Lisa Rolley
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Hey jeremy
thanks for the detailed response you really spelled it out for me and I really appreciate your taking the time to do so – you rock sir.I also posted this past week about laying off mattes & fills to digi and I figured since i did not get such detailed answers that maybe i could ask you since you bring up alpha and such.
Below is the post i did and peoples responses, before i repost i figured i would ask you – in the end it might just make sense for me to repost and rephrase it a little or something to try to eek out some more detailed responses.
best
Lisa
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I have layed off to tape w/ mattes & Fills on an Avid before although its been some time – I have NOT however ever done this using FCP.I have to say I really do love using FCP in comparison to Avid but for this project i need to layoff to Digi the spot itself with audio and slate at the front and then after that multiple elements from the spot need to follow with Matte & Fill + Slates to explain what each element is.
My question is about how to do this or maybe someone could even point me in the direction of an article or tutorial which explains how to do this in FCP.
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I have done this type of thing before using pure black and white images.
Just import them into final cut and lay them into the timeline then edit or assemble to tape.
—————–t helps if you lay the matte & fill off at the same starting point minute wise
eg matte 01:00:00
black
fill 02:00:00
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FCP has a number of compositing settings, like After Effects. Right click on any clip and you will see a choice.
I am sure there are ways to lay out the video (with alpha) on a timeline, then add a layer of white (or black) on top, and using the compositing settings, get the graphic to “cut out” the white for the matte. I have done this, but i cant remeber if the white goes above the video or below, and if you can mute the video but still get the cut out
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wow guys thank you so much for the detailed responses this is great help.
I guess this just brings up another question for me and its an ongoig arguement between myself and the CD here in this graphics house i work for…that is, whether or not animation codec qt’s are “better than uncompressed 10 bit” the big probel for me as the editor in FCP with a Blackmagic hd extreme card is that animation sequences wont play back on the ntsc monitor nor the plasma for clients either – my question would be then can i actually layoff this sequence if its in animation setting?
Also, i know if i need to retain alhpa info it HAS to be in animation codec but then can i convert it to uncompressed 10 bit or pro res if its hd once its been imported to fcp by switching compressor setting – once doing so will the alpha info still be there?
thanks for everyones responses
best
Lisa
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thank you for your responses but there still remain questions on my side…
to respond to what you guys told me YES i will be laying off all elements a solid minutes of course because this is the standard at the graphics house i am working at – the original spot will be at minute one follow at each additional minute mark with matte & then fills.
What i need specifics about is how to import the assets whether they be tiff sequences or qt’s ( do i need to make them animation codec to retain alpha or will designers be able to make tiffs in a way that i could just make them uncompressed 10 bit in order to work with my blackmagic hd card?
Also once i bring in these mattes & fills how EXACTLY do i use composite modes and such to make these elements work properly on the digi beta layoff?
I need to do this on wednesday and put together a game plan before then so that the ae artists give me assets in the correct format and i know what i am doing : )
please if any could help me out or point me in the right direction of a blog or something that explains this i will be forever oin debt!
best
Lisa
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Hey there
Thank you so much for the help – you rock guys i really appreciate your taking the time to help me out.
best
Lisa
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Ok so just to clarify can you guys explain to me exactly how i would output to Digi Beta & HD CAM?
The project is ProRes 422 (HQ) but i believe we will be delivering both an SD and HD version – right now i am cutting at 1920×1080 but there will be a back and forth with maya and AE artists – eventually once picture is locked i will layoff both SD & HD tapes
any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you
Lisa
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yes exactly! i just want to be sure that if i am in either sd or hd pro res what are my options for outputting to tape.
thanks
Lisa
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Hey guys thanks so much for responding you rock!!!
ok so sorry for the lack of details – we just got a Blackjmagic HD extreme card and its setup , so exciting and we are running this on a 8 core macpro with the latest version of FCP – so I really would love to know what my options are with pro res – we have a sony dvwa500 digi beta deck for SD layoffs and we rent HD decks when needed – so i guess i am curious as to exactly how i would layoff sd & HD pro res projects to tape whether it be digi beta or hd cam etc…
also whats the difference between 422 and 422 HQ – i mean the REAL difference : )
best
Lisa
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Hello,
so this is what it says when i have the 2nd drive highlighted in disk utility:
Disk Description :ST3750640NS Media
Total Capacity :698.6 GB (750,156,374,016 Bytes)
Connection Bus :Serial ATA 2
Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type :Internal
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Connection ID : “Bay 2” Partition Map Scheme : GUID Partition TableMount Point : /Volumes/2nd Drive
Capacity :698.3 GB (749,812,400,128 Bytes)
Format :Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Available :260.5 GB (279,673,114,624 Bytes)
Owners Enabled :Yes
Used : 437.9 GB (470,139,285,504 Bytes)
Number of Folders : 352 Number of Files : 6,594 -
hey shane
i am not sure how it is formatted to be honest – how would i figure that out?
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its a 2nd internal drive where only media and projects for FCP live apps and everything else 9OS) are on the other Hard Drive.