[Stephen Eckelberry]

Here is how I get to scrolling titles to look right:
1. I make a seperate timeling just for the end titles. In the sequence settings I change the Aspect Ratio to HD 1440 (use something bigger if you like), Pixel aspect ratio to square and no field dominance, compression: animation

2. I export the titles using QT conversion, image sequence, selecting TGA.

3. I then import the TGA sequence into timeline I need it for, adjusting size and ratio as needed

BTW to prepare titles properly before FCP, put your titles in a text file, changing to “make plain text”. then cut and paste that into your scrolling text. ALSO to have thing centered neatly, put an asterix in between the two sets of names or job description:
Harrison Ford*Indiana Jones
1st Asst. Camera*Joe Blow

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[Stephen Eckelberry]

Thanks for the offer. I have a feeling that I better not open up that can of worms, and simply hire someone for a couple of days to work AE.

[Stephen Eckelberry]

Thanks guys. I will hire an after effects person to do these. Are you in the LA area Mike?

[Stephen Eckelberry]

Probably right about working in After Effects.

“32 bit 4:4:4 Y’CbCr if you set it up right” Can you direct me to a post on how I would do that?

Thanks.

[Stephen Eckelberry]

Effects>Video Filters>Video

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[Stephen Eckelberry]

“AUPeakLimiter and adjust the “Pre-gain” to any level you want.”
That tip has changed my life. I have it as part of my favorite effects, even have a short key for it.

Another trick is to select certain tracks, for instance, all the effect tracks and hit option C. This will nest those selected audio tracks. You can then boost the levels of just those tracks by raising the level of the nested audio sequence.

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[Stephen Eckelberry]

I would use media manager and recompress the footage down to match the SD footage. When you are done editing, and you use the same file names in media manager, you can always reconnect the HD footage and finish at 1080i.

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[Stephen Eckelberry]

Thanks for the tip. That is an amazing program.

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[Stephen Eckelberry]

I agree, that works great. But I am trying to export entire timelines, 5 reels at 500 edits per reel. that’s a lot of cuts. yes I can export big huge sections, but that reduces flexibility, as I want to have an interchangable workflow, with the AE guy color correcting as I lock reels.

I suspect that this might be because I never actually captured the footage, instead using P2 cards. So the footage is probably missing metadata. I have heard that Avid keeps all the metadata from P2 footage, while FCP is more selective.

I do not have a decklink/kona card installed, which might add the necessary meta-data – sort of like a virtual timecode blackburst generator?

Stephen Eckelberry

[Stephen Eckelberry]

I came to FCP (1.0 no less!) from premiere. It was quite similar at the time. Now it’s more like Avid. If you get the CD for Avid editors, it programs all the FCP short keys to be like an Avid keyboard. I have used the Avid PC usb keyboard on a g5 FCP and it works fine, except for some confusion with the control key.

I edit FCP, and the graphic designer I work with uses AE on windows. We have had great success using the sheer codec to interchange files. It claims to be lossless, and certainly I can’t tell the difference between files going back and forth.

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