Eric Parker andersen
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Sorry for late reply. Hope you’ve managed to sort it out. In my case I only saw the problem within compressor (any codec, etc), however, my immediate workaround was to export directly from FCPX using my compressor settings. After the last compressor update the problem disappeared for me. I have generally had good luck delivering digitally, and I’m confident that if it looked old on the production monitor and checked out on the scopes, the output file will be solid. I hope everything worked out for you with the new client.
-Eric
E. Parker Andersen – Seventhree Productions
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Just a quick thought for those that wrestle with the magnetic timeline in FCPX. Just lay down a big gap clip, and edit everything else as a connected storyline. Bam, almost a classic NLE timeline, almost. Just a thought although I know the reservations run deep, and for some good reasons.
Trust Apple? I don’t trust any company. I’ve bought gear/software across the spectrum that is no longer supported. Having worked with Adobe and Avid and Sony, JVC, Panasonic (etc, etc, etc) over the years I never found any of those companies to be particularly useful when an issue comes up (esp. the ‘old’ Avid; talk about favoring their big clients over the little guy). How did I get around the issues? Not by talking to Adobe tech support, that’s for sure. I figured it out by looking to user communities such as this. AT the least we can AGAIN thank Apple for bringing the price point of an NLE down. Heck, I grabbed MC just ‘cuz it was lowered to a grand. Now Smoke for $3500? Thanks Apple, you heartless money-grubbing company. 😉
Sorry to those who didn’t like the term ‘hater’. It was not directed at you, the FCP user who felt burned and abandoned, took a clear headed look at the X, and decided you don’t like the new direction. Fair enough. ‘Haters’ are those that enjoy hating for its own sake, the ones who declare that FCPX ‘sucks’, is ‘stupid’ and isn’t ‘pro’. Not true, it clearly works for lots of us in the biz.
Including the Broadcast Monitoring…
E. Parker Andersen – Seventhree Productions
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Dang. Sorry everyone, I got sidetracked into discussing the launch again. It’s addicting. Actually I’m glad Apple/FinalCut is cutting-edge and controversial again. I miss those days when I was a rebel for thinking I could use FCP from home for quality video work.
I was actually curious to hear others’ take on the Broadcast monitoring. I wanted to hear of any potential problems since I’ve been starting to use it in earnest for actual delivery on HDCAM tape.
Glad to see there is still so much passion out there. My core belief is that it is about the art, not the canvas, and I love using Avid and Adobe products as well (and I look forward to learning Smoke better).
E. Parker Andersen – Seventhree Productions
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I actually agree with much of what has been said here regarding Apple, even if it comes across as sour grapes. That is why in my original post I said Apple needed to learn some things, after the launch of X (its’ not an iPod!!!). I would go so far as to say the launch was disastrous. Rather than freak out, I took a breath, rolled up my sleeves and learned a fantastic new app. I spent $400 on a new edit suite, and within 4 weeks I had made 30x that cost by using it. Am I a fanboy? Hell yeah. Because Apple is forward thinking, and egalitarian.
FCPX was pro out of the gate, but just not usable for every pro. Now, with the broadcast monitoring close to perfect, I would argue it is. Long format or short, broadcast or YouTube, it is a pretty brilliant software considering how young it is.
E. Parker Andersen – Seventhree Productions
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Thanks for the tips Dominic. As I already stated in the previous replies and the original post, I have tried multiple file types, codecs, color spaces and always the same result. The only variable that had changed was the Compressor update. My workaround for now is to use the ‘export using Compressor’ setting in FCPX or Motion. Thankfully I have no batch encoding to do right now, but until I figure out what has gone wrong with Compressor, my workflow is hamstrung.
I have more testing to do, thanks for the help everyone.
I’m going to try and be a more active member of the COW community, especially in the FCPX/Motion realm. It was too painful to be on here during the initial FCPX debacle, since I loved the software and was using it for paid, pro work on day one, despite it’s rough edges.
-Eric Parker Andersen
SEVENTHREE PRODUCTIONS
https://www.73pro.comE. Parker Andersen – Seventhree Productions
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OSX 10.7.3. Never had this issue in SL or Lion until this last week.
As for monitor profiles, I’m seeing this issue on two different Mac Pro setups, my home 2008 MacPro with a Mac 27″ LED display and at a studio setup, with a 2011 Mac Pro and a Samsung Monitor. I have tried switching up color profiles on both, and it has no impact on the issue.
AGAIN, this is a new issue. I haven’t had to compensate for the old Mac gamma issues in a long time. I use Compressor DAILY. Files that looked and compressed normally before the latest update now appear very dark and/or missing green channel. I’ve submitted the bug to Apple, was just praying it was something I could address myself. Thanks.
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Ok, back at my workstation. I don’t think it is a gamma issue in my encoder settings, since the video looks dark in the preview window before any settings are applied. Also, many of the presets don’t have the gamma option you speak of, (although some of them do). The mystery deepens. Videos that I compressed a week and a half ago (PR422 files to h264) were fine, but now those same source videos (PR422) are dark in Compressor (only). Again, ANY video that I load into Compressor is extremely dark. I’ve tested this on two different Macs. I can’t be the only one experiencing this…
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Thanks a ton, I’ll take a look when I’m back to my workstation. It is strange that this popped up after the latest update. I’m using the same custom compressor settings that I built awhile ago. Again, it doesn’t matter what codec the video going in is: 422, DNxHD (same as source QT), H264, any and all videos look dark in the compressor viewer window and on export/compression. I’ll look at the gamma option in my presets. Thanks again for helping.
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Gamma setting where? This doesn’t seem to be the old Mac Gamma 1.8 vs. 2.2 issue. Again, it is only in Compressor, and it seems to be a new issue as of latest update. Trying to correct by increasing the gamma with a filter in compressor does not solve the problem. Thanks anyway.