But… if you’re editing in fcp you still need to make it ProRes otherwise it stutters and freezes on the timeline right? So this is only relevant if you’re uploading clips with no editing?
Tommie W as soon as you install this on your Mac Quicktime library its automatically a choice in your Compressor choices for Quicktime output. Just make a new preset or edit an existing one and you will see it in your selection.
ND Yes for the most part h.264 is not an editing codec its a delivery codec.
Some editors like Premiere Pro etc can edit H.264 native but FCP has a hard time with it so your best bet is always to go to an editing codec like ProRes in FCP.
Thanks for the reply Jim. Interesting that Premiere can edit H.264 – didn’t know that. Tripling my file sizes just to edit (e.g h264 to pro Res) has always seemed ridiculous to me.
Don’t forget that when using mpeg stream cllip there is a Gamma Shift in the Quicktime mov’s
this is the SOLUTION: After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from the same drop-down and close the properties window and finally “Save.”
I have a weird problem when exporting to x264 and there are black parts in my video like opacity 0% then raise to 100%.. like the parts that are suppose to be black end up a greyish white in the exported video but not in the timeline. :S any ideas?
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Loved it, would have liked to have seen it done with Compressor though.
But… if you’re editing in fcp you still need to make it ProRes otherwise it stutters and freezes on the timeline right? So this is only relevant if you’re uploading clips with no editing?
Tommie W as soon as you install this on your Mac Quicktime library its automatically a choice in your Compressor choices for Quicktime output. Just make a new preset or edit an existing one and you will see it in your selection.
ND Yes for the most part h.264 is not an editing codec its a delivery codec.
Some editors like Premiere Pro etc can edit H.264 native but FCP has a hard time with it so your best bet is always to go to an editing codec like ProRes in FCP.
Thanks for the reply Jim. Interesting that Premiere can edit H.264 – didn’t know that. Tripling my file sizes just to edit (e.g h264 to pro Res) has always seemed ridiculous to me.
Don’t forget that when using mpeg stream cllip there is a Gamma Shift in the Quicktime mov’s
this is the SOLUTION: After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from the same drop-down and close the properties window and finally “Save.”
I have a weird problem when exporting to x264 and there are black parts in my video like opacity 0% then raise to 100%.. like the parts that are suppose to be black end up a greyish white in the exported video but not in the timeline. :S any ideas?