[Sean Freehill]

OMG !! Thank You..
I only wasted the good part of one day chasing this insanity around.

For others searching for this I will add a few tags..
I noticed it when switching between FCP 7 and Logic 9
Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Sync Problems, Drift, Final Cut Audio Export
aif duration, media start media end not matching timeline duration,
Waveform wierdness.. !Ugh!

Thx

[Sean Freehill]

I’m getting the same thing on my PC dual 3.2 Xeon w/ 2gb ram.. Also looking for answers..

Thx.

[Sean Freehill]

Thanks Oliver,
Yea I agree Magic Bullet seems to be the only one out there with a decent chroma resampling plugin for AE. Still not as good as the FCP versions though.

THX,
S.

[Sean Freehill]

Graeme,

Thanks for being such a wealth of knowledge and for making some great plugins.
I think I’ve got a grasp of whats happening now with the dv codecs.
I agree going SDI uncompressed with DV is not necessary with a decent chroma smoothing plugin such as yours. Although outside of FCP the options seem limited for smoothing in Apple’s dv codec.
I understand Apple’s reasoning in omitting chroma smoothing but although it may be beneficial to users who are compressing multiple generations in the DVcodec(??) it hinders those who would like it smoothed without having to re-render. I wish Apple could’ve incorporated an on/off switch for chroma smoothing ala the HiQ property.
My issue is unless I can find an excellent plugin like G-Nicer that will work in After Effects, I am forced to apply filters in FCP and render uncompressed to go to AE.

Not the end of the world but an inconvenience time wise and storage wise. Especially on a project with tons of footage.
One that is not an issue on other (PC) dv codecs.

Porting your filters to AE anytime soon?? 🙂
or are there others for AE that I might try?

So far Magic Bullet’s deartifacting is the closest..(no control over the settings though)

Thanks!!

[Sean Freehill]

Yea good idea.. will check it out.
‘Cept I think the codec will only be able to be utilized from within AVID.. Hmm. Will try.

Thanks!

[Sean Freehill]

Was happy to have found this excellent article here
https://www.adamwilt.com/24p/#CodecDifferences

Really clarifies the codec and chroma issues for me..

Thanks Adam!

[Sean Freehill]

Thanks Gunner,
That is a great article. Actually I’m keying and comping in After Effects.
Using FCP for capture and editing. The footage is 24pa with the pulldown removed in AE.
It’s not a keying issue as much as it is the Apple-DV codec.

The G-Nicer and 4:1:1 color smoothing filters do fix the chroma pixelation issues nicely.
My point is that DV footage in Quicktime format must be processed and rendered with one of these plugins whereas on a PC it does not necessarily.

Fine if your in FCP all the time. But for AE I haven’t found quite as simple a solution (Is there an equivalent plugin for AE out there?).

For now I’ll be rendering out of FCP w/filter to uncompressed when going to AE.

THX