[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Rob,

Thanks a lot for the reply. I found some serious bug of premiere pro. I did the whole grade accessing the 4K footage from an external HDD. Once the project over i moved the clips to my network drive/server as back up. Next time i opened project, i linked all the footage to the server and found the grade is gone. I reconnected my external HDD yesterday and surprisingly the grade is back, But as soon as eject the external HDD the grade is gone. I reconnected my external drive and grade is back. Surprisingly all the footage still linked to my server/network drive and all the render files, preview files are in the network drive nothing is in the external drive except the footage. Don’t know what kind of bug is this.

Best regards
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Below the step by step process i have gone through.

1. 4K footage> converted to proxies> edit locked

2. Locked sequence linked back to original 4K( Log C footage and graded with Lumetri without any LUT> output.

3. Took a back up the 4K footage (only the clips i used) to my network drive/server

I didn’t open the project to check everything ok (my bad )

After 4 months…

Client asked to make few changes to the video, opened the project and i found out the colour are gone. Though the Lumetri effect is still on the clips, its not showing the grade, its just showing me LOG C footage. Proxies to 4K re link is working just fine, but the grade is not there. I tried the external HDD and tried project from auto save, Tried switching global fx button, switched the render engines, checked the display colour management.
but nothing seems to work.

Thanks
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Everyone,

Here is the photo that shows the entire area where the work is going to play.

I have feeling they are changing the dimension(please refer to the area marked in red). The video dimension i am giving them is 1024*768 but i doubt they are converting that to 3072*2304. I gave them a video 3072*2304, waiting for them to get back to me.

Thank you
prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Dear Dave,

Please find the answers of your questions below…

1. If this is an all-After Effects project, why on Earth are you asking about it in the legacy Final Cut Pro forum?

I am an editor, i believe editor is hub, where lot things in post production meet (For example Sound, VFX, Colour grading).So he or she must have a basic idea of everything about film making. Since I believe this is purely an aspect ratio issue, and I believe someone in my profession than any other geeks in after effects, I posted here.

2. Thank you for the photographs, but they don’t help much. You are assuming that we know every piece of display equipment and every playback device on the planet, and that just is not so
Since you are not God, I am very sure you don’t know a lot of things above and beyond sky and I am just sharing my doubts here. Since you guys are more experienced than me, I assumed you might have already worked with this kind of project.

3. Media container. Codec. Horizontal & vertical resolution. Aspect Ratio (16×9 vs. 4×3). Pixel aspect ratio (1.0 vs. 1.33). Frame rate. Audio specifications

Don’t be afraid to ASK THE CLIENT. You are simply doing your due diligence, so that you get it right the first time.

These are the first things I cross check with the client. The tech team there initially told me that its 1920*1080 and it didn’t work, so they came with 1024*768, now that is not working, Yesterday they came up with 1362* 940, all in my life I never heard of this weird dimensions. So I think they really don’t have any idea.

Because of all this I am posting in a forum like this. Hope you got my point.

I am not sitting back after posting on a forum, me also putting efforts to find a solution.

Thanks
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Also i did it on After effects not on FCP, Never i touched FCP in this whole workflow.

[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Everyone,

Here is the details, i got from client, please help me.

This what the reply to my questions

“I have attached some screenshots of the player we are using. Hope that helps you. Please let me know if you need any more clarifications.

1. Brand name and model number of the screen ? Genesis (Model Screenshot Attached)

2. The device you use to play back(DVD Player or USB) ? Pixcom player – Windows XP OS – Friendlyway Composer 9 Player Software

3. Any additional conversion or process you go through before projecting on screen ? We are using Friendlyway Composer 9 Player software for publishing the content on the screens.

Thank you
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

So guys what you suggest. Please let me know. I asked the monitor specs. Lets see.

please help me to nail this issue.

Thanks
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Dave,

I created the animation on After Effects only. Please find the screen grab of my After Effects Composition Settings and the movie specs provided by client.

Thank you
Prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks a lot.

Take care
prathyush

[Prathyush Kumar]

Hi Trevor,

I got the point Trevor, but what i am confused now is when i am bringing a 720*576 16:9 to an anamorphic sequence in FCP i am getting a small black pillar on both sides of screen.

But when it is 1024*576 16:9 the image appears full screen.

I made a digital cut of both on separate tapes and result was same.

Why this black space is there. I am clueless.

Than you

prathyush.