Stephan Walfridsson
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You can use subclips. Mark an IN point and an OUT point in your clip. Press cmd-U or select “Make Subclip” in the Modify menu.
Stephan
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What you can do is to first AVERAGE the footage (blend several frames together) and then perform your speedchange (timelapse). But the result would not be exactly the same as what you get when you do it in camera as you wouldn’t have true motion blur.
I don’t remember if it is possible in FCP 5 without 3rd party plugins, but in FCP 7 you can use the Wide Time effect (Under Video filters -> Time) to blend the frames.
Stephan
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After you have finished your first sequence create a new sequence and drag you first (left) edit onto V1. Shrink, crop and position it. Then do your second (right) edit on V2. Shrink, crop and position as you edit, or preferably apply the scale, crop and position to your source material before you edit it into the timeline.
You may want to export your first/left edit and then reimport it to have a baked version so you don’t mess anything up. But then you wont have the cuts/splices as guides.
You could do it with two nested sequences in a master sequence, but I think it would be messy to work that way.
Stephan
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[Lawrence Richards] “So I just checked out Episode. Pretty pricey. I already have Compressor. Can I use that instead? “
Episode has more features than Compressor and handles more codecs, but for most people Compressor will be sufficient.
Stephan
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What format are you working in? Is the sequence rendered? What codec is your source material and your sequence? What kind of computer?
I would export it using “Export -> Quicktime” (not “Using Quicktime Conversion) as a self contained quicktime first and then recompress that using Compressor to a suitable format.
Stephan
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Happy to help.
Stephan
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I would do it from Final Cut. (But as I mentioned I have never used the Cinema Tools workflow…)
Stephan
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I have edited at 24fps with 24@25 footage, but I did not have to use flex files and cinema tools so my advice may be inaccurate for that workflow.
But the problem you are experiencing seems to me to be related to how FCP handles mixed TC rates (sequence at 24 with 24@25 footage) so try this:
Make a duplicate of your sequence just to be safe…
In the browser rightclick on the column headings and enable the TC Rate column.
Check the TC rate of your source footage. (It should be 24@25.)
Check what the TC rate of your sequence is. It should be 24 or 24@25.
If the sequence TC Rate is 24 rightclick on the “24” and change it to 24@25. This will change the IN and OUT times in your sequence and the total duration will be 4% shorter as the timeline’s timecode rate now is at 25fps. Export a new EDL and see if the source timecodes are correct (and that the new sequence timecodes match the new timecodes in the sequence).
If the sequence timecode already is 24@25 try changing it to 24 and Export an EDL.
Stephan
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What are your sequence and Video playback settings in fcp?
Stephan
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What do you mean by HD? Your file is HD (High Definition). What exactly are you trying to do?
Stephan