[Dustin Parsons]

It’s a text that I created in the project window so there’s nothing to drag.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

What codec did you capture at with the workflow that worked for you (the betacam/digibeta stuff)?

“if FCP or AVID doesn’t capture straight in a codec that AE is able do open, it’s useless for me.

Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t DVCPRO HD and ProRes codecs supported by AE?

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

Try going back an Autosave or two. That’s what worked for me. The files were still disconnected but at least they had names and could easily be reconnected.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

Ooooh yeah, I completely forgot about the mask tool. Cool, it’s just what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

Really? There’s no effect I can drop on the image so I can crop it similarly to how Final Cut Pro does? Either that or something that would allow me to grab and drag the edges?

If not I guess I’ll have to do it your way.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

Yeah, it would have had to been shot at 59.94 and I, stupidly, didn’t choose a pulldown when importing. I’ll check into those programs you mentioned.

Thanks for the clear explanation!

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

If you go to the Project Settings in AE you can change the Color Settings but I still haven’t found a combination that works.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

I’ve found that exporting using the Animation codec from AE gives the same gamma when using DVCPRO HD as the original footage. I assume it would be the same if you used ProRes as well.

Not an ideal solution I know, but one that would give you a correct image that you could then export or compress using whatever codec you want.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

THE CHALLENGE: Getting DVCProHD video exported from Final Cut Pro 6, into After Effects CS3, and then back into Final Cut Pro without shifting color or gamma.

THE PROBLEM: Apple and Adobe interpret Gamma differently when using the DVCProHD codec. Each use their own version of a DVCProHD codec.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
1) Use a 3rd party codec for both apps (Mainconcept, Canopus, Cineform, Raylight)
Downside: Cost money and I’d rather not deal with them

2) Use the Animation codec
Downside: Animation is a buggy codec, dropping frames and such. Also, file sizes are ridiculously huge and impractical.

3) Export Prorez HQ from FCP and in AE make an adjustment layer and tweak the gamma to 1.24.
Downside: This is a crude, temporary fix and probably not perfect in the gamma matching either.

I still didn’t find a definitive solution. Has anyone heard of a fix that still uses Apple’s DVCPRO HD codec or are we stuck with cheap workarounds until Adobe and Apple decide to play nice again?

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Dustin Parsons]

I’m having the same problem. And it doesn’t sound like there’s any definitive solutions yet…

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer