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If you are intending to output and OMF for audio post then don’t nest.
I never do audio in FCP and I only online & sound post projects, but if you are not going to sound post then I thought FCP could do a mixdown to a stereo aif file without first nesting.
Might have to read the manual on that one.
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It should also be pointed out that once text renders in DV codec it looks bad. I often take editors DV sequences to grade & online and the first thing I do is drop it into an uncompressed sequence so that text & graphics render better. DV codec will always make text look bad.
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I have used the Nattress Chroma smoothing filter on artifacted reds and it helps enormously
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FCP accepts 16 bit or 24 bit 48khz files without render. If you give it 32 bit files they will have to be rendered. Internal audio processing happens in 32 bit so it is usual in an audio system that the file word length is smaller than the processing bit rate.
If your software can’t render the audio as 24 or 16 bit, then it will have to render.
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Face Light from Haiku is a free plug that does exactly what you want. It can be keyframed to follow action and has opacity, size, shape and edge blur. It is also a great tool for grading to bring up detail.
Click on the Free Plug-ins (top right). There is also a vignette plug.
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If you can tell us what FCP easy setup & how the JVC is set up and what the actual problem is we might be able to do more than wild guessing.
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[Chuck Obernesser] “I knew I should have paid attention in math class”
If it is any consolation, I hated maths lessons. I do enjoy correct aspect ratios so I put up with it.
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If you are scaling 1920 x 1080 down then you need to keep that 16:9 proportion for your web vid. So if you get your calculator out and divide 1080 by 486 you get 2.22. Divide 1920 by 2.22 and you get 864.86. So if you want 486 vertical, then you need 864.86 horizontal to maintain the aspect ratio.
I would recommend looking for whole numbers however, so try a simple divide by 2. This gives 960 x 540, or divide by 2.5 and you get 768 x 432. Again whole numbers, similar size to your attempted target but correct ratio.
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I have no trouble running SD 10 bit uncompressed PAL off Lacie FW800 drives with a G5 of similar spec.
I prefer to use 10 bit if grading, particularly using a few extra filters like the excellent Nattress gamma curves.
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It is possible you have field dominance settings wrong in making the DVD. In PAL everything in upper field dominance except DV codec.
Unless we have some basic info about how you are making your DVD, we can only guess at this stage. Check your work flow from the sequence settings through to the DVD burn process. The field switch will be in there somewhere.
Deinterlacing seems to be the mantra to fixing this common issue but it is throwing away resolution and potentially creating motion artefacts on movement. Creating a progressive look is another issue but must be thought about before shooting, not after.