[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

No problem Adriaan, always happy to help.

I used Adobe Media Encoder for the job.

As you have the “new” file, I will delete from my folder so it is not left out in public.

Good Luck with the rest of the project!

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Haven’t got my FCPX open, but plays back fine on VLC.

Have re-encoded it for you to ProResHQ through Adobe Media Encoder.

You can get it from here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsVoGM1U0j-1iutVdR-bAUPnzvecrA?e=5z9TKk

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Adriaan,

That sounds and looks like a problem with the “wrapping of the codec” used for the file.

Does it play-back outside of FCPX, like in VLC or similar?

If it does, only suggestion that I can make is to try and encode it to ProRes or similar outside of FCPX and then re-import the files.

Atb
Mads

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Claire,

Without seeing the sequence it is difficult to visualise.

I would suggest you look (again, sorry) for following:

Rogue keyframes – sometimes if you have 2 keyframes in the effect panel very close together, you won’t notice the “rogue” one (Zoom the whole way in to investigate).

In your nested sub-sequences, has the clip used, been split or similar?

Same goes, which is one that always catches me out, is where a clip in a sub-sequence is not extended to the length of the clip in the master sequence. Could be something like a transparent layer that remains at standard length.

Finally, is there any other effects on that specific footage that might impact the effect used – maybe try an switch them off one by one, to see if that changes anything on that section.
Including checking whether blending modes has been changed on any of the clips for that part of the sequences.

I know, you have probably tried all of the above.
But always worth repeating, as you can fault find 20 times across the same space, and still not see it before it suddenly pops out – that is my world 🙂

Good Luck

Mads

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

You are very welcome.

A few years back, Nick Snow a friend & client, co-wrote and co-produced a docu-drama, based on documents that he had researched his way to.
The project was financed out of Ireland.

It is free in UK on Amazon Prime, you may have it in the US too:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoners-Moon-Matt-Addis/dp/B08QCL98B7
It combines the use of archive, interviews and dramatic reconstruction.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoners-Moon-Matt-Addis/dp/B08QCL98B7

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Braden,

I have been battling with this for years – this advice is a life-saver, thank you very much!

But WhyTaF I have to write the track number in my label name to get the track to rename, is beyond me.

Am I the only one sending Audio out of the building to be mixed, who will have overlapping interview and music tracks + other tracks that needs to be ISO and separated out from one another?

Surely #Adobe can do better?

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

You’ve already had some excellent advice.

As he was a playwright, are there film/video recordings from the time?
Like local TV stations that might have covered the theatre productions/opening nights?

Maybe go docu-drama on it, and bring in an actor to play the playwright?
(even if you just show “him” from the back on a type-writer, or what-ever he used)
Or, put some of the plays up on stage and film the prep + play (or parts of)?

Sounds like an exciting project.
Don’t know about your funding, but it sounds like something that could raise extra funding/pro bono help form a heavy-weight actor/actress.

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Worth checking what codec the client is exporting to?
2K can be many things, but it is highly compressed MP4, you might as well not do it.

Could be worth converting to ProRes or similar more stable codec, to check whether that will improve quality when you do zoom on that format.

Although this is not optimal at all, what does the Zoom look if you set your timeline to be 640 x 360?

And, then there is After Effects.

As Eric suggested, you might end up having to recreated the “screen shot”.

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Maxon and Red Giant sales are broken, and they don’t seem interested in fixing it.

Just did this little capture to illustrate the problem of UX failures in their “automated” sales process:
https://youtu.be/nLvgMegp5Es

It is interesting how they move you from:
“Single-User Perpetual License”

to
“Want to upgrade your perpetual license instead? Contact our sales team or your local reseller.“

Straight to

“TEAMS LICENSING PROGRAM”

Ending up at

SALES INQUIRIES

Where you can fill in a form. And, when you have done that, you get a “What do you want?” email back, although you have already specified what it is that you want – that is what happened to me.

I agree on the point that many companies are migrating to SaaS.
Adobe has been one of the most successful in doing so.

But when it comes to “nice to have”, like all other subscription services, my Red Giant Trapcode suite has been dropped to the bottom of the list.
Mainly because Maxon is suggesting that you do have a choice, whilst making it unnecessarily difficult to buy an perpetual upgrade.

As said, I’ll keep watching what Maxon does. But whilst doing so, I am active on getting better with BorisFX and Blender. Eventually I will not miss Maxon and it will not even be on my “nice-to-have” list, which is a bit sad.

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

I have given up on Red Giant / Maxon after they’ve killed off download feature of old Red Giant versions for existing customers from their website, and at the same time made it impossible to get a price on the Maxon website for upgrading a perpetual licence.

Their “new” on-line sales model is in a mess, and as a loyal customer you have to “apply” to the local sales office in writing to get a price for upgrading.

Rather than pushing it, I’ve migrated out. Should Maxon come to their senses, I might look again. But the longer they leave it, the more I get used to using other vfx plug-ins for particles and anything else.

If Red Giant is not getting back to you, I would head over to the Maxon Cinema 4D forum and post the question there. I’m sure that they’ll be able to help you.