Rafael Amador
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As David said, start by a preset for YouTube.
For data rate and audio sampling, read YouTube recommendations.
Set always “Keyframes: AUTO”, and make Multipass.
For a better downscaling, check “Frame Control ON”, and Downscaling Fiter> BEST.
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[Chris Stevens] “Given the issues with FCP 6 running on Mountain Lion, would installing Snow Leopard & FCP 6 on a new iMac be a working solution?”
What is the problem with FC.6 on ML?
Up to this thread, it works:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1169455#1169455No problem on SL.
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As David say, make the edge soft.You can try as well to go to the matted portion with a dissolve.
You say that the camera is static, so with all that and with some action on other area of the frame, may work well.
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After a clean install, the system is a real mess. Use DiskWarrior to optimize it.
Run it on your external HDs too.
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Duplicate the picture on a new layer (video track), and use the “8 points Garbage Matte” (Effects > Matte) to isolate the corpse.
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Hi Mohmmad,
I guess FC should L&t the SONY files the same than the PANA.
No idea why is not taking them, but if you are unable to L&t these files, you may try “5DtoRGB” (there is a free version) or ClipWrap to convert the files to prores.
Anyway you should have a look to this tutorial that might with you some cues on the SONY stuff, which I’ve never worked with:
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1
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[Evan Cox] ” why is exporting a self contained QT video (ProRes 422) and then Compressing it to H.264 a better option than sending a ProRes 422 sequence directly from FCP to Compressor?”
To add to what Dave said, the main reason for avoiding “Send to Compressor” is about saving time.
“Send to Compressor” is technically the option which would yield higher quality, because the “sequence codec” plays no role. FC sends always a 444 Uncompressed sequence.
But “Send to Compressor” has very big con. Whatever thing you “Send to Compressor” needs to be rendered again, even if the sequence has already been fully rendered. The problem increases when you makes for example a “Double Pass” MPEG-2: The sequence will be rendered twice, duplicating the processing time.
And things get even worst when you make a “Multipass” H264. The sequence will be rendered 3 TIMES.
So, instead of “Send to Compressor”, better to export a self-contained movie with a high quality codec (Prores) and import that in Compressor. The picture quality will be indistinguishable from the one you get by “send to Compressor”, and you will reduce the processing time to a fraccion.
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Hi Ben,
Good to knows that works. It can be useful for other people.
Thanks for reporting.
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Hi Ben,
I’ve got that from this recent thread:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1169235#1169268
It seems that at least in lion works. Not sure in ML.
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[Evan Cox] “The only problem is my converter doesn’t have that as an option for a codec. “
So get a decent converter.
You haven’t mentioned which is your original source footage, but most formats can be transcoded by FC through Log&Transfer.
Edit with the original picture size and export a Prores master.
Then downscale and compress to H264 with Compressor.
rafael