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Q: rendering in color

I have rendered all my clips in color. I have checked very carefully to make sure everyone of them says completed and has the green label.

So when I send them back to FCp it says not all of my clips have been rendered. This is not so , when I created the render queue , I hit " add all".

No suprise when I sent the project to FCp , the video doesnt have the corrections. Any help is much appreciated.

Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 4, 2013 11:58 AM

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Q: rendering in color

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  • by Studio X,Helpful

    Studio X Studio X Jun 4, 2013 12:08 PM in response to phifly
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    Jun 4, 2013 12:08 PM in response to phifly

    Usually problems with Color can be traced to improper material being sent from FCP.

     

    Your material should be in ProRes format in FCP (i.e. no AVCHD, H.264, or other non-I frame format)

     

    There should be NO retiming, effects or other trickery on the clips within FCP

     

    There should be NO overlays, transitions, fades, etc,

     

    The material should all be the same standard Time Base.

     

    If any of the clips violate these rules, trouble may occur.

     

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  • by phifly,

    phifly phifly Jun 4, 2013 12:25 PM in response to Studio X
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    Jun 4, 2013 12:25 PM in response to Studio X

    I used

    Pro Ress 422,

  • by phifly,

    phifly phifly Jun 4, 2013 1:33 PM in response to Studio X
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    Jun 4, 2013 1:33 PM in response to Studio X

    The footage all looks fine in color  is there not a way to get back into FCP?

  • by Studio X,

    Studio X Studio X Jun 4, 2013 4:14 PM in response to phifly
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    Jun 4, 2013 4:14 PM in response to phifly

    Did you change names from the original clips, use slo-mo on clips, or send anything other than plain vanilla ProRes to Color?

     

    If everything is as it should be, you could always go to the folder where the COLOR render files reside and import them manually.

     

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  • by phifly,

    phifly phifly Jun 7, 2013 10:57 AM in response to Studio X
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    Jun 7, 2013 10:57 AM in response to Studio X

    No i did not change the names at all , nor did I use slow mo or anythign else.

    I have gone to the COLOR render filea and tried to import then into FCp. I had a look at the color render files and they were fine when they were displayed in the directory, color corrections all there. When I reimported them back into FCp , the color correction was gone.

  • by Studio X,

    Studio X Studio X Jun 7, 2013 12:10 PM in response to phifly
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    Jun 7, 2013 12:10 PM in response to phifly

    ... they were fine when they were displayed in the directory, color corrections all there. When I reimported them back into FCp , the color correction was gone.

     

    How were you displaying them "in the directory"?

     

    It is not possible for a rendered file to "lose" the rendering when imported into FCP. Please describe your import process and how you are viewing them in FCP.

     

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  • by phifly,

    phifly phifly Jun 8, 2013 2:40 AM in response to Studio X
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    Jun 8, 2013 2:40 AM in response to Studio X

    I mean in the finder , I click on the clip in the fnder and its looks corrected, then I drag into the FCP clip browser, play it and the color correction is gone. It looks exactly the same as if it had no color correction at all.