Hal Masonberg
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Thanks, Noah. Yeah, something else must have happened along the way. Why do you recommend making a duplicate of the snapshot as opposed to just using the snapshot?
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So what is “New Multicam Clip” accessing that “Synchronize Clips” is not?
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Thanks. Already had names in there. Doesn’t work. Now I DID change the original names of the files in FCP X via “Apply Custom Name.” Is that what’s messing this up? Though I was taught that this is the correct way to create files to work with. AND it syncs fine in Multicam.
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Still, no matter what I do (tried Save As), it won’t let me render in high precision (only 8 bit). I still get the “Codec not found” popup. I do have effects attached, so maybe that has something to do with it? Nothing from Photoshop, but I do have color and Magic Bullet, Neat Video effects. Maybe they are not compatible?
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The film’s long. 1 hr, 43 mins. I also get the “Codec Not Found” though I thought I had all the prores codecs. It works at 8bit YUV. But not 10 and not high precision. FCP also eventually crashes when I try to cut and paste the film into another sequence. It takes a long time to copy and then when I go to paste, the wheel spins for an eternity and the program eventually crashes. Never had any of these problems before the past few days. I did a smaller test of the quality difference between the JPEG version and a bit of Pro Res 8 bit. It looked a bit better. Not sure if that has to do with rendering it as Pro Res, or whether that’s the 8 bit YUV versus RGB. I was able to Duplicate the JPEG Sequence (when cutting and pasting failed). That worked, but unfortunately, when I try to render it as Pro Res, it will only let me render for a while, then I get “General Error” and nothing has been rendered. I have to stop it and save it periodically to get through the entire film. If I let it go too long rendering unstopped, General Error comes up again.
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Interesting. I’ve been researching and I’ve found other folks online who have had the exact same problem as me trying to render Pro Res in YUV High Precision. Won’t allow it. See here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2544458?start=0&tstart=0 and here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3438620?start=0&tstart=0
AS for JPEG, I originally rendered it that way. And there ARE effects in the motion tab. Many of them. Does that mean I shouldn’t bother rendering in Pro Res at this stage? Will it improve the image at all?
Or, and this would be time consuming, should I remove all effects, render in prores and then put effects back in?
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And now FCP 7 is running VERY slow. All of a sudden, it takes forever to open the app. And when I try and render, it eventually shows “General Error” and nothing’s actually been rendered. Even after a couple of hours of running. That’s never happened before. No idea why or what this means. Other question, if my original materials were in Photo-JPEG and then I switch it to Pro Res, isn’t that adding another generation of render? Or does that somehow improve the quality? Aren’t I better just Exporting as is? Will Pro Res actually improve the quality of the export at this stage?
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Thanks. I’ve noticed that if I set it to “Render all YUV in High Precision”, it won’t allow me to render in prores 422. It has to be set to RGB.
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Thanks. I’ve also noticed that if I send the project directly to Compressor via FCP, it takes about 20 HOURS to compress. If I export a QT movie (no conversion) and bring THAT into Compressor, it only takes around 40 minutes. That’s a HUGE difference. Is one doing a more proper job than the other? Why does it take SO much longer sending it to Compressor directly from FCP?
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I’ll try that. Wish the materials had been prores from the get-go. Question, if the sequence I have now is already rendered as DV, would bringing it into a new sequence and re-rendering just add another generation of loss to it, or does that only happen when exporting?