[Nick Meyers]

the situation re plugins/ filters *within* FCP is the same.

there is an app made for blogers called levelator:
https://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator

[Nick Meyers]

hi, Vic.
yes sounds like this could be the problem.

what you need to do is to set you sequence preset to match your clip’s settings.
this is simple enough, but not automatic.

you need to go to your FCP menu > AV Settings,
hunt through the available sequence settings in there till you find the right one,
and select that.
NOTE: you need to click in the column on the left and get a check mark or tick on it, not just a highlight, otherwise it is not selected.

another approach to this is to use the Easy Set-Up window.

yet another approach is to just create a new sequence, edit a clip in, say YES you want it to match,
delete the clip , then drag your sequence in.
but that is boring to do every time. (only ok if you are in panic mode!)

next, make sure it has worked:
make a new sequence, edit a clip into it.do you get the warning?
no, then good

now make a new sequence and drag your edit sequence into it as a nest.
should work, fingers crossed.

finally, i would say that ProResLT might not be best for you.
it is a slightly lower quality (hard to see, i know) and definitely not great for compositing.
i use LT for off-line editing, where i cut at a lower res to save disk space.
i found that when i re-built my effects using the camera original (ProRes4444) they rendered faster than the LT did.
something to do with the greater compression, (and the “Dithering” process in LT, i was advised)
i would suggest you use ProRes422

cheers,
nick

[Nick Meyers]

not that i know of.

these days with FCP7s sliding markers you can get two markers on the one frame.
it happens if you delete a section between two existing markers.
maybe you have that going on?

you can see the dual markers in your canvas overlay,
and when you go to edit them you have a choice in the edit widow which one you are editing

but you said you deleted all markers from your timeline?

maybe some sort of sequence corruption.
make a fresh new sequence and copy / paste the other one’s contents into it,
and see if that works

nick

[Nick Meyers]

in FCP you should remember to set your sequences to “Best Motion Scaling”
this is in your sequence settings.

but why not just export as 480 and blow that up?

nick

[Nick Meyers]

Compressor, which is software you already have.
there are other software solutions, but i’m not sure what they are.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

sounds like you might be working in the same iDVD project.
try starting a new one.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

check the projection is of a mac laptop,
and has FCP installed
if it is:
export as native.

if FCP is NOT installed
export as native
take you file and your QuickTime codecs, and put them in the other system.

as dave says, say your prayers.

or, do YOU have a laptop with FCP installed?
take the file and the laptop.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

Vic, you never answered the question about settings:
do your clip settings match your sequence settings?
is Sequence A the same settings as Sequence B?

i have been using nests for compiles recently,
and have had no problems with re-rendering.

dave said:
“I stick with making a duplicate timeline and cutting it down.”

which is fine, but the OP is not cutting down, they are compiling multiple sequences

FWIW, the nesting i do is compiling edited sequences for a simple play-out
i dont do any further editing on the nests once they are nested / compiled.
after watching the play-out, when we go back to editing, that happens in the edit sequences,
then we nest & compile again for the next play-out

nick

[Nick Meyers]

the answer to the original question is YES, you can “re-size” all your key-framing if you run the sequence though Media Manager.

Create Offline > Set Sequences to” (you flavour of HD)
gives you a new sequence that you can reconnect to existing HD media

if you are simply re-conecting to SD media, then i don’t know what the point is,
and maybe it wont work

OR
Recompress > Set Sequences to” (you flavour of HD)
this will blow the media up as well.

im talking about Video Media.
still image media.. well, i’m not sure what will happen there,
other than to say just use “Create Offline”
that will carry any media that doesn’t have a TC track, like stills and music.

if you really want to up-scale your SD media AND motion effects, you might need a 3 step operation:
1 use FCP MM to recompress,
2 do a good quality blow up (FCP MM would probably not be the best)
3 reconnect

but try the simplest way first.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

the last 2 HDV projects i worked on were both edited in HDV timelines,
and the change to 1920×1080 happened in post, during the grade / on-line.

one went through Color, which dealt with the change,
the other was more complex: play out to HD-CAM, ingest into the grading system.

basically each was dealt with by the post house in the way that was best for them.

nick