[Ben Scott]

possibly try out effects availability and turn on all

then maybe choose it and others and then choose the option for marked only

just an idea

[Ben Scott]

have none of you tried this workflow?

create the timeremapping keyframes in fcp

send clip to motion

in the speed properties of the clip go in and change to optical flow

watch it take ages to retime using shake style optical flow with spinning wheel next to transport controls based on full length of original captured clip

remember to set the optical flow folder as well in motion’s preferences

and always remember clips get longer or shorter based on speed changes, leave that space.

yes there is always going to be issues with deinterlacing footage before applying such effects, it will always take ages and feildskit is best bet.
However why not use the frame controls tab of Compressor, set fields interpolation to progressive (tweak the antialiasing .. on drop downs if someone has better explanation of this bit in Compressor help me here) and then FCP does everything you are after.

FCP suite now does quality optical flow, start using it for time remapping.

[Ben Scott]

you need to be using the after last keyframe command down in the keyframe editor and set to repeat

sometimes behaviours can be used to create these types of effects e.g. an oscilattor

[Ben Scott]

whoever works this one out will be lots of peoples friend i reckon

keep us posted

wish you could just upload a flash video at the size they need

is there no other plans they have for movies like a kind of premium service (thought I read something but think that is more to with the mini page they give the film)

[Ben Scott]

think it is worth noting this here
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html
this explains in detail how to encode for youtube.

watch out though it doesnt give you a long video clip as photojpeg can have bigger file sizes and you only get 100mb on youtube upload

I really think it unlikely that youtube would stop using flash, it is something they have heavily invested in, it is the easiest web movie format for the basic surfer. it may be that they use h264 in the flash movie format this is a part of the sorenson spark suite.
plus why would they have all the content up until now reencoded another time to get it to work with new clips in h264
and then get every other partner to change their protocols to an h264 only format

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[Ben Scott]

think it is good to point out a few things that havent been mentioned here

when creating a dvd burnt using a standard duplicating dvd-r recorder in your computer you must be very careful of a few things (for a replicating disk you can go for much higher bitrates, but this may make little difference to the quality)

use a branded 4.7 gb dvd-r (not +r)
use lowest burning speed
use decent burner like the one in your mac
use a total bitrate under 8mbit/sec (that is combined audio and visuals)

look at these
https://www.roxio.com/dvd_forum/text_tour_8.jhtml
https://www.dvdtoday.com/Recordable%20DVD%20Test.htm
(very good link)

so if you want your disk to be compatible (plays well) you must keep the video under 7.5mbit/sec (actually I have read for reliable software decoding of mpeg stream you must have about 6mbit/sec) and then the audio should be ac3 always (0.25mbit/sec compared to 1.5mbit/sec with Aiff PCM)

always be aware that multiple audio tracks that appear in the dvd studio project all must be the same settings and they will total together as they play out at the same time (they combine to give you your audio bitrate)

also I would watch out about the ac3 presets as they may apply dvd normalisation between tracks. if you have mixed your audio tracks at the same output levels then try this link for an explanation of better presets and normalisation off, its the same interface in the compressor presets window for ac3 https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/a_pack_warmouth.html

hope this is of help

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[Ben Scott]

a really good idea is to send the clip to motion and then in timing parameters ask it to use optical flow

it will take a while

if long master clip it is coming from then may be idea to export and reimport into your timeline to only analyse that clip

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[Ben Scott]

there is no need to have RAIDs for DV footage, unless your using the multicam feature

if the SD is captured uncompressed it matters, if only DV you are wasting your money

it all depends on the data rates

check these links
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/lindeboom_ron/how_raid_works/index.html
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/raid_it_young.html
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/lindeboom_kathlyn/eide_drives_in_dv/index.html
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_disk_array.html

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[Ben Scott]

the guys are right about the b-roll

however maybe a good idea when creating your edit is also to think about sound and how one persons voice may cut into another persons, try using a split edit. one of the easiest way to achieve this is by checkerboarding the sound from person 1 to person 2 across a1/a2 for first person, a3/a4 for second person. then use the option drag on the audio and it will turn off the linking for a moment and you easy create the split edit. also may be a good idea to use the trim edit window to get the people to cut together tighter at the end of the edit, ripple to synch them up well and roll to give them more or less time than the next person.

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[Ben Scott]

may be a good idea to use the copy and paste attributes feature to get basic settings from one clip to the other and then on the clip that has parameters pasted just change either x or y coordinate

also when resizing clips to 50% on scale you need to use coordinates that are quarter the screen width example top left in PAL is -180, -144

If you are doing a lot of this work your best bet is a motion template with dropzones that you can drag video into

also be aware that video has areas at the side of the image that arent used but appear when you scale the picture

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