About rendering and dvd menu creation in FCP X

Thank you all for the advise to increase my imacs' RAM, and also i have a question, ie, can we make dvd menu in FCP X with chapter and also i have another question is that , the imac display is 'prograssive or interlanced', when prograssive video will play it shows a strobe effects, ( canon 7d video ) other interlanced video playback have no problem , how can i solved this problem.
justin

FCP X will only burn the one simple DVD that you see. Just about the only way to customise it is to add a picture.
Re: Your second question.
Playback on computer is always progressive.
What shutter speed was used to shoot your footage?
What codec is it?
What are the project settings?
What is the specification of your mac?
Andy

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DVD Menu Creation

When creating a menu with text in Photoshop, Indesign, whatever..
Once we bring the file into DVD Pro.. the text looks jaggid and horrible..
Can anyone tell me why?
The menus were created at 720 x540 and it's a SIMPLE MENU.. Nothing crazy whatsoever. We have a main layer with text, and an overlay layer which changes the text color. SO SIMPLE!
Can someone telll me why DVD Pro does this to the text? Squishes What do you have to do in order to have clean, crisp text without using the type tool in the program?

this might be a little useful, but it is something interesting i noticed with the latest and greatest in DVDSP.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=539420&tstart=0
Mikey m.

Substandard renders and .motn projects that crash FCP.

On rendering out video from Motion (first version) I am warned that almost every object on my timeline is 'too large to render and will be cropped'. I'm working on anamorphic D1 projects and some of the objects it is telling me are too large are things like 720x576 video clips and even 16 pixel high caveats with no effects. I can get a render using the 'export' command in Motion but for some reason these are exceptionally jagged and have no sub-pixel supersampling (I've got anti-aliasing turned on but this doesn't help a great deal and the jagged edge are far too obvious to use for broadcast purposes). I'm rendering Uncompressed 4:2:2 and both project and render settings are upper-field first.
I have tried simply importing the .motn projects into FCP which for some reason manages to render objects much smoother than Motion's native renderer - but unfortunately all of the projects contain particle effects which seem to crash FCP every time it comes across them. Going back to Motion to render these sections is no good as it seems to render particle effects with random jumps and missing frames in them.
Any tips for getting decent quality smooth anti-aliased renders from Motion into Final Cut Pro as I'm not having any luck so far and I've got nine television commercials due for delivery Monday morning - yikes!
Any suggestions most welcome!
Cheers,
Tom

Though I realize Motion 2 isn't available as a separate item anymore, it is absolutely worth getting as far as speed and performance.
I remember thinking that on the same hardware it felt like it was 2x as fast.
Definitely check out the linked Motion Smarts article - it's a great explanation or introduction to the specific problems you can have working with a GPU-based FX program like Motion. This stuff matters - if you can master optimizing your projects by design Motion will be a nice addition to your toolbox.

Quick question about rendering and exporting with multiple presets

Probably a very simple question but I'm pretty new to PPro, so I'd appreciate your help...
I've got an uncompressed AVI video that I want to export to mp4 using several presets (that means several exports). What I intend to do is the following:
I create a sequence and put my AVI file in there and then I just apply the preset and without rendering go to export media, select my export setting, and put it in the encoding queue at the Media Encoder. Then on the same sequence, I clear the preset and apply a new one, and again without rendering, go to export and then to the encoding queue. I repeat this for as many times as presets as I want to apply. At the end I have created (in no more than 2-3 minutes) several exports in the Adobe Media Encoder queue, that I can launch and go and do something else while encoding...
My question: will the export files each have the different preset applied even though it was not rendered? if it does not work, would that work if I were to do this with each preset applied on a different sequence, even without rendering?
Thanks in advance for your input!

