Susan Benfatto
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I apologize. I thought these were help forums. I didn’t realize they were only for professionals. Thanks again for your advice.
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also wanted to mention that when I stop preview, it stops at same timecode as is timeline at bottom of preview…. I want to believe it…. but I have been lead astray before…..
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Well hush my mouth! I have time code in white, now in the upper left! Thanks!
But here’s the thing – when I preview it, it does not seem to run smoothly, it jumps frames. Is that the nature of preview? My frame rate is 29.97 (where it should be). In inspector it says Bits per sample: 16, could that be it?
Do I just trust compressor knows how to read time code and press the big SUBMIT button?
It also says estimated file size 846.39 MB… do I believe that number… or will it grow into a 500000G file when it comes out on my desktop?Will the composer ever get the film or should I use VO tool in fcp to hum a merry tune?……
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went a-hunting on the forums (found forum answers easier with Google?) anyway, found the text,color buttons.
Centered the timecode so I could see it. Made it larger, so I could really see it.
Clicked white text, black background.
nothing changed.
clicked save, asked me to replace, I said yes.
returned to black text.
Huh?
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Hi guys. Here’s the next question step.
I rendered in fcp, exported as unchecked self-contained movie.
Opened compressor. Imported file. Clicked Mpeg4 (Composer request). Opened filters. Clicked Time Code generator. Positioned upper left. left start box unclicked (My tc starts at 1 hour, which is what I need). saved timecode filter. Tried to preview to see if it was really there.Can’t find/see it.
Moved preview screen to left.
Can’t find/see it.
Haven’t submitted.
help.
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OK. Rendering the movie right now.(It says 2 hours, so I am going to do laundry!) Next step, unchecked self contained qt movie and export. Stay tuned….! I am thinking of adding a “special thanks… creative cow” to the credit roll. i couldn’t have even started editing without you guys. Best, Suzy
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Thank you so much… just one more thing…. by reference movie, do you mean export-quicktime movie – current settings and let it do it’s thing? I think that’s what you mean but I want to be certain. Thanks again and again, Suzy
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Forgot to ask – export qt movie first, then send to compressor? Or just export USING compressor? Thanks.
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Thank you John! I will try that as well. I also looked at fcp help about batch export with the tcg that is already on the film. there is a qt movie setting for DV NTSC 48. Does that mean that that export would downconvert the hd1080i60 to dvNTSC48? Would that make it a smaller file? I have to keep it at 29.97 ndf – does dvNTSC48 change that rate? Also what is the difference between a reference movie (in your post) and a qt movie? Thanks again, Suzy
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A voice from the darkness! Thanks, Raphael! Yes, I need the tc at the top of the picture. I nested my 88 minute film and added the tcg from effects in fcp and then exported the whole thing using export -qt movie. When I had done that before without the tcg, or the nest, the file was 3.84G. When I added the tcg and exported it became over 11G.
When I check the qt movie export settings, it was set to current setting. I had thought that meant the setting I had been editing on, which, to the best of my limited knowledge, is hd1080i60. If there is a way to check that that you know, please let me know. If you know the settings it should be at also let me know.
I just want to be clear that I am adding a time code generator, not a time code reader. Could that be the issue?
Thanks again, Suzy