What am I doing wrong Motion to FCP at DVinfo.net

Matthew Pugerude · January 2nd, 2008, 11:43 PM

Okay I have a new Mac Pro 2.66 with 5 Gig's of ram and the ATI card.
I am new to Mac and Final Cut. I am not new to editing just new to Final cut.

I have been playing with Motion for a few days now (I really like it) but my performance seems to be lacking which I don't think it should be. I have been trying to bring in a motion project and play that back from the timeline.

Import is fine but the playback is horrible! It is not even close to real time playback. It is even skipping frames. It is a HDV project so it is a HDV timeline and I think it is a HDV Motion project. Could this be my problem? there is a orange render line in the timeline the clip that I am trying to render is only 6 seconds long and the render time is 10 minutes long. This can not be right. What should I check and make sure I am getting all the power out of this thing I can get.

Thank you
Matt

Steve Oakley · January 3rd, 2008, 12:17 AM

nothing is wrong. motion projects only try to play in RT in motion, not FCP. to see that, you have to render it. thats how it is.

Matthew Pugerude · January 3rd, 2008, 12:24 AM

Thanks Steve for you responds. But what about the render times? Certainly it should not take 10 Minutes to render a 6 second clip. There is a camera and some 3d moves in the project that is nothing to drastic in my book.

Steve Oakley · January 3rd, 2008, 12:48 AM

hate to say it, but that can be about right. once you go into 3D, motion grinds to a near halt renderwise, add motion blur, field rendering and it goes up. not all is good in kool-aide land.

Neil Rostance · January 3rd, 2008, 04:51 AM

Hmm....

I'm not sure that's completely true, especially when you're running off 5 gig ram. I have 3 gig and render times on 3D HD720p projects doesn't take long at all. I've got a 30 second 3D HD timeline open here with a fair amount going on, and it plays pretty well back in real time only when i've got particle emmiters it starts to skip frames. But even then it renders in under a minute here, never any more and often under 30 seconds.

I know this may sound dumb and obvious, but would having the wrong type of HD timeline slow you down? What are your sequence settings?

January 2nd, 2008, 11:43 PM	#1
Matthew Pugerude Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Redmond, Oregon Posts: 173	What am I doing wrong Motion to FCP Okay I have a new Mac Pro 2.66 with 5 Gig's of ram and the ATI card. I am new to Mac and Final Cut. I am not new to editing just new to Final cut. I have been playing with Motion for a few days now (I really like it) but my performance seems to be lacking which I don't think it should be. I have been trying to bring in a motion project and play that back from the timeline. Import is fine but the playback is horrible! It is not even close to real time playback. It is even skipping frames. It is a HDV project so it is a HDV timeline and I think it is a HDV Motion project. Could this be my problem? there is a orange render line in the timeline the clip that I am trying to render is only 6 seconds long and the render time is 10 minutes long. This can not be right. What should I check and make sure I am getting all the power out of this thing I can get. Thank you Matt

January 3rd, 2008, 12:24 AM	#3
Matthew Pugerude Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Redmond, Oregon Posts: 173	Okay Thanks Steve for you responds. But what about the render times? Certainly it should not take 10 Minutes to render a 6 second clip. There is a camera and some 3d moves in the project that is nothing to drastic in my book.

January 3rd, 2008, 12:17 AM	#2
Steve Oakley Trustee Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,158	nothing is wrong. motion projects only try to play in RT in motion, not FCP. to see that, you have to render it. thats how it is.

January 3rd, 2008, 12:48 AM	#4
Steve Oakley Trustee Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,158	hate to say it, but that can be about right. once you go into 3D, motion grinds to a near halt renderwise, add motion blur, field rendering and it goes up. not all is good in kool-aide land.

January 3rd, 2008, 04:51 AM	#5
Neil Rostance Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lace Market, Nottingham, UK Posts: 194	Hmm.... I'm not sure that's completely true, especially when you're running off 5 gig ram. I have 3 gig and render times on 3D HD720p projects doesn't take long at all. I've got a 30 second 3D HD timeline open here with a fair amount going on, and it plays pretty well back in real time only when i've got particle emmiters it starts to skip frames. But even then it renders in under a minute here, never any more and often under 30 seconds. I know this may sound dumb and obvious, but would having the wrong type of HD timeline slow you down? What are your sequence settings?