[Lucas Cheadle]

Thanks Neil-
Those were some good troubleshooting tips but nothing changed. Without the fade there’s no jump. There were no rogue motion keyframes. When I moved the fade around (location and duration) some weird things happened. The video would flash back to a moment earlier in the clip for a few frames and then return. I’ve seen that before a couple of times in FCP history and chalk it off to some reference hiccup. Anyways… the work-around I used was to export the timeline without the problem end fade and bring that self-contained mov back into FCP and then add the end fade. Success.

Side note: My source footage was a 720p download from Youtube (h264) transcoded to Prores in MpegStreamclip. Maybe this helps explain the jumpy fade.

[Lucas Cheadle]

Consider the 60D instead of the 7D. That way you can take advantage of Magic Lantern. I have a 60D and a Panasonic HMC-150 and I use them together all the time for industrials & events. When you’re not shooting video on your new Canon DSLR you will surely enjoy the still photo capabilities. Getting a DSLR will only enhance you.

[Lucas Cheadle]

Yes that has been my workflow in the past which works great.
However I’ve done A/B comparisons between the uncompressed process and the more straight forward export current settings method and there’s a substantial visual difference. My eyes do not lie. I recommend trying it out.
As for my initial issue with an uncompressed .mov export riddled with anomalies I found that I wasn’t rendering before exporting. After a complete render my problems disappeared.

[Lucas Cheadle]

Frezzi 35 or 50 watt with dimmer.

[Lucas Cheadle]

Hey Noah-
Sounds like you may have one of those generic Panasonic chargers. Would you mind posting the make/model#? I just went to my local Best Buy and their version doesn’t accommodate CGA style DVX batteries.
Thanks!

[Lucas Cheadle]

Wow. That’s harsh. I certainly won’t be calling you up to fix my car!

Here’s what I wrote:
“5 minute ProRes project, exporting to FLV through QT conversion”

ProRes = HDV
FLV = Flash = web

So there it was… original source & target, right?

[Lucas Cheadle]

Yes

[Lucas Cheadle]

Thanks. I tried that and it didn’t help. I just finished a complete OS erase & reinstall. Now Compressor works. Serious loss of productivity.
Maybe the issue, if it returns, will be remedied once I update to FCP 6.0.5 et al. I’m still at 6.0.4 as the rest of my company’s editors/computers haven’t made the update yet.
Thanks again.

[Lucas Cheadle]

Yeas I tried that… clearing History and Que. Didn’t help.

[Lucas Cheadle]

I’m sure that it’s my G5. I’ve taken the “pulsing” project dvd and played it on other players and sen the same thing.