Todd Gillespie
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I don’t normally render out of AE to a DV codec. I usually see the same thing your discribing.
It would have been helpful if you would
1.) Fill out your profile
2.) Let us know what system you’re rendering to.But I would render to an animation or uncompressed codec, then let your host application import it with it’s codec. Usually looks a lot better.
Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Hi Kathlyn,
FYI Educational versions are identical to the retail versions. So they will have the same set of add-ons, plug-ins, etc.
At least that’s been my experience with Apple, Adobe, and plug-in companies. Some 3D apps are the only ones that I know that do not have the same tool set/fuctionality.FWIW-Cheers,
Todd at UCSB
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You have ‘show execess luma’ checked. You can uncheck it in the canvas window, it’s one of the pull down menus.
Green checks mean that it’s within the luma limit. Yellow means your image is too hot, or too much luma.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Nope.
Most DV firewire signal is using the data rate of 3.7 MByte/sec. So the quality is the same. No reason to use it unless you didn’t have FCP.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Usually it’s better to create another layer and use that as a background layer. Then if you need to change colors, you can use the layer settings.
To change the background color of the comp is in your comp menu or -shift-command-b
Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Raid configurations and Fibre Channel drives are NOT going to give you more realtime functions. FCP RT is a function of your processors, RAM and bus speed.
It sounds like you have a pretty fast setup. You might want to try adjusting RT settings-on the top left of the timeline.
Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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You’ll probably need to try and get the original source footage.
most ppt uses smaller file size 400 pixels or 320pixel-which is half the size as DV video. That’s why it’s looking bad. It’s not going to matter how you export it if the file size is too small.
A lot of editor like ‘Flip for Mac’ to translate files to Quicktime, but if it’s small-same problem.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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couple of things;
Just because file limit size isn’t checked now, doesn’t mean it wasn’t when the media was digitized. It really sounds like that’s how it’s behaving.Two, the media manager is only going to tell you how much space you’re going to save in relation to what media is related to the project. In other words, if you have gigs of space being taken up, but doesn’t refer to any project, the media manager probably doesn’t compute it when it’s telling you.
I’d still use MM then delete all the old files, you should probably see a big jump in space.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Do NOT delete those files. You will be giving yourself a lot of headache. Unless it’s a error, those files are connected to your source/original file. You must have the file size limit check in your preferences. What FCP is doing is creating a video/audio file then breaking it up into the size limit you have checked. So depending on how big/long your footage is will determind how many times it breaks up the file.
Non of them are playable execpt the original file. but when you delete part of one, it will not play correctly. The file sizes seem small?
If you want to free up some space, then you NEED to use the Media Manager. It will keep only what you need, it’s very useful for situations like these.
Good luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Hi Sandman,
You are a scholar and a gentelman and much more patince than I.BTW: to get the Shine look w/ out the plug-in (at least with text) you can do a radial blur-zoom, duplicate the effect. Add text layer on top with out any effect. Done.
I DID NOT know how to do this, but took the clue about radial blur and figure it out. Something that SOMEPEOPLE should take a hint from.Todd at UCSB
Television Production