need for the title animatio oder better a bit more (especially as you don’t have an “out animation”)
Use the Text Tool to create a text box. Type in some sample text, apply a font and size, adjust kerning to the “start kerning” go to the time where the “kerning animation” ends, set a keyframe and adjust for final kerning.
Save this as Motion Template.
You have to re-launch FCP to make the template show up within the generators.
If you drag it to the Browser, you can re-use it within your sequence just by dragging it into the title track like any other generator
If you look at the generator settings you will see the text you typed in and some settings for Text Size and Text Tracking. Type in the text you want.
This now will smoothly animate the tracking. You always can edit the Motion Generator. But there is something which you have to be aware of. If you edit this (or any other Motion Template and just save it the modification only will affect the edited generator, if you again save and replace the template by using Save as Template it will affect all generator. This is a very powerful feature.Andreas
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> Anyone out there know how to import subtitles from DVD studio Pro to Final Cut?
Yes 😉
You can try my TitleExchange. The demo will work for 30 days with all functions available, but is limited to 50 titles per conversion. Feel free to by the full version 😉
You can import a DVDSP track item (after you exported that from DVDSP), convert it to STL, then split the STL text file in TextEdit into blocks of 50 Titles and convert each of them into a Final Cut Pro XML.By the way it’s a very bad idea to layout subtitles in DVDSP – but it seems you already noticed that by now.
Andreas
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Casi,
You may try the BWF2XML demo from my website. The demo works for 30 days and will convert 10 files at a time. So it should work for you.
What the app does is to pack the audio into a QuickTime container with a QuickTime timecode track. The timecode track does tell Final Cut how to play the audio. This works fine in any case (at least if don’t mess the settings). There are several of the Blockbusters in the US which did use this method and the software.Andreas
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Michael Gissing wrote:
“You didn’t mention the frame rate your video is shot at but frankly that shouldn’t matter.”It does matter at least the difference between NTSC or not NTSC
Michael Gissing wrote:
“Crystal sync over this time duration would be extraordinary”It isn’t. Sound Devices and other vendors do follow the specs which allow less than a second drift over 24 hours (at normal temperature)
Converting the files to 48 kHz should be done with a professional audio package which keeps the BWAV header intact.
But I don’t think it’s needed.So here the standard procedure:
Go to the Audio/Video Settings.
Select a setting which matches your video codec and frame rate.
Duplicate and and replace the “Copy” with 44100 Hz
Edit the new setting and change the Audio to 44.1 kHz.
Close.
Go to the Summary tab and do the rest of the setup
Create an Easy Setup.Delete all the audio from the project.
Save and quit Final Cut.
Open your project again and import the audio.That normally works – audio import is very sensitive. Your settings have to match exactly otherwise audio playback speed is misinterpreted.
Andreas
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PAL square 16:9 is 1024×768, NTSC D1 864×486, NTSC DV 854×480 (actually for all it’s around 8 pixel more in width, but it is a bit complicated to explain why)
Anyway: DV NTSC anamorphic is 720×480, DV PAL anamorphic is 720×576.
To get an 16:9 image the ‘Anamorphic’ flag in FCP has to be set manually in most cases when you import a file.
This has to be done even if the movie shows up correctly in QT Player.Andreas
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In case you shoot in 25/50 take care of the shutter settings in artifical light conditions so that the 25/50
doesn’t conflict with the 60 Hz “refresh” rate of neons etc.Andreas
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