It might be too late, but what I recommend is to Export the project as “Final Cut Pro XML” … do this on any Adobe save (you can record a macro that you can bind to a keystroke combination that will do both). I use this method A LOT from Adobe Pr to DaVinci Resolve since I work mostly in DR.

There are a couple of Adobe “Downgrader” tool you can u…

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Has anyone found a solution to Adobe’s lack of backwards compatiblity?

I tried using this ‘downgrader’ tool, but it does not seem to work.

https://vakago-tools.com/premiere-pro-downgrader/

Regarding the hierarchy, you can put everthing under a Connect Object and then perform the operation as shown in the screen recording below. We can say that this solution is weak if there’s a way to do this with a single click, like some plugins. Even plugins might need some adjustments to work properly. Therefore, I think baking using “Bake…

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The basic ‘bake objects’ command in the dope sheet doesn’t work for such an extensive hierarchy. It’s pretty weak sauce in general…

Hi Guillaume,

I’m glad the problem is solved for you. Please send me the file before you make the elements editable; we might be able to learn something from this.

With Digital Juice out 0f business, I noticed that Juicer was longer rendering audio tracks from my 24 StackTraxx volumes. But I figured out a workaround. Every volume has a DATA DVD disk. Open the folder called Juicer and you’ll find Mp3 files of the music. DaVinci Resolve Studio has an AI Music Remixer. You can select/deselect these i…

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I’m a little bit late to the party, but I just released a free Water Sparkle Preset for After Effects, that gives you a sparkling ocean: https://hannesseth.gumroad.com/l/zeyecg

Problem solved. The cat head was imported from Illustrator, and I left it as imported without clicking “make editable”. Why does it do that, I have no idea but it’s working fine now.

Hello there,

I’m going mad about some rendering thing. In the viewport used as the render view, I see cat’s heads that have space between them, and when I render in the picture viewer, they’re all clogged together for some reason. I’m sure it’s a stupid mistake on my part but it never happened before and I have no idea how to fix this. Any help… Read more

Hi,

Absolutely no need to transcode for editing. As you say, there are no problems in FCP. It is better to keep the original format.

For playing outside of FCP, you may try different players like IINA or MovistPro.

If you need to really transcode, you can choose a ProRes flavour, but bear in mind that file sizes will grow significantly.

I am working on a project. One shooter uses a Canon camera, and when I import the footage, the codec is XFGA. It works fine in Final Cut….and I’ll be doing project editing in Final Cut….but I can’t open any of these files with something like VLC. When I try to open in VLC, I get told “VLC could not decode the format “xfga.”

Should I just edit…

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Having trouble making proxies from HEVC to ProRes and all of my color grades now look off, any fix?

Shot on IPhone 15 Pro: Dolby vision HDR

Sorry, no help on my end, but I can’t wait to experience that 🙁

Waiting to receive our updated workstation, as the previous one was 7+years old. The new unit has Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K (3.70GHz, Turbo 5.70GHz); 96GB DDR5-5600 MHz; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB; Windows 11 Professional.

I have not updated Premiere for ~18 months due to…

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Hi Eddy,

It’s supposed you used bake as Alambic or exported to fbx but it didn’t work for you, especially with the Deformers in your scene. I think without a plugin you might be able to do it throught the dopesheet and the ‘bake objects’ option. I tried to explain this in the screen recording below; I hope this is helpful.

I need to bake some pretty complex hierarchies into PLA animation. Nested generator objects, tons of deformers, baked dynamics, time remapped animation, the whole nine yards. In the past, TCA Studio’s SteadyBAKE+plaMATE could have done this with one click. Unfortunately, the plugin hasn’t been updated in a very long time and no longer works…

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https://we.tl/t-w3eDg6f244mjwsKS

Here is one file, in case anyone would be kind enough to give it a try :

Hey Mads, the difference with before is actually 0 as you can see. 😢

Hey Jean,

Much better, well done!

