Kyle Hamrick
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Have you figured out a solution? I have a very similar issue I’m trying to find an answer to.
Anyone have an opinion about using an image sequence to do something like this? They’d be pretty universal, right?
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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Urk. Forgot to mention that I just need SD monitoring.
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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“I’ve avoided HDV up to this point and so am not qualified to know the details of an HDV/FCP/AE workflow.”
I envy you. =)
I do appreciate the help, even if it doesn’t fully answer my question. You did, at least, get me headed in the right direction, and have seemingly found the culprit of the problem. Thanks for the tips!
Your link doesn’t work, BTW.
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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Shame on me indeed.
Yes, that’s probably the issue. I’ve only had this problem on SOME projects – and we shift between shooting HDV and DVCPro. About two months ago, I moved to a new place, which meant adapting to Mac, to FCP, and to HDV. Needless to say, I’m still figuring out the kinks in the workflow. I’m also the only editor, so I don’t really have anyone to look to for guidance.
=)
Anyway, so what settings EXACTLY should I be using when I export my rough cut from FCP to AE? [No Automatic Duck, unfortunately.]
I generally make a rough cut in FCP, the export with tails to use in AE, but I just use “Export Quicktime.” Should I be using Quicktime Converter as I output?Numbers-wise, AE does APPEAR to be interpreting the footage correctly… is it just a matter of AE not dealing with the HDV PAR correctly, but a different format at the same size will come in correctly… is that what you’re saying? I HAVE, however, had to fiddle around with the sizing – I end up just scaling the clips unevenly to make them look right – I just figured it was kind of an HDV/AE kink.
Anyway, it sounds like it’s mainly a workflow issue, so I just need some good pointers from others who deal with the same thing…
I’ll also definitely try the CD test to work this out – good idea.
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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PS
Turning OFF “Show as Square Pixels” makes it look correct on the computer monitor in FCP, but the external preview is still squished.
The final QT file I render out of FCP, it also looks too skinny – and I can obviously only view that on the computer screen.
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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I’m already doing all of the above.
I render out of AE just using the Lossless preset, so I don’t even touch the settings.
I’m dealing with widescreen HDV footage which I’ve scaled down to fit into a 720×480 comp.
Kyle Hamrick
Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
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Well, the spots are uploading right now. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that I did everything right and they make it through QC.
Thanks to everyone who chimed in!
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Um… I guess. I’m not really following you anymore, though. =)
So, is there a way to export my movie from FCP such that it keeps the audio tracks separated so I can then run it through the dialnorm compression? Am I on the wrong page entirely?
Let’s just pretend I’m stupid and step me through this.
On the spots in question:
One has music/lyrics only.
One has dialogue and music.
One has dialogue, music, and FX. -
They take “almost every format electronically, including AVID and MEdia100 native formats. This would include Quicktime, MPEG-2, AVI, etc.”
Really, though, if I’m supposed to just be sending only the dialogue track through dialnorm and then mixing everything else to that, I’m going to have to find a way to bring it back into FCP so I can mix, right? This is my sticking point right now.
(Also, I would ideally like this solved ASAP – they’re waiting for the spots whenever I get them completed.)
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So… I bring my dialogue track into Compressor and send it through the AC3 encoder. Fine. So now what do I do with this AC3 file? Final Cut won’t take it. ITunes won’t convert it. I need this to come back into Final Cut so I can put it back into the mix and render this out….
Suggestions?
Apologies if this is something obvious. I’m still a little green on FCP (and this is my first time using Compressor), so I’m still figuring out my workflow.