Olin Padilla
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When you say you don’t have the prores scheme, what do you mean exactly? Do you not have the codec, or is it just not available n the compression software you are using?
.asf is a windows format, so you might have to transcode to some kind of intermediate format, like wmv.
Personally, I would try working more with the original g64 file.
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As someone stated before, .f4v is h.264 in a flash wrapper. In my experience, it gives me better quality/lower file sizes then .flv conversion, but the developers I work with always say it won’t work. When I ask why, they just say it doesn’t work. They are not video experts.
Most streaming h.264 videos (read: Youtube) are actually h.264 .mp4s embedded in an .swf. This setup works pretty much every version of flash.
Again, you are dealing with developers, and whatever version of flash the viewer has.
Either way, I would start with a QT encode, and then convert to flash via Adobe Media Encoder (or whatever). It requires the computer to do less simultaneous tasks, and who knows when you’re going to need that full quality mov in the future.
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Did you check the frame rates?
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Did your converting software allow you to choose a codec?
For FCP ideally you would convert/transcode to the DV codec as .mov files.
Apple compressor is a really easy program to learn. You should be able to find a simple tutorial around here somewhere. Once you are in compressor select a DV NTSC preset and you’re done.
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There is no option for 2.20 in the time line, but you can do the math and use custom. 1920/2.2 = roughly 873. That means that you need to crop 207 vertical lines from your video.
I recommended the copy/paste method because:
A: copying/pasting WON’T alter your footage, and
B: It will give you the option to re-frame up and down on a shot by shot basis.
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When you say you don’t have the prores scheme, what do you mean exactly? Do you not have the codec, or is it just not available n the compression software you are using?
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It never hurts to try. Either way, I would try scaling and compressing in separate passes.
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Try using the media manager. There should be a way to transfer only the used footage (with handles).
Personally, I would keep all the footage together, since you never know how you’re going to want to re-edit your reel in the future.
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Some might not agree with me, but I find that scaling generally gets better result in FCP than in an external compressor.
I would copy the time line to a 4:3 sequence and use ‘scale to sequence’ to get them to size. This is assuming you haven’t manually adjusted the shots, in which case you will have to readjust them.
Also, are you judging the final compression on a computer monitor, a broadcast monitor, or an HDTV?
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The wide screen filter isn’t going to work here. I would just copy the time line into a new sequence (with a 2.20 aspect ratio), and adjust the clips manually that way. Either way, you will be dealing with about the same render time.