Todd Beabout
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You should mess around a bit more with the Ultimatte plug-in. It is actually a better keyer than the FCP Chroma Key filter, IMO. Look at some of the matte controls under the Ultimatte and just mess with the sliders to see what each one does. I used Ultimatte for years on an Avid Symphony, and I actually miss it from time to time.
[FargoRoss] “if I had a FCP system, and I captured everything through a DV-Firewire Deck (Also using the deck to downconvert other formats), that it would come in at the same compression/quality (4:1:1) as footage via 2:1 Composite into the Meridien system?”
It would have the same color space, but it would be DV compression, rather than Meridian 2:1. The cost of capture cards has come down significantly recently. Working on FCP at DV resolution would not necessarily be better at all compared to the 2:1 Meridian. Go all the way with it if you are going to do it, and get a card that supports Uncompressed.
I would also second what others have said about looking into a compositing app. My personal favorite for pulling a key (on a desktop computer) is Combustion. AE and Shake come with “Keylight” which a lot of people like. I can get a decent key with it, but for me personally it is hard to beat the Discreet keyer.
-Todd Beabout
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This usually happens to me when using 10-bit. Especially in combination with certain Sapphire effects, or the Motion Blur turned on. The “workaround” that I have used in the past is to change Video Processing under the Sequence Settings to 8-bit. Then it will magically render.
Also be sure to do a “Render All”.
-Todd Beabout
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Unfortunately, no. There is not a way to do this.
However, if you want to remove all of the keyframes for a particluar clip you can right-click it on the timeline and select “Remove Attributes>Basic Motion” (or click on the little red x in the motion tab). If you need to move all the keyframes together you could also just slip the clip with the slip tool and they will all move.
-Todd Beabout
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Obviously this is just speculation, but…
Doesn’t it seem like Apple might be trying to compete with higher-end Discreet products (like Inferno)? I would imagine that this new product would integrate the advanced feature-set of Shake, and even go a step further and offer true 3D compositing. Didn’t Apple also buy Maya? I could see some really cool integration between these 2 products. And a $10K price tag doesn’t sound so bad if you are comparing Apples to Infernos, does it?
Just thinking out loud here…
-Todd Beabout
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Cool. Thanks for the info. I’ve been wanting to get a “real-world” opinion on this app since NAB last year. I use Combustion quite a lot, so I have an idea of how useful the node-based workflow can be, but I will agree with you that it is not where it should be in Combustion. Still useful at times though.
With the new $499 price point I will most likely be trying Shake out. Wish you would come to Alabama for some training! =)
Thanks again.
-Todd Beabout
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OT question here:
Since you are offering training you will probably be a good person to ask. Is there any advantage to Shake over AE or Combustion? I’ve looked at it at NAB and read up on the program, but it is still 2.5D right? And isn’t that a new feature? Just wondering what the advantage to this program is…
-Todd Beabout
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Start a new sequence and go to “Sequence Settings” to make it drop-frame. Then copy/paste your entire non-drop sequence into the new one. Should work fine. I believe that FCP won’t let you change that setting if there is any video in it.
-Todd Beabout
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Hi,
What are your sequence settings, and what are you outputting to? When you render your timeline does this jerkiness happen when you watch it down?
-Todd Beabout
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It will probably come out around 2008. Have heard it will handle 2K/4K resolution, and it might be the “replacement” for Shake, which just experienced a price drop to $499 and I believe they are also stopping future development of it.
$10K is the price that I heard for FCExtreme also.
-Todd Beabout
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No, but you could try an XML export and open that up in FCP4.5.
You might lose something in the edit if it is fairly complicated, though.
-Todd Beabout
Vazda Studios