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Juergen Steinbrecher
July 19, 2016 at 7:12 pm in reply to: Subtitles

Thanks Brett for the great advise!

Best
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
July 17, 2016 at 9:42 am in reply to: Subtitles

Dear Brett,

Oh god… that seems like a really useful advise. I have never worked with motion, but tried to do as you told me, with the following, mildly successful, results:

I made a template in motion with the same setting as for my subs in FCPX (size 63, Helvetica, outline 3,0 and it turned on publish so I could later change them in FCPX). I published it and it showed up in FX factory templates. So I added it on one of my subs in the trailer (to try it on a shorter piece) and figured out:

-the size does not fit (63 in FCP must be around 43 in motion) which is strange
-I could not do it for all subs. I marked all of them – but i could only apply it to one of them at a time, with the just mentioned results.

again, I got motion as a present once – and opening it today for the second time…. So my questions might just be based on my ignorance, but would you be so kind to send my a workflow? The film has around 300 subs and it would be so dope not change them all by hand…

Thanks!

Jürgen
Juergen Steinbrecher
July 16, 2016 at 9:23 am in reply to: Subtitles

Thanks!

Is there no possibility inside FCPX? This is kind of the last thing we need to do before our screening. So I would rather not attempt to learn a new program.

For the future, though, this is a great advise!

Best,
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
May 28, 2016 at 4:40 pm in reply to: (Rolling) Credits plug-in?

alright, thanks. I will give it try!

Best,
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
October 24, 2015 at 4:29 pm in reply to: 4096×2160 together with 1920×1080 in FCPX

Thanks guys! That helped a lot!

J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
October 23, 2015 at 6:26 am in reply to: 4096×2160 together with 1920×1080 in FCPX

Great thanks guys!

So Noah if I understand you correctly, what you say is that the 1080 version is better than the 1013…? Are there any articular reason why you suggest that?

Kirk, so that might be a stupid question, but do I have to do that with every clip? Or is there a way to just put the 4k material and set fill and not fit, and then this will be the setting for all other 4k clips in this project?

And could I also ask you guys another question?

I have 4096×2160 material from the GH 4. If I put the material first into the timeline (maybe for fit/fill purposes) then the timeline will use this as the setting (hopefully also with the fit/fill distinction) but will not the 1080 blow up and look horrible? Is there a way to avoid that?

Thanks!

Jürgen
Juergen Steinbrecher
August 3, 2015 at 7:00 am in reply to: Textup subtitle plugin?

Dear Andreas,

I downloaded your XTI program and also send the donation. Could you please send me the registration link?

I need to convert a whole lot of subs and your program seem to be the right thing for that!

Thanks

Best
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
February 23, 2015 at 12:59 pm in reply to: 23.98p and 25p in one project?

Phenomenal!

This was extremely helpful and I thank you all for the advice.

Best wishes
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
February 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm in reply to: 23.98p and 25p in one project?

Thanks John, that helps a lot!

Just a few quick questions that I have not yet understood. Sorry for that.

1. What would you recommend for getting the 29,97 material down to 24? I used to work with FCP 7 and now I am editing with FCP X. Any recommendations maybe?

2. One very, very basic question: Isn’t it better to go up with the frame rate? I think I heard somewhere that the quality is better to increase i.e. from 24/25p to 29,97.

3. Do I have to expect one or the other (depending on the direction I will convert) of the material to start to jerk, due to these conversations?

Thanks!
J.
Juergen Steinbrecher
February 22, 2015 at 9:53 am in reply to: 23.98p and 25p in one project?

Hey,

Thanks for the help guys!

“Is the client requesting 23.98p or 25p rate for delivery?”

Well, Gary about the output this is what I got from the last film festival (I do anthropological film):

“Furthermore the frame rate should be either 24, 25 or 30 fps (cinema
systems won’t play 23.98 or 29.97 fps)”

As the films are mainly for such kind of (small scale) film festivals and educational purposes in my field (so they should be available on the net), these would be the output rates, I guess.

The problem is that my video camera can only shoot in these frames rates:

MPEG4
1080: 59.94p, 29.97p, 23.98p 720/360: 29.97p, 23.98p

AVCHD
1080: 59.94p, 59.94i, PF29.97, 23.98p

This is what the GH4 can do:

4096 x 2160p / 24 fps (100 Mbps)
3840 x 2160p / 23.98 fps (100 Mbps)
3840 x 2160p / 24 fps (100 Mbps)
3840 x 2160p / 25 fps (100 Mbps)
3840 x 2160p / 29.97 fps (100 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 23.98 fps (200 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 24 fps (200 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 25 fps (200 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 29.97 fps (200 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 50 fps (200 Mbps)
1920 x 1080p / 59.94 fps (200 Mbps)

My cameramen here in Asia – for B-rolls etc – have 25p (maybe 25-30% of my material) and my GH 4 is brand new and I have not shot anything with it yet. So I have about 300 GB (about a third of the whole project) all shot in the Pf 29,97 and now want to make everything right with the other two thirds of my material.

What would you guys suggest?

I really appreciate your help!

J.