[John Russell]

thanks Dave – I’ll post up a link when its done so you can see it

j

[John Russell]

Dave

Thanks again for this help – its a life-saver! I’ve a few more questions then I’ll try and leave you alone!

To recap: So I’ve remade my images as TIFS scaled down from the original scans to 1920×1080.

The images are hand drawn, pen drawings and I’ve worked on the transitions in PS. These transitions are usually just simple fades between images. The transitions are not meant to be smooth the intention is that you see the gradual layering of one image over another. Maybe 7 images to fade from one image to another in 1/2 seconds

As you suggested I will then import these image sequences into AE and work on them there. And then import into FCP.

Questions:

1] If in FCP, I use ProRes 422 as the codec in my edit timeline, again as you suggested, will there be any problems exporting from AE to FCP?

2]Should I render the sequences in AE using the codec above and then export?

3] You it be a good idea to render short sequence 1/2 minutes and then export to FCP or render and export the whole sequence (about 15 minutes)?

Thanks again

John

[John Russell]

Dave

Thanks again.

Sorry this is confusing. The situation is that I don’t want to repeat my earlier mistakes (in fact they were my mistakes not the clients)- so I want to lay out the animation in FCP in as high resolution as is necessary to be able to output for high quality projection and DVD as well as for streaming on the web.

I am assuming 2178 x 3840 is sufficient – probably overkill?

I am also assuming 16 x 9 is a more workable format than 4 x 3 these days as long as I keep the main action in the centre of the shot (after reading about the various options). I would therefore be able to output for projection, DVD, and web streaming. Is this correct.

Sorry if these are dumb questions – maybe i should be over in the beginners section?

[John Russell]

Thanks for all the advice – very helpful!

OK re-sizing images TIFs as suggested.

A couple of issues are still worrying me – any answers?

1] Will 1920×1080 pixels be big enough? Reading through the forums it seems some people suggest importing at twice the size required to ensure high quality out put for projection/DVD?

2] Any suggestions of what settings/ codec I should use for line drawing animation? Or any suggestion of tutorials?

[John Russell]

Jiggy – cheers yes I’ve used genuine fractals before. I’ll give it a try but I think it may be too big a jump. I’ve already tried the enlarging using PS in 10% increments trick and it doesn’t look good.

[John Russell]

Dave

Thanks a lot for that.

So would it be OK to import 1500+ TIFFs on that scale into FCP, and then play with the timings/transitions etc once they are imported. Can FCP handle this? Sorry if this is a dumb question? The animation is simple there are no effects really, it all works through the drawing.

And would 1920×1080 be enough? Reading through the forums it seems some people suggest importing at twice the size required to ensure high quality out put.

Thanks again for your help.

J

[John Russell]

Thanks for that Mark. Yes I have come to terms with the fact that I will have to re-make them at a higher size/ratio! There are however a couple of issues it would be good to get feedback on.

1] Looking through the forums it seems a good idea to import the images into FCP at twice the final resolution to get the best results. Is this correct?

2] Are there any problems with importing the images as animated gifs into FCP? This is my preferred solution given that I understand this process and it produces the required effect? Are there any technical problems with this?

best

J