[Mike Sussman]

I can and do use Digital Cut but I can’t get that to work with the sequence TC. In Digital Cut, Deck Control is normally set to Record Deck Time which works and makes sense. There is an option to set Deck Control to Sequence Time but then it goes and searches for an inpoint on the tape that doesn’t even exist (hours off from the TC layed down). Is the only way to make this work to manually set the TC Preset to just before the sequence TC, then lay down the TC on the tape, then try the Digital Cut with Sequence Time as the Deck Control setting? If that would work, THAT’S the easiest way to get sequence TC on tape?

[Mike Sussman]

Thank you so much for your help.

[Mike Sussman]

It could be many different causes, but is your final render coming out of another program like After Effects? If so, right click the zax-created movie in your project pane and choose Interpret Footage > Main. Then turn separate fields to “Off”.

[Mike Sussman]

Thanks. I tried making a group from the transition and not the pose but that didn’t solve it. I just sent you the file so you can see what I’ve got.

[Mike Sussman]

Thanks. I did just realize that I maybe I should have given you some examples of what kinds of situations I was talking about. Better late than never…

https://www.revostock.com/After-Effects-Project/61603/Video-Wall.htm
https://www.revostock.com/After-Effects-Project/25640/video-wall-01.htm
https://www.revostock.com/After-Effects-Project/21409/GIANT-BOX-05.htm

But I do think I understand what you’re saying I should do. To make “huge” scenes like these, work in a normal comp size but use the camera view to see what would otherwise be way way off screen if it were just 2D (right?). Thanks again.

[Mike Sussman]

Thanks for the help. This is the post, which obviously did end up being posted (after a moderator approved like the error message said, it I guess). No problem any more but there’s the info in case it helps you troubleshoot stuff.

[Mike Sussman]

What do you mean render to the Avid codec? I don’t see any codec that says Avid under the Quicktime settings (or anywhere else either). I’m using CS3. Is that only CS4?

[Mike Sussman]

The subdirectory idea sounds like a good way to make it easier to find but that seems like it will really fragment my directory structure if I do this process over and over again several times a day. And I can’t just clean up these straggler folders if I want to keep the media long term.

So anyway, even if it’s in a subdirectory or elsewhere, the process is still dropping the file on a drive and then using the media tool to find it and then drag that found file from the media tool to a bin? Is that the process? Seems like a lot more steps and a lot more time (especially with the Media Tool being involved) for something that will be done several times every day. I wanted to save disc space on my saved renders (before Avid) but it’s still seems a whole lot easier to keep doing what I’m currently doing which is to simply import Quicktimes rendered in the huge Animation codec.

(P.S. I know QT in H.264 codec would be great for small rendered file sizes and the ability to simply import rather than all that process above but the washed out H.264 bug in quicktime ruins it)

[Mike Sussman]

Thanks. So if Avid operates on the Quicktime process, does this mean that I should just avoid using H264 for output that is intended to be imported into Avid? Otherwise it’s fine to use H264 in certain other situations but just not for Avid imports?

[Mike Sussman]

That “File > Interpret Footage > Separate Fields > Off” solution worked perfectly. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thanks to everybody for your assistance. 🙂