[Craig Johnson]

I would trash prefs if I was in FCP but this is the very first project for this software on this mac. First clip too. It’s somethjng to do with the xml. It’s a complicated clip with effects. I had made animals talking so the clip is cut dozens of times with the cuts reversing constantly. I don’t want to remake it. No other issues yet though.

[Craig Johnson]

Learning curves suck. Getting tons done as I learn this software but can’t find an answer to this so far. The audio portion of a clip was muted in the original and a voice over audio clip replaced it. The muted portion is now at full volume. I pulled the volume bar down as far as it goes on the waveform. I use a few bits of audio in the clip and they now sound reversed. I unlinked the audio from video and the audio won’t delete. Any ideas?

[Craig Johnson]

I wasn’t sure what to expect either format or codec or other. That explains it. As far as the audio clips that are empty. I let the timeline populate for hours. Audio clips that are fine were the ones I figured out how to see the waveform. I need to figure out how to reconnect the audio, I’m using FCP terminology, maybe it’s called something else in pr.

[Craig Johnson]

I did the XML import into Pr and was amazed at overall how well that worked. While importing, there is a progress bar in the lower right hand corner, while working each file it reads video files as .mov files. Is that normal or is there some kind of conversion going on? I always edit in ProRes 422 in FCP. There are small issues like audio clips where they are supposed to be but no waveform so I assume they got disconnected, not sure how to reconnect. Colored text boxes are just outlines and don’t respond to correction, but are there in spirit. Playback freezes and stutters but probably needs rendering. Anyone know of a tutorial on XML importing to Premiere? Thanks.

[Craig Johnson]

Thanks Chris. I have appreciated your help over the years in the fcp forum. Nice to know you hang out here too!

[Craig Johnson]

That’s great news. Will there be an appreciable quality loss exporting hi rez deliverable to ame? I assume an xml move to be more native.

[Craig Johnson]

That’s ridiculous. I did what you suggested and it works fine. Thanks! How!? Why???? I just grabbed the photo in my bin, changed .jpg to .png, dropped the change in the timeline and boom. Renders fine. I have been 2 days trying to get 1 photo out of hundreds that were processed identically to render. Fcp and me are having marital issues. Premiere???

Thanks again for the gold nugget!

[Craig Johnson]

The photos are only half that size and like I said, they have rendered in earlier cuts of this same project. Why would a couple of cross dissolve transitions give me “out of memory” messages?

[Craig Johnson]

Thanks for your response. No mixing of dvd and bluray. Like I said, i have been doing this for 3 years with excellent results but this time I couldn’t get compressor to get through the encode without the dreaded “error 0”. I have been advised by many to make a self contained quicktime, (which I did and it plays great) and bring it into compressor. First time workflow like this for me. The movie is in 2 parts. Part 1 randomly freezes for a few seconds in 3 or 4 spots in the 90 minute movie. Part 2 plays perfect. That’s where I’m at now. Thinking about getting Encore and starting over with the creating the bluray.

[Craig Johnson]

Thanks guys. One more trip to the well here. My workflow has not included quicktime self contained movie before. When I made it though, it is about 100 gig. Will I experience quality issues doing it this way, putting the .mov into AME and adding chapter markers and burning in Encore? I haven’t tackled Premiere Pro yet, but getting fed up with all the workarounds to make FCP do what I need. Thanks in advance.