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01-12-2009, 04:44 PM #1
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POV on FCP Need Some Help
I just started editing my POV footage (AVI) on Final Cut Pro (v. 6.0) and I am having quite a few quality issues. The footage is much lower quality after importing it to FCP than the raw files and when I export a movie the quality is still quite bad. I am also getting jumpiness and some frames are just turning black.
What can I do to Improve the quality and what compression settings would work well for full quality videos and for videos I want to put up on vimeo?
I am also getting annoyed at having to constantly render the video to see what I am working on, how could I fix this?
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01-12-2009, 04:54 PM #2
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How does the quality reduce, do you get horizontal lines? I had better quality with my old single chip camcorder running the helmet cam than I do now with my 3 chip camcorder, strangely.
As for compression, I just saved at full quality as a quicktime file, then compressed with VLC for vimeo. I'm using final cut HD.
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01-12-2009, 05:33 PM #3advres Guest
You installed Perian correct?
What are your timeline settings? Do you have your POV.1 set to record at the highest setting? Depending on your timeline settings, I would drop them in and export a quicktime movie using Apple Pro Res and then import those files. Remember, whatever codec your timeline is set to, if the clips don't match you will have to render them.
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01-12-2009, 06:11 PM #4
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mpeg streamclip
convert to quicktime (insert your favorite lossless codec here)
import into fcp
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profit!вы все все равно скоро сдохнете
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01-12-2009, 06:14 PM #5advres Guest
^Good thing you deleted the Animation codec line. It is about 8G for 5 minutes. While any real editor would have plenty of drive space for this, if the person asked this question, I wouldn't consider them an editor.
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01-12-2009, 06:23 PM #6
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Yeah I thought about it for a minute and remembered most people don't have 2TB RAIDs for shits and giggles.
Originally Posted by advres
вы все все равно скоро сдохнете
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01-12-2009, 10:43 PM #7
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whats the difference between final cut pro and final cut express?
Either way, I'll be editing with my new macbook as soon as it comes. any other mac issues out there?40-14
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01-12-2009, 10:56 PM #8advres GuestJust because he doesn't know how to use it doesn't mean there are issues. I have had no problems thus far. Neither has TGR as they used the POV.1 exclusively for Lost and Found. Originally Posted by grskier
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01-13-2009, 03:37 PM #9
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fair enough Originally Posted by advres
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01-13-2009, 04:54 PM #10
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I am not a real editor (recreational, for now) and am working off a macbook without any fancy schmancy peripherals. Soulds like I need to convert the files prior to importing them to FCP. Thanks for the help so far. Anyone have any guidance on compression settings?
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