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Richard Lozano · July 16th, 2008, 07:19 AM

I'm very new to FCP. I have some footage in the XHA1 at 24fps. I'm a little confused as to the settings I should use for the Sequence Preset. Right now I have it set for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 1920x108024p. Is this correct?

I did have it set for 60i, but when I exported it to Quicktime and compressed it for Vimeo, it looks pretty jumpy. I think I had the framerate messed up. Thanks.

Benjamin Hill · July 16th, 2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Lozano

I'm very new to FCP. I have some footage in the XHA1 at 24fps. I'm a little confused as to the settings I should use for the Sequence Preset. Right now I have it set for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 1920x108024p. Is this correct?

I did have it set for 60i, but when I exported it to Quicktime and compressed it for Vimeo, it looks pretty jumpy. I think I had the framerate messed up. Thanks.

Variables: did you shoot with regular or advanced pulldown ? did you capture the footage as ProRes or as HDV? what settings did you use on the QT export?

Bill Pryor · July 16th, 2008, 07:51 AM

If you shot HDV 24F, all you have to do is use the HDV1080P24 Easy Setup. Make sure your sequence settings match. If when you drop a clip into the timeline and it wants to render, then they're not matching. Do it right and it will not need to render for viewing and editing but will when you export the final program. When you do export, do not deinterlace, since it's not interlaced when captured and edited.

Richard Lozano · July 16th, 2008, 10:58 AM

Thanks. I did deinterlace and I also had the sequence set at 60i instead of 24p. I'll change those two things.

Richard Lozano · July 19th, 2008, 10:00 AM

This feels like kind of a dumb question, but sometimes when I capture, a window pops up and I can set the in and out points. Other times it just pulls up a small dialogue box and asks me to name the clip. Anyone know how to control this? Thank you.

July 16th, 2008, 07:19 AM	#1
Richard Lozano New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 10	FCP 6 video settings I'm very new to FCP. I have some footage in the XHA1 at 24fps. I'm a little confused as to the settings I should use for the Sequence Preset. Right now I have it set for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 1920x108024p. Is this correct? I did have it set for 60i, but when I exported it to Quicktime and compressed it for Vimeo, it looks pretty jumpy. I think I had the framerate messed up. Thanks.

July 16th, 2008, 07:51 AM	#3
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	If you shot HDV 24F, all you have to do is use the HDV1080P24 Easy Setup. Make sure your sequence settings match. If when you drop a clip into the timeline and it wants to render, then they're not matching. Do it right and it will not need to render for viewing and editing but will when you export the final program. When you do export, do not deinterlace, since it's not interlaced when captured and edited.

July 16th, 2008, 10:58 AM	#4
Richard Lozano New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 10	Thanks. I did deinterlace and I also had the sequence set at 60i instead of 24p. I'll change those two things.

July 19th, 2008, 10:00 AM	#5
Richard Lozano New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 10	This feels like kind of a dumb question, but sometimes when I capture, a window pops up and I can set the in and out points. Other times it just pulls up a small dialogue box and asks me to name the clip. Anyone know how to control this? Thank you.