I create a sequence and put my AVI file in there and then I just apply the preset.
Then on the same sequence, I clear the preset and apply a new one, and again without rendering, go to export and then to the encoding queue.
Does "apply the preset" mean selecting an encoding preset
before sending the Sequence to the Queue?
If I understand what you are trying to do...
It sounds like you want to do multiple, different format
exports from the same Premiere Sequence.
If so...
I would Queue the Sequence to Media Encoder once from Premiere,
then duplicate the entry in the Queue (Ctrl+D) and assign the
different encode types to the duplicates in Media Encoder,
(instead of Queueing the Sequence multiple times).
...will the export files each have the different preset applied even though it was not rendered?
A Sequence will be encoded using the assigned settings.
You can set multiple encodes in the Queue, each with different settings.
I'm not sure what you mean by "even though it was not rendered...".
Unless you have specified 'Use Preview Files' in your encoding,
it will make no difference if your Sequence is 'Timeline Preview'
rendered or not.

DVD Menu with Two or More Highlights per Button

I have created a DVD Main Menu in Photoshop CS4 Extended for Premiere Elements 4 as well as editing an existing Premiere Elements 4 DVD Main Menu in Photoshop Elements 6 and run into the same following highlighting problem:
The design of each menu button is such that there is in its Group:
a. the (%) video for the thumbnail of the video (4:3 solid color block)
b. frame to go around the thumbnail
c. Text to go under the framed thumbnail
When I roll the cursor over the button, I want the frame as well as the text to be highlighted. I can achieve one or the other, but not both. I use (=1) for the Text highlight and (=2) for the frame frame, but, no matter what combination or arrangement of layers/layer sets/codes, the result is the same, one or the other (using =1), but not both (using =1 and =2).
Although an Encore DVD Menu creation tutorial suggests that the code species (=2) exists, I have yet to find an existing Premiere Elements 4 DVD Menu where both the frame and the text underneath the frame is highlighted at the same time when the cursor is rolled over the button (showing the =1 and =2 codes or anything else)
I would appreciate any comments on whether I am looking for something that is not possible OR whether I have just not figured out the how to answer.

Hunt,
When you create your DVD menus with Photoshop and Encore as described, can these menus be loaded into Premiere Elements 4 or any other version of Premiere Elements and do these menus work in Premiere Elements 4 or any other version of Premiere Elements?
If I cannot go the (=2) highlight route, I have thought about creating a text layer (for the title under the thumbnail), simplifying (rasterizing it), then adding a the frame to that layer, and then coding the layer (=1) highlight. But, I have not done that yet.
SG
Did you really mean ...., named (%) Highlight....in your suggestions or did you mean (=1). I have been through all the how tos and have a good handle on the conventions, except for this one point.
Thank you both. In the final analysis, at this point it is more a "why can't I" instead of "I have to have that dual highlight" to make the effect work. Thank you both for your inputs and am heading back to the programs to explore your helpful suggestions.

What is the official Apple DVD Menu authoring software?

I'd like to know what the official and current Apple DVD Menu creation software is to be used in conjunction with Final Cut Pro X only. Thanks.

Tom Wolsky wrote:
ProRes should now come on all Macs for playback. I can't test it, but it should work.
Tom, you may be right - I can't test either, since the macs I have are either too old or have FCP X installed.
Still, it may be that Jhuxman's mac doesn't have ProRes - that is something he can look up.
In principle, if a movie plays in Quicktime (with the possible exception of mpeg2), it should be handled properly by iDVD.
Jhuxman, does the movie play in Quicktime?

How to create a dvd menu

hi!
how would I go about creating a dvd menu, either within a program or in a program that can be burned with another program? I have adobe and macromedia suites, so hopefully I have the programs that are necessary, but I don't even know where to begin.
thanks!
jtw
www.jtwilliams.org

Adobe Encore will create menus for you. Encore is now bundled with Premiere pro.

CD and DVD won't Mount

I cant get CDs or DVDs to mount. The CDs and DVDs will spin for 20-30 seconds making a quiet cranking noise and then eject them.
I have reset my PRAM
Unpluged the computer
Restarted several times
Repaired disk permissions
Tried to restart with Install Disk. The iMac ejected the Disk.
What else is there to do?
The computer is just over a month old. UGH!

