[Nick Meyers]

Another fcp approach is to not work in a timeline,
Instead make sub lips of your segments
They will go direct o the browser with unique names

Nick

[Nick Meyers]

yes, you can simplify this process a lot.

the quickest way to deal with it is to BATCH EXPORT the clips.
copy to a new bin,
select all clips in bin, Batch Export, (Shift Command E, oh wait, that’s my custom command, i use Batch export a bit)

fastest way: export as Quicktime move, same settings, NOT self contained.
these reference files are very quick to write, as they REFERENCE the original video media, (they do write the audio)
but for the same reason, don’t expect them to work after a day or two, as the original media may move, or whatever.

take those exported reference clips, and run them thru compressor or Media Encoder or whatever (Mpeg Streamclip?)

GOTCHA
Batch export will halt on clips with the same name, which i see you have.
it;s simple enough to add a -2 or whatever as you go

or you can work out a system to deal with that BEFORE you batch export.

one way i can think of:
take the sequence,
copy it onto a new project
right click on that sequence, and “Make Sequence Clips Independent”
NOW copy to a new bin,
sort by Media Start, (sometimes sorting by Reel# and Media Start is better)
now go thru the list and add a -2 or whatever to duplicate usages.

when you have unique names, Batch Export.

dealing with the dupe names as you go in the Batch Export process, is probably quicker,
but m not 100% sure it’ll do them in the right order.
i think sorting the bin by media start BEFORE you select and batch export will help there.

OR…

Resolve is good at this.
you can do your simple selections in that, and it’s easy to “Deliver” each timeline clip as a separate media file.

cheers,
nick

[Nick Meyers]

“part of the footage that consists of zooming text is being cut off after the conversion.”

not sure if you mean the frame is being cropped,
or of the duration is shorter than expected.

you could write to Graeme (Nattress)
he’s very helpful

[Nick Meyers]

another thing to do:
make sure your canvas bg is set to black

there’s a drop-down menu at the top of the canvas for that.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

sounds like a gamma shift issue.
you might want to do a search for that on the forums

one thing i can suggest is to open QuickTime Player 7,
and in it’s references (somewhere) there’s a settings for Final Cut ProCompatibility.

that *might* help.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

i don’t work with those frame sizes (i’m in PAL land)
but my understanding is that FCP places them correctly, and crops a few pixels from top & bottom.
(4 from top, 2 from bottom or the other way around)

slight blur could be because you haven’t rendered yet?

nick

[Nick Meyers]

There is a slight difference, though.
Crop is measured on a scale from 1 to 100, so it might not fall perfectly on a pixel.
A mask can be positioned to the pixel, so can have a sharper edge.

Nick

[Nick Meyers]

the project file has disappeared from the external?
that’s weird.

well, i’d just go to the autosave vault.
i always keep that on my system drive in case of drive problems.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

new frames will have to be created either way.
quality will be identical with both approaches.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

it sucks.

it seems like every second day, someone is posting an X question in the Legacy forum.
there’s nothing to like about that!

the “debate” forum is pretty much that, and it’s not just about FCPX, either, so “FCP X Basic and FCP X” would also lead to confusion.

John’s proposal make a lot of sense.

nick