Importing 1080 50i to Final Cut Pro X

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Just sent you a stand-up I did two days ago. You can see the effect on her hands when she moves them. I exported it from the timeline H.264. When I did it XDCAM 422 it was better, but you can't send such big files in a short amount of time.

Thanks Thierry. I looked at the file, and I don't see abnormal jittering. When the viewer in FCP is set to 100% and both fields are switched on, I see standard interlacing as I would except when her hand moves. When the image is scaled in the viewer, the interlacing gets chunky because it's multiplied, which is typical of interlaced media on a computer screen. If your video's destined for web delivery it's better to shoot a progressive format. Personally I like 720p, but I don't know if Sony does that. You might also try 1080p. For this media for delivery, what you can do is go to project properties (Cmd-J) and click the wrench to change the project to progressive. You won't get the interlacing, but you will get motion blur instead, which is genrally more acceptable for computer screen delivery, unless there's a ton of motion, which you don't seem to have here.

Thanks Tom... My video is for television so I need to shoot interlaced. I usually shoot in 1080 and then export the edit in 720 for sending FTP. In FCP X it doesn't give me the 720 option saying I have to use Compressor. I have an older version of Compressor and it doesn't seem to want to use it. So I'll have to get the newer version.

On the video I sent you. Her hand moving looks like motion blur, but the video is in 25i so there shouldn't be much blur.

Also, one point. There is often a little snap in the audio at the point of connection between two clips. In FCP 7 I used to just put in a little audio fade on every transition. But in FCP X I can't find an audio fade between two clips. So it takes longer to expand the audio out of the video, extend the audio both ways and manually create the fade. Just for future versions, might be nice to be able to throw in an audio fade as easily as in FCP 7.

Thanks again! Thierry

When the Viewer is set to 00% and both fields are switched on, this is what I see

You can't use the older version of Compressor with FCPX, unless you export a master file and take that to the legacy version.

Alex Gollner, dba Alex4D, has a free audio cross fade effect

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That looks pretty bad, no? What could cause that? It looks like a field problem, but if both are on and I never changed from the original format except when exporting to H.264. I had the same problem on people's legs when they are walking and any movement really.

No. This is what interlacing looks like when viewed on a computer screen. Interlaced media is designed for delivery and viewing on a television set. Is that where you're viewing the media?This looks correct for an interlaced display output

I view the media on my computer screen and send it via FTP to the television for broadcast. I had just never seen that effect before using FCP 7. Reading entries in the forum here, I saw that others had questions about that. I will check with the television to see if they were able to air it with no problem. I sent them a non compressed version as well on a USB stick. On that version, on the computer screen, I didn't see this effect. Nor did I see it on the original media when played back in FCP X. So, still a bit skeptical about it. But thanks for your input and time!

Thierry

Hi Marcus.

so reading your post I am concerned. i just purchased 3 SONY PMW 100S. The sxs 1 cards are very slow on import compared to my Canon DSLR. But am I dead in the water when it comes to 1080 50? Does the new plug in help? I REALLY don't want to have to get Canon or Panasonic. I'm calling Sony. This would be a disaster.