[Scott Dickens]

Not that anyone has seemed very interested in my post, but I’ve come up with a workaround if not a complete solution.

I’m not sure why, but with the latest updates to FCP and Motion, there is a bug when embedding Motion elements into a FCP sequence where you get an error on rendering, either blaming the “ProGraphics” plug-in or some other plug-in. The trick to fixing this is to go into your sequence settings, select the Video Processing tab, and make sure you’ve selected “8-bit YUV” – if you select 10-bit, it will crash EVERY TIME. At least in my ProRes422 sequence it does! Also, make sure you’ve got “Normal” selected, and de-select “Always render in best quality” at the bottom in the Render Control tab – this also seems to wreak havoc on the render engine causing crashes.

Since changing these settings, I’m able to render all my embedded Motion graphics within FCP with no issues. Haven’t done a final export yet, but I’m encouraged.

I hope this helps others dealing with the same issue.

Thanks,
Scott
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Scott Dickens
Rocket Pop Media!

[Scott Dickens]

I’m getting the same message. Same scenario too, usually when exporting or rendering a timeline with embedded Motion elements. Did you guys resolve this????

Help!

Thanks,
Scott
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Scott Dickens
Rocket Pop Media!

[Scott Dickens]

If its not taxing to your equipment/work flow I would still edit it in HD. Remember, in a year nobody will want to see it in SD, and a year after that SD will be very uncommon. Unless its something you will never look at again anyway! 🙂

I’m in an similar situation, shooting a documentary using older footage (dubbed from original VHS to DVD) as well as stills. The difference for me is that I DO intend to burn this to Blu-Ray at some point. I plan on editing and capturing using the ProRes 422 format. I have two additional questions/notes:

1. What’s the best way to capture the footage from consumer DVD to a FCP-friendly file suitable for HD delivery? Handbrake? Visual Hub?
2. Is it better to blow up the SD footage in FCP or to convert it in the capture-from-DVD process discussed above?
3. I’ve seen some good feedback on the Anamorphic plug-in’s – would it be better to drop the footage into the timeline as standard SD definition and use an Anamorphic plug-in to stretch the footage to HD size?

OK, so I asked three additional questions…I think this is relevant to the original post, and think we could both benefit from the responses! Thanks.

Thanks,
Scott
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Scott Dickens
Rocket Pop Media!