[Kai Mariah]

Thanks. I was looking in the wrong place.

When I found the data file, though, only 3 files show up there:
Final Cut Pro 6.0 Pref
Final Cut Pro Obj Cache
Final Cut Pro Prof Cache

Aren’t there supposed to be 4 files that are trashed and then reset? What is the 4th file and how do I reset it?

Thanks.
Kai

[Kai Mariah]

The codec is setup the same as the sequence codec, which is DV NTSC 48 Khz.

It was working fine and suddenly it stopped working. The last time this happened I trashed the preferences, reset them and it worked. Now after trashing the preferences it’s not working — just gives me the general error message.

Thanks.
Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Sorry. I’m really new to working with FCP.

I’m making an animated film. The animation is done in DAZ Studio. To bring the file into FCP I render it to a .mov file. I’m also bringing in still photos (.jpg).

My FCP sequence settings are:
Frame size 640 x 480 (NTSC 4:3) anamorphic 16:9
editing time base 29.97

In DAZ Studio I can only render 4:3 — don’t have the anamorphic option. Also it only does the editing time base as 30 fps.

Is that the information you need?

I trashed the preferences again and it let me render a small clip once and now it’s giving me the general error message again.

Thanks.
Kai Mariah

[Kai Mariah]

On the file I’m working on right now it’s a 3MB file. Under get info, it lists the dimensions as 3008 x 2000.

[Kai Mariah]

Hi again.
Ignore my second question. I didn’t see the second link in your original note.
Thanks.
Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Hi.
I’m fairly new to using FCP. How do I trash the preferences?
Thanks.
Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Hi.
It’s working better! YAY!!!!

Can you help me with one more thing? I’m trying to get my still photos to pan from right to left. I did it once a while ago but now I can’t get it to do it. I can’t remember what the steps are.

Thanks.
Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Hi.
The .mov files that I bring in from DAZ Studio do not have the cartoon filter applied (which is NewBlue).

The background files I create in DAZ Studio I render as .jpg because it’s faster and there’s really no need to make them a .mov file.

The people generally are done on blue screen, again because the render is faster.

I re-downloaded the NewBlue cartoon filter because for some reason it was putting a watermark on there. I was working on a different section of the film last night. I have my film broken up into smaller sections (i.e. scenes 1-25, 26-50, etc.)

The section I was working on last night seemed to be working much better than on the one that’s having problems. I’ll try working on that clip today and let you know if I’m still having problems.

I still have to re-render everything if I make changes to the timeline, but at least the render seems to be going faster than it was.

Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Hi.
The constant rendering happens on all clips. If I bring it in I have to render it. If I move it I have to render it. If I change the size or reposition the clip (using wire + frame), etc.

The section of clips that causes it to run slowly (and take forever to render) do have effects applied to them – .jpg files that I’ve applied a cartoon filter to.

My whole film has the cartoon filter applied to .jpg files but it seems like the slow down only happens on certain sections.

Kai

[Kai Mariah]

Hi.
I don’t know what codec DAZ Studio uses. I’ll ask the tech guy. My settings are 4:3, 30 FPS, and it makes a .mov file when it renders. I bring the .mov file into Final Cut Pro.

In Final Cut Pro, my settings are NTSC 4:3, anamorphic 16:9, 29.97 FPS. I don’t know where to look if its in safe RT.

My system is iMAC running on Snow Leopard with 1 TB internal hard drive and 1 TB external hard drive. It’s brand new (only 1 week old) — nothing else on it except DAZ Studio and Final Cut Pro. I was running it on a MacbookPro up until then — which had been upgraded to Snow Leopard and I don’t know how much memory was added. It was doing the same thing — running slowly on certain clips. My settings were the same on the MacbookPro.

My film project is 90 minutes long. I want it to look like widescreen that’s why I checked anamorphic 16:9. My music guy can only work with 29.97 FPS not 30 FPS.

Would it work if I make a new sequence and have it set to NTSC 4:3 and 30 FPS. Then before I render it to send it to my music guy change the settings to anamorphic 16:9 and 29.97 FPS?

Why does it only do this on certain clips and not the whole thing?

Thanks.
Kai