Grades don't appear when sent back to FCP!!
by Beau Brotherton (beb850)
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May 3, 2008 at 4:29:30 am
Hello to all,
I am working on a 3min project in DVCProHD 23.98 (P2 footage). I've had success with the Color workflow for the most part.
I graded my project and am very excited with the looks that I've came up with. I rendered the clips, sent back to FCP, opened the "From Color" sequence that is sent back to FCP and...
Nothing. My sequence looks exactly like it would normally when sent back to FCP for Color, but the footage looks like the footage before I sent to Color. Actually, it is the same footage, no grades.
Any thoughts would be great, my deadline is at 7am on Sunday.
Re: Grades don't appear when sent back to FCP!! by Floh Peters on May 3, 2008 at 7:44:30 am
There are many reasons why this can happen. The only thing I can say over and over again is: Test your complete workflow BEFORE running into projects with deadlines! Color is not your average FC Studio app that works as expected, but a very specialized tool that needs to be treated very carefully.
Re: Grades don't appear when sent back to FCP!! by walter biscardi on May 3, 2008 at 11:44:09 am
[Beau Brotherton]"I am working on a 3min project in DVCProHD 23.98 (P2 footage). I've had success with the Color workflow for the most part."
Are your timeline and Color project both set up for DVCPro HD 23.98? Not having grades appear when going back to FCP is honestly something I've never experienced.
I'm even working on a DV project right now with 18 timelines going back and forth between Color and FCP and it's working properly. DV isn't exactly a great codec to be working in Color with, but as it's all straight cuts and 4 minute timelines, I figured I would try it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
