[David Bogie]

You can also set the user prefs to send audio and video to separate drives, then import the audio only.

If you have the Log and Capture window active, drag your clip from the Browser and drop it onto the window. This loads it for capture. Now you set different parameters for the capture such as deselecting video.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

[Kevin Camp] ” select the footage in the project window and choose file>interpret footage>main. “

> I’m sure you’re going to find something very simple, a real head-slapper. < How about that? bogiesan

[David Bogie]

Have you tried some short test renders?

If the media file is playing properly in QT, then the only possible answer is that you have one or more settings in your AE project that are incorrect. Make a copy of your project, delete everything except your problem vide clip, deconstruct the project one step at a time, check everything, turn everything that isn’t necessary off.

I’m sure you’re going to find something very simple, a real head-slapper.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

Sorry, I do not have an answer for you, just a suggestion and some possibly incorrect editorial.

Software vectorscopes and waveforms are available, they’re cheap compared to the hardware versions but you’ll want a good set of scopes in the loops to your large client viewing monitors.

The problem at the moment is the term “broadcast.” The color space for digital HD over-the-air broadcast reception appears to me (on my 1080p TV set at home) to be dramatically different than the color gamut available to cable, satellite, or Blu-ray disks.

I no longer have any idea what color space I’m supposed to satisfy so I stick with what I know, NTSC. But those color boxes on the vectorscopes were designed to reduce chroma crawl within the frequencies in NTSC and to prevent luma and audio distortion dues to switching noise in the vertical interval caused by overdriven adjacent lines in the interlaced fields. None of these are of any concern in digital where progressive firing of discrete pixels has replaced alternate lines being scanned with electron beams.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

Are these CMYK tiffs?

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

.. a cruel joke, especially in your AE machine is a Macintosh.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

It’s not the alpha that’s causing your troubles. It’s probably the codec you’re using., which you have not stated.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

Or build really big letters.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

Baz,
Thanks for the contribution, that’s what I was going to suggest, single playback source, videowall-style splitter or scalar system. Explore the digital signage industry for help finding these boxes.

The problem with synched outputs is, unless they are mechanically locked together, they will drift over a few hours, nothing is that accurate.

bogiesan

[David Bogie]

You want more control and the resultant increase in confusion? Try using Time FX and Time Blend FX. Requires two copies of the effect, first set to paste, second to cut. Very confusing but worth the effort, tons of fun and deliciously liquid results.
Be sure to study the additional effects documentation for the CC effects or possibly stop by the Cycore Website for assistance.

bogiesan