Martin Baker
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Whatabout in QuickTime Player – Does it look like it’s been rendered straight (bad quality edges)?
Martin
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Chris is right. It does make a difference, at least in FCP6.
If FCP5.1.4 didn’t deinterlace an Upper Field First clip in a progressive sequence then I’d say that was a bug and sometimes bugs can be helpful 🙂
For your workflow, there is no option but to change the clips after you’ve imported them. I’m not seeing the issue with copy/paste in 6.0.1, the field dominance stays just the same as in the original sequence.
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It’s in the Output tab of the Export Options window. Uncheck “Use current project and canvas settings” and “Premultiply alpha” and you’ll get a straight render.
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No need to capture anything again – Medium quality is only a timeline playback setting in FCP it doesn’t affect the source files in any way. Many codecs in FCP support this feature. It simply means that you can apply more effects because the Mac is having to process 1/4 of the number of pixels that it does at full res.
Less pixels to process = More RT effects
Renders are done at full res regardless of the playback quality setting.
Martin
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Yes, you can very easily change parameters of multiple clips in the Browser. Tip – drag the Field Dominance column all the way to the left so it’s easy to access, then select the AE files and right-click in the Field Dominance column to set all the clips to “None”. You should be doing this before editing them into a sequence.
Martin
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As FCP can’t tell whether an imported movie has fields or not, it must be working to an internal list of rules (just like After Effects does) when it imports a file. If it sees a 720×486 movie then it’s a reasonable assumption (99%+ of the time) that it should be interpreted as Lower Field First. There aren’t any import options to change this behaviour so the only option is to change the field order manually after import.
Certainly in FCP6 changing the field order from LFF to None on a progressive source in a progressive sequence does make a difference. If you don’t then half of the vertical resolution gets thrown away because each source frame will get deinterlaced.
Martin
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Not one button but you can do it like this:
– Select the clip
– Cmd-X to cut it
– Enter the timecode you want it to start at, then press return/enter
– Cmd-V to paste the clip at the playhead positionMartin
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I was told that the HQ version is always 10 bit and the regular version can be 8 or 10 bit – it senses the bit depth of the source.
Martin
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Or you could use our VideoSpace calculator widget:
http://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/videospaceNew version with support for ProRes 422 coming soon.
Martin
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Hmm I dunno, there must be a hidden sequence setting, otherwise the software wouldn’t know what frame size and codec to use when rendering any effects. In Avid AFAIK that’s done at the project settings level, no idea about M100.
Martin
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