[Samuel Frazier]

I appreciate that, really. What I’m saying is that anything that isn’t made in FCP (like AE file or stills) get all messed up in the dv version (the offline). So I tried to test if these files would be okay once the entire sequence was put back to the DVC Pro HD files (the online). Did this by selecting the DV “offline” sequence, sending it to the Media manager, making an offline (not recompressed) new project and sequence in DVC Pro HD, then reconnecting the media in the new project to the DVC Pro HD files. This is the process I described last time as having worked, but it seems it only worked for files FCP (not imported stills and AE files).

[Samuel Frazier]

I let the Mac do the whole sequence overnight and opened it up today. The DVCPro HD clips seem to work fine, but there are all kinds of problems with the stills and AE files in the project. Most of them are are resized smaller and have their aspect ratio adjusted. Some are just smaller but show their size at 100%. I tried to put them back online and it’s a mess. Can’t copy and paste the clips from the original HD sequence to the offline DV sequence as I believe the anamorphic element of the DV sequence setting messes things up. So, is this normal? Either I’m making an error somewhere or there’s another way to deal with these files. Sorry to keep bothering you about this!!

[Samuel Frazier]

Okay, thanks. I think that worked. The DV clips look fine if recompressed from a sequence as anamorphic. To me it gets very confusing though as you end up with new projects and new sequences that have the same name as sequences in your other project. Plus they all end up together in your Browser and Timeline and I have a heck of time figuring out which one is which with out clicking and checking their item properties.
Anyway, I think I figured out how to go back to the online HD clips. You select the sequence and use the media manager to make an offline version of it. Then you open up the new sequence (again the same name) in the new project and right click the clips and direct FCP towards where the HD clips are.
This does seem to work but I wish there was a way to do it with out all these new projects and sequences witht he same name that have to be renamed.
Anyway, thank you both VERY much for taking the time to explain this to me. I really appreciate it!

[Samuel Frazier]

Sorry, I copy them from the original timeline, i.e. the timeline from where I selected them and sent them to the Media Manager. In this case it’s the DVCPro HD timeline.
All I’m doing right now is selecting a few clips from the timeline and using them as a test for this process. I know you can select the entire sequence from the Browser, but that would take too long to recompress as I’m only trying to test this workflow.

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks, y’all! The only thing that I can see that I did differently than Shane was to deselect the DUPLICATE selected clip and place into new project option. That left “Include master clips outside selection”, “Include affiliate clips outside selection”, & Include nonactive multiclip angles” all with a check but greyed out.
But have tried keeping the settings as you said, Shane. Tried it NTSC DV and NTSC DV anamorphic. Both had the same kind of sizing and aspect ratio issues. What I do is copy the clips I recompressed in the media manager, then paste them in a NTSC DV and NTSC DV anamorphic timeline. Somehow, somewhere along the lines something is getting messed up. Is it me or a software glitch?

[Samuel Frazier]

Thanks for the help. I tried what you said but still ran into some problems. The files opened at 75% of their size again (anamorphic render in an anamorphic timeline) and at -12.5 aspect ratio. Tried a few different options as far as resizing in Dv timelines or HD timelines and reconnecting options. The easiest way so far seems to be to resize to 100% and adjust to 0 the aspect ratio in the DV time time, do your edit, reconnect to the HD clips, copy the entire timeline, paste the timeline in an HD timeline, then adjust only the aspect ratio there. If you do it that way, you don’t have to adjust the size in the HD timeline and everything looks right in the DV timeline. For some reason the aspect ratio in the HD timeline gets set to 12.5 this way, but it’s easier to deal with that than the sizing and that.
Still, isn’t there a better way to do this? I have to think there’s a more streamlined method or setting.

[Samuel Frazier]

Just wanted to say thanks for all the input. Guess I will get a 15″ as it will be easier to carry around and will have a better processor for FCP Suite stuff. But, just to be on the safe side, I’ll wait for the Macworld conference. Read something about the Santa Rosa platform coming out soon for Core 2 Duo chips, but that seems too soon for Macworld. You never know though.

[Samuel Frazier]

Perhaps I’m a bit blind, but does that filter come in the trial? I’ve been looking and did a few searches in the help and couldn’t find it. Could you point me in the right direction by any chance?

[Samuel Frazier]

Very interesting. Those are the default settings, so that’s very handy. The thing about Vegas was meant to be more of a general rule about exporting when doing keying. It never made sense to me. Then again, it did make sense to me at first to export to uncompressed before doing compressing to mpeg2, but that definitely made a difference in some cases in the PC land.
Again, thank you very much for taking the time to explain this to me!

[Samuel Frazier]

Cool, thanks! Both will have wayermark type things, but at least I’ll be able to see how they work. Thanks again!