Atb
Mads

Dear experts, here is the result :

https://youtu.be/oyKT5VfoyZE
I exported the clips on one timeline with the Deflicker effect in Color (to a ProRes HQ file).

Brought the exported clip back in the timeline.

Put again the Deflicker effect on it, exported it, and here it is.

Completely agree. This type of tool is inevitable so I am glad to have gotten a head start on the development.

Let me know if you have any snags with the login, and I’m looking forward to your thoughts ✌️

You’re the best !

Thank you.

Bonne journée.

Hey Jean,

Sharing knowledge is what makes the COW a great place to hang out.

Yes, see each pass as an export out to a video file.

Then import that video file, add the deflicker filter again. If it shows no difference to the flicker with the filter added to the exported file, tweak the settings until you see a change, then export again.

Obviously make…

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Thanks a lot Mads for the shared knowledge and the live human experience, it makes this online place more lively and interesting.

It is very hard for me to understand the advice here because as you know you can either render within the logiciel, either render by exporting the file, which one do you mean here please ?

Hey Jean,

That is OK, we all need to work within budget.

I suggest that you give Davinci a go, and follow the advice of making multiple passes on the render (new render for each pass, and then import that to your timeline).

And see where that takes you.

There are other DeFlicker tools out there, some which may be on monthly subscription.

But I still…

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Hey Mads,

I kindly appreciate and thank you for the message.

I’m afraid I would be looking for a cheaper solution if that’s not too naive to ask.

Hey Jean,

That is some serious flickering.

First and Second pass is something I often use for Green Screen keys. But multi-layer the effect instead, and do one render out.

1st fx layer is the main green, 2nd + is for dealing with the variations that did not get taken out by the first key – this is an old way of doing it, but sometimes works.

With…

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Hey,

I hope you are well.

Here is a clip I’m trying to deflicker.

I have many clips like that in my 7 minutes reportage.

I thought I had paid 300$ do save myself some time and energy on Davinci Studio but :

https://youtu.be/ZWDvkkZXBbQ?is=PhF8Ecam0GztjBoF

1st clip is the original.

2nd is the clip with the DVR Studio 20 Deflicker on Fluoro Lights.

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Just heads up:

Adobe, with the latest version of Premiere Pro 26.2.2 (Build 3), appears to have rolled it back.

Instead of fixing bugs, it is now crashing all over the place.

Currently editing MP4 footage with ProRes intro and outro – nothing too tasking.

I am on Windows 11, intel Core Ultra 9 processor, 64GB RAM, NVidia RTX 5090, 5th Gen SSD and 5th…

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Hey Dennis,

Sorry, your experiences sounds way past painful.

And, you are clearly doing all the right things to make it work.

Initially there are only two things that you don’t mention, which might be relevant:

1) In your setup, do you use external drives HDD/SSD?

2) What is the codec of your video source files?

Atb
Mads

The only thing I have with Tahoe is that my shortcuts for NAS locations on the sidebar do not work. I used to click a sidebar shortcut in Finder, and it would connect to the server-NAS, but it doesn’t do this automatic connection anymore. First, I have to type the address and connect to the server, then it works. It is not a big problem, but this…

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I switched to Tahoe in the middle of this thread. No issues. I have always noticed my Time Machine backup drive takes longer to mount, but not a problem. Other drives mount quickly.

I too have been on the fence due to all the things I have been reading about regarding external drives not mounting. ALL of my work is located on external drives and if I can’t mount them I’m doomed! So, I’m extremely hesitant to upgrade. I see two people who haven’t had any problems, yet I’ve read about so many more who have!

Any other… Read more

I have been having global problems using Vegas Pro for years. This is both with Windows 10 and 11. It is with both Vegas Pro 16 and 20. I have reinstalled these so many times. It is both with my desktop and laptop computers which have good specs. I have totally wiped out both PCs and reinstalled everything. There have been so many symptoms but… Read more