7D footage zooms in when I load it into my timeline at DVinfo.net

Jason LeFrense · January 11th, 2010, 04:01 PM

I did a shoot with the EX3 and Canon 7D. Since the majority of the footage is in XDCAM I made my time line settings to work with the EX3 in 30P mode. I shot with the canon in 30p as well but when I go to import my canon footage into my time line it zooms in by 50%. When I go to change the scale size of the footge it doesn't work. I encoded the 7D with the XDCAM codec. Is there a way I can edit these 2 together without messing around with the size.

Thanks
J

Bill Pryor · January 11th, 2010, 04:48 PM

I would load them both natively, then convert to ProRes 422, if you're using FCP.

Liam Hall · January 11th, 2010, 05:06 PM

What NLE? In FCP you can mix different codecs on the same timeline.

Jason LeFrense · January 11th, 2010, 06:03 PM

I'm sorry guys I am using FCP 6.0.6 but what I am finding weird is even though all of my 7D clips are encoded the same when I bring them into my timeline it only happens to certain clips. I would think it should happen to all of them right ?

Bill Pryor · January 11th, 2010, 06:49 PM

Have you played the clips you loaded in original H.264 form, just to see if they're really all the same? I don't see how some would expand and others wouldn't if they're all the same.

Paul Frederick · January 11th, 2010, 07:36 PM

I had something like this happen in FCP when I loaded some raw 720p 60 (unconverted) clips into the timeline set up for 1080 29.97 prores. They would zoom way into them when I tried to play them. Once converted they played fine. Maybe that is it?

Jason LeFrense · January 11th, 2010, 08:50 PM

I think you are right I just re encoded them to pro res and it seemed to have helped. I usually encode them in pro res but I hate the rendering times so i decided to encode them with the XDCAM codec. But I think thats the problem, the shots a that have been shot in 60p are the ones messing up.

Chuck Spaulding · January 12th, 2010, 11:29 AM

This is happening because the shots in 60P are 1280x720 and your loading them into a 1080P timeline. FCP is scaling them to fit.

January 11th, 2010, 04:01 PM	#1
Jason LeFrense Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney Canada Posts: 126	7D footage zooms in when I load it into my timeline I did a shoot with the EX3 and Canon 7D. Since the majority of the footage is in XDCAM I made my time line settings to work with the EX3 in 30P mode. I shot with the canon in 30p as well but when I go to import my canon footage into my time line it zooms in by 50%. When I go to change the scale size of the footge it doesn't work. I encoded the 7D with the XDCAM codec. Is there a way I can edit these 2 together without messing around with the size. Thanks J

January 11th, 2010, 05:06 PM	#3
Liam Hall Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 969	What NLE? In FCP you can mix different codecs on the same timeline. __________________ Writer-Director-DOP www.liamhall.net

January 11th, 2010, 07:36 PM	#6
Paul Frederick Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: WestChazy, NY Posts: 291	I had something like this happen in FCP when I loaded some raw 720p 60 (unconverted) clips into the timeline set up for 1080 29.97 prores. They would zoom way into them when I tried to play them. Once converted they played fine. Maybe that is it? __________________ www.paulfrederickproductions.com

January 11th, 2010, 04:48 PM	#2
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	I would load them both natively, then convert to ProRes 422, if you're using FCP.

January 11th, 2010, 06:03 PM	#4
Jason LeFrense Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney Canada Posts: 126	I'm sorry guys I am using FCP 6.0.6 but what I am finding weird is even though all of my 7D clips are encoded the same when I bring them into my timeline it only happens to certain clips. I would think it should happen to all of them right ?

January 11th, 2010, 06:49 PM	#5
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Have you played the clips you loaded in original H.264 form, just to see if they're really all the same? I don't see how some would expand and others wouldn't if they're all the same.

January 11th, 2010, 08:50 PM	#7
Jason LeFrense Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney Canada Posts: 126	I think you are right I just re encoded them to pro res and it seemed to have helped. I usually encode them in pro res but I hate the rendering times so i decided to encode them with the XDCAM codec. But I think thats the problem, the shots a that have been shot in 60p are the ones messing up.

January 12th, 2010, 11:29 AM	#8
Chuck Spaulding Trustee Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thousand Oaks Posts: 1,104	This is happening because the shots in 60P are 1280x720 and your loading them into a 1080P timeline. FCP is scaling them to fit.