[Bryce Whiteside]

We need a price range.

https://www.canopus.com ADVC-110 ADVC-300

https://www.datavideo.us/products/dac_100_main_page.htm DAC-10, DAC-30, DAC-100

https://www.aja.com

https://www.convergent-design.com/

You probably will want converters that have TBC capability to main video stability

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

Is the Photoshop .PSD image truely a layered .PSD file–i.e. mulitple layers of images stacked one on top of the other?

It sounds like you have a flatten image image file with a .PSD extention and/or creator type. That is why you have a still image icon and FCP doesn’t allow you to import it as a Sequence. FCP thinks it is just like a .PCT, .PNG, .TGA, .JPG with are flatten image file formats.

You need the original (multiple images on different layers on one file) layered Photoshop file. Did you make the file or did someone else give it to you?

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

Is this the first time you have try importing a layered Photoshop .PSD file as a Sequence or you have done this before and think something is broke?

Which version of Photoshop and FCP are you using?

Does the imported file have a Sequence icon or Footage icon in your bin?

Did you make sure your photoshop file was RGB and not CMYK?

You post was open ended and begged for more qualifying questions and explanations. Since that was the situation, I used the shotgun approach that might invoke an epiphany.

Cheers,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

KenStone.net
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html
>Graphics – Photoshop
NEWER REVISED: The Basics – Preparing Photoshop files for FCP – Ken Stone
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_ps.html

OLDER: Photoshop Titles – Tom Wolsky
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_photoshop_files.html

LarryJordan.biz
Technique: Prepping Still Images for Video – Larry Jordan
https://larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_image_prep.html

Getting PhotoShop Images to Look Good in Final Cut – Carl Jacobs
https://larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_pixels.html

My trick to bring in Photoshop layers in registration is as follows:

1. In Photoshop create a new layer at the top of your layers and name it Ref or Reference and make sure it is selected.

2. Create a one pixel selection in the upper left hand corner. Hint-zoom all the way in and try and make the small Marquee Tool selection.

3. Go to the Navigator and move your view window all the way to the lower right and hold the Shift key while making the Marquee Tool in the lower right hand corner-you are adding to your first selection that is still in the upper left hand corner.

4. Fill the selection, the two points in the upper left and lower right hand with Black. Hint-Opt+Delete to fill with the foreground color or Cmd+Delete to fill with the background color.

5. Type 0, 1 to make the layer 99% transperant or 01% opaque.

6. In the layer menu hold the Opt key down and select Merge Down from the upper right hand pull down menu (the little arrowhead pointing to right you see at the very top of the Layers Window) over your layer of rasterize text. Then for each layer of rasterized text place your Ref layer just above it and repeat holding the Opt key down and selecting Merge Down from the upper right hand pull down menu making sure you Ref layer is the one selected. What this does is make each layer of rasterized text have the same canvas size and registering the position of your text or any layer element in the Photoshop document. Holding the Opt key while selecting Merge Down prevents the Ref frame from destroying itself when Merging Down. It in essences merges a copy of itself down.

7. As a rule of thumb I then place the Ref layer at the top of the document, select it and type 100 to make my two pixel dots in the upper left hand corner and lower right hand corner visible so I can see them if I zoom in to make sure they are there.

If you work in SD ITU-601 you could alway have a template .PSD file with a canvas size of 720 x 540 with your Ref or Reference frame already in there along with a SafeTitle layer. If you work in DV you want a canvas size of 720 x 534. If you use these numbers, FCP will automatically recognize number and resize to 720 x 486 or 720 x 480 respectively. If you use a larger canvas size make sure it is in the TV 4 x 3 square pixel aspect ratio. Let’s say your .PSD canvas is 1440 x 1080 and FCP doesn’t recognize that aspect ratio, go to Motion>Distort>Aspect Ratio and type in -12.5 to achieve the video pixel aspect ratio of .9. Don’t ask me why the Aspect Ratio of -12.5 works in FCP, but I do know that is the number FCP automatically calculates when you import a 720 x 540 .PSD canvas into FCP.

You may want to use Apple’s recommended canvas sizes in the last paragraph from the article links in the beginning of the post and here:
Final Cut Pro: Using square or non-square pixels when creating graphics
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=36836

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

FAT32-Read/Write file size limitations
NTFS-Read only

[PDF] Windows Compatibility and Mac OS X

The best solution is to put one of the previously posted utilities–Macdrive is more or less an industry standard–on you PC with Windows.

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
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[Bryce Whiteside]

Note this previous post:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=8&postid=855318
Name: robinschmidt Date: Jun 28, 2005 at 5:45:03 am Subject: After effects alpha import problems with Final Cut 5

Sorry, I was too fast on the Post button and posted it before I could Preview Post.

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

Note this previous post:
Name:” target=”_blank”>https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=8&postid=855318>Name: robinschmidt Date: Jun 28, 2005 at 5:45:03 am Subject: After effects alpha import problems with Final Cut 5

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

G-TECH G-DRIVE-mini Ultra Portable FireWire and USB Storage Solutions provide about 7 hours of DV video. You will have to plug your PowerBook in to an AC source because the battery will go pretty fast.

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

From the Apple Support Knowledge Base
Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro: Compressor – Cannot submit job from Batch Window

The rest of the world
Google Search: “Unable to connect to background process” Compressor:

HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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[Bryce Whiteside]

I use to work for Louisiana Public Broadcasting a PBS affiliate. They loved obscure British humor and Scifi…and well, I do too. I have seen all the Doctor Who’s at least 3 times–that’s right, all the Doctors.

And then there was Red Dwarf and Blake’s 7–Blake’s 7 Guide: Terry Nation’s BBC Series:

Servalan was HOT!
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

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