Cross Dissolve Issue - FCP 7

Question

Level 1

30 points

Cross Dissolve Issue - FCP 7

I'm having a weird problem rending a project out.

I've created a project in Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 using footage shot on the Canon EOS 7D. I've cut this same type of footage before using this same set up but for some reason, when I render out now, all my cross dissolves get all psychedelic-looking before POPPING to the next clip. This is only when I render out the final movie. The sequence renders are fine. No distortion.

Footage:

1920 x 1080

29.97

H.264

Sequence:

1920 x 1080

29.97

H.264

When rendering out, it's set for Current Settings. Then I get the crazy dissolves in the final movie.

Help, please?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Posted on Dec 21, 2012 4:56 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

David Mclaine

Level 4

1,863 points

Dec 22, 2012 1:26 AM in response to Andrew Rubio

Hi,

The issue is most likely because you are editing with H264 , which is a delivery codec. You should be converting the clips to Pro res before bringing them into FCP and then exporting with current settings. You can then use Compressor to convert your footage to H264 or what ever your delivery codec will be.

I know you said you've done it this way before but eventually you will have problems like this.

DM

Reply

Answer 2

Andrew Rubio Author

Level 1

30 points

Dec 22, 2012 1:30 AM in response to David Mclaine

Thanks. Yeah, since I never had the problem before, I was thrown off. Someone over at creative cow mentioned converting to Pro Res so I did it earlier tonight. Worked like a dream. Edit renders out perfectly now. In the future, I'm just going to have to take the time to convert before editing.

Thanks again!

Reply