Re: DVCPRO50 workflow

Here's our solution. We export from a FCP DVCPro50 timeline to a DVCPro50 clip. Import that into AE CS3. First thing is to go to your AE File menu and at the very bottom go to the Project Settings. In there under Working Space select SMTPE-C way at the bottom of the list.

Now select the clips in your AE project that are DVCPro50 and go to the interpret footage menu. Under the Color Management tab go to the Assign Profile and once again, choose the SMTPE-C setting.

Now, when you render it out to DVCPro50 you will see that in the render setting under Color Management the color space is already set to SMTPE-C.

When we do this our rendered clips are an exact digital match to the clips in FCP. We finally have a workflow with DVCPro50 that will match going in and out of AE.

Try it and see if it works for you!

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media