[Bob Korn]

Hi Jeff,
Yes, good point about QT player.

So, to simplify after further tests:
ProRes from Compressor (via a QT ref file) AND
ProRes via Send to Compressor,
looked the same once brought back into FCP, and burning a DVD in DVDSP, they both looked equally good.

Interestingly, the Uncompressed 8-bit file I exported still looked Soft when I imported back into FCP; and in the DVD test, it was soft and stuttered.

Also interestingly, the two ProRes files mentioned above, both made in compressor, when played with QT player, looked different, as well as in MPEG StreamClip (though different in a different way). But when brought back into FCP, and made into a DVD, they looked identical. Just curious why (or am I expecting too much logic).
Thanks!
– Bob

[Bob Korn]

Hi Jeff,

Hmmm. That doesn’t work. (I know you’ll come up with the solution, if there is one.) I have compressor 3.5.3, if that matters.

– Bob

[Bob Korn]

I had similar pan & zoom rendering issues a while back. One thing worked most of the time: I found that if I just rendered the P&Z effect, not the range, AND only rendered it from the render icon that is in the effect parameters window (i.e., down on the bottom of the window) AND only rendered in “green dot mode,” not green/yellow, the P&Z effect would render properly .. usually. (and chew gum)

Sometimes that didn’t work when there were other layers, and transitions, and I’d have to isolate the P&Z and do a video mixdown, then plop it back into the sequence. Obviosuly, not the workflow that Mr. Avid intended.

[Bob Korn]

Hmm. My Utilities folder only has two folders – AvidSoundCardTool and DongleDumper. (I have XpressDV 3.5.4, not Pro)

The “Avid approved” driver I tried was from NVIDIA’s download site, where they make available the most recently qualified drivers for various software, as well as the most recent driver. The older Avid Approved driver was 67.22. The latest driver is 77.18. I’ve tried them both.