Problem with sending back to FCP from Color

	Problem with sending back to FCP from Color by ajay bhadresa on Jul 18, 2009 at 3:47:34 pm Hi there, I'm having a strange problem when going back to FCP from Color. Once the sequence is back in FCP I play the graded sequence and all clips seem to have a bizarre scrambled effect. However, if I match frame back to the original clip it's all fine. I don't really want to have to re insert every clip again so just wondered if anyone might be able to shed any light onto it? The footage I'm working with is 25fps DV Pal. I've put a link up as to what the footage looks like here: http://www.ajaybhadresa.co.uk/media/footage.zip This also happens if I just create an XML rather than doing send to FCP. Many thanks! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Problem with sending back to FCP from Color by walter biscardi on Jul 18, 2009 at 6:02:41 pm Where are you seeing this, on your Canvas or external display? What did you Render to in Color? DV (as in Original Format) or ProRes? Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards. Biscardi Creative Media Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Read my Blog! Twitter! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Problem with sending back to FCP from Color by ajay bhadresa on Jul 19, 2009 at 12:41:54 am Hi Walter, Thanks for responding so promptly! I tried rendering in DV (original format) to start with and then also tried ProRes but it still did the same thing. The weird lines occur on both the Canvas and the external display (using a Kona LHe) but as I said if I match frame the corrupt clip then it's ok. In an additional twist I did a test with the same footage but created a QT of it (DV Pal) and then sent that to Color and sent it back to FCP and that seemed ok. So, if worst comes to worst I guess I could create a QT and put in the edit points again but it just seems a bit bizarre! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Problem with sending back to FCP from Color by walter biscardi on Jul 19, 2009 at 5:33:13 pm [ajay bhadresa] "In an additional twist I did a test with the same footage but created a QT of it (DV Pal) and then sent that to Color and sent it back to FCP and that seemed ok. So, if worst comes to worst I guess I could create a QT and put in the edit points again but it just seems a bit bizarre! " DV is not an optimal codec to send into Color. My advice would be to convert your timeline to ProRes, send that into Color and then be sure when you get back to FCP, to re-set your Easy Setup to AJA Kona ProRes and not DV. If you're set to DV, you'll get that bad snowy playback on your external monitor. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards. Biscardi Creative Media Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Read my Blog! Twitter! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index