[Neil Ryan]

[Bill Davis] “…in their largest and most profitable market segment – consumer sales. “

What other market do they have?

[Neil Ryan]

“I’m occasional submitting spots for broadcast in HD too, so IDEALLY I’d like to buy a monitor that can do both. “

The PVM-14L5 is a 4:3 CRT, so you’d be watching your HD image letterboxed on a 14″ screen. That’s not an ideal size for checking images on. Can’t imagine, for example, that you’d spot dead pixels with that screen.
But if all you want is to see your HD (as well as your SD) footage on a CRT, then it might do. In other words, consider WHAT you want the monitor for…

(I reckon a small CRT is better than no CRT. Ideal if you have a large flat screen running as well.)

Cheers,
Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

Danny,
What size is the project file?
Where do you run it from?

Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

Is it possible that a window overlaps the Canvas? This can cause that issue.
Have you tried the default window layout? (Control+U)

Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

IF you’re in FCP 7 and you’re trying to do what I think you’re doing…
– Select all the stills.
– Right-Click
– Select ‘Duration’
– Enter the desired new duration.

Note: I think it requires them all to be the same duration to begin with. And…
Altering the duration of a clip/some clips this way can push later clips down in the timeline.
I usually do this to clips (stills) in a sequence of their own, or cut/paste them to the end of the Timeline, make the adjustment, then cut/paste them back where I want them.

Hope this helps.

Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

Doesn’t sound like your problem, but others report similar issues on stills in FCP. But it goes away once rendered. I trust your talking about a rendered timeline?

Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

What settings did you use and
What settings did the station ask for?

[Neil Ryan]

Something to consider, is your delivery of this sequence.
What is your final playback scenario? A file off a computer; a DVD-Video; etc…

Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

I know that you CAN import and USE still images larger than 4000 pixels (H or W).
I also know it causes problems, of the nightmarish type.
But I can’t find anything in the FCP7 online user manual to definitively say, “here’s what you can or can’t do.” And therefore, while I have learnt the extreme that can cause problems, I don’t know what is the correct procedure.
So what I’m chasing, is the actual correct procedure for using still images in FCP7.
.
Is it documented anywhere? Where does the 4000 px limit come from?
I need something I can take to a team of editors, so that we all work from the same page.

Regards,
Neil.

[Neil Ryan]

Hi Jerry,
Came across this thread while doing research, and wanted to ask a question:
[Jerry Hofmann] “FCP has a limitation of 4000 pixels in either direction”

What do you mean when you use the word ‘limitation’? FCP can import larger frame sizes than 4000×4000.
I know that a Project with many large still images can create problems and, as I’ve got another such Project coming up (hence the research) I’d like to try to avoid problems I’ve had in the past.

And while I have your attention, can I ask your opinion about dpi in still images for FCP.
The FCP user guide says “The dimensions of a video image are dependent only on the number of horizontal and vertical pixels used in the image. Pixel dimensions alone determine the resolution of a video image.” It goes on to demonstrate a test between 2 files; one 72dpi and the other 300dpi and how there’s no quality difference in FCP. Accepting this, I note that, in the case of the 2 files of different dpi, there is a difference in the file size. So, does it create less drag on FCP if imported graphics use a lower dpi and therefore smaller file size?

Regards,
Neil.

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