I was reading all the post about CD and DVD not mount, So I am not really sure which one I read.
So what I did was just a lame last ditch effort. I picked up the Apple Software Proof of Purchase Coupon that was laying on my desk and I slipped it in by the corner into the slot and gently moved it up and down a few times.
Don't know why it worked, but it was immediate.
sighants95

DVD Rendering and Burning: differences between Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements

I am landscape photogapher and wish to either create slide shows in Premerie or import them to Premiere from H264 1080 quicktime files generated by Ligthroom 3. I do not do frame by frame video editing. My only goal in using Premiere is to be able to render and/or burn DVD's and eventually Bluetooh compatible DVD's for play back on commercial flat panel TV's, e.g., Samsung flat panel dvd's.
Are the DVD rendering and burning capablity of Pemiere CS5 Pro and Premiere 9 Elements equivalent , i.e, are that both as likely to produce DVD's that render with natural color on commercial flat panel TV's?
My prior experience is that my Lightroom generated 1080, H264 quicktime movies have perfectly natural color on Mac LCD and other computer monitors but see very over saturated color on commecial flat panel tv's.
Discussions with Adobe tech support folks are contradictory on this matter.

The main differences between the authoring capabilities (the assembly of DVD/BD, navigation and Menus, plus burning) of Encore (the authoring program, that ships and installs with PrPro) and PrE 9 are:
1.) Encore is a full-featured authoring program, offering a lot more power and flexibility, but at the expense of having to do it "by hand," where PrE 9 is very limited in the navigation that can be employed, and it uses Menu Sets for that automation. Though PSD's, like the Menus in Encore, they have many special aspects, that must be considered, when doing any customization.
     A.) In Encore, one can create almost all sorts of navigation in the DVD/BD, limited almost exclusively to the limits imposed by the DVD, or BD specs.
     B.) PrE 9 will allow Autoplay, with no Menu, or will automatically create Scene Menus, per the Chapter Markers that you add - and that is ALL. There will      be no Into AV material. No Subtiltes. No supplemental Audio streams. Only linear navigation, or no navigation.
     C.) Menus for Encore are much more easily customized, where there are some major conventions in those from PrE, that MUST be addressed.
2.) Encore can Burn an Image (ISO) - no Image in PrE, and can Burn a BD to Folder, which cannot be done in PrE - only for DVD.
3.) Encore offers the capability to adjust Layer Breaks for DL discs.
4.) Encore allows one to adjust the Burn speed, and in PrE, one is stuck with the "fastest" based on the speed of the media + the burner
5.) Encore allows output to a Flash delivery with pretty much full navigation.
6.) Encore allows for changes in the Subpicture Highlight Color Sets, and PrE will only do that, with some Menu Set editing.
7.) Encore offers a SlideShow feature, but I feel that it is rudimentary and limited, and assemble mine in PrPro, then go to Encore for authoring.
8.) Encore is a separate program, though interfaces with PrPro with ADL (Adobe Dynamic Link), and is NOT available as a stand-alone any more - only with      PrPro.
There are probably more differences, and some of the above might not make any difference to you. Things can probably be summed up as: Encore = great power and flexibility, but with things being done manually, and PrE lacks the power and flexibility, but is semi-automatic, so probably easier to use on simple Projects.
Good luck, and hope this helps you make the decision,
Hunt
[Edit] Sorry that some of the formatting for the Outline did not translate well. Gotta' explore the Outline formatting in the editing screen more, 'cause it would probably have fixed things. Sorry about that.

DVD Menu Functions in iTunes and on iPad?

I'm trying to create the functionality of a DVD menu but in a format supported in iTunes, and further, on the iPad.
I've got a project that I'd like to format that requires me to have a menu of tracks (different content) and I'd like to be able to use my iPad to access and view it. For example: the opening menu would have different titles that if selected would take you to the connected assets (Content). Once the content is done playing it takes you back to the main menu. This would be much the same way DVDs include extra scenes and what not...
Anyone now what software I could use to create functionality. I've built all the menus in Apple Motion, and A. Photoshop. The DVD export/formatting makes everything look like crap as a result of the rendering and codec and just overall poop that happens between content creation, rendering, and final output.
I'm wondering if I can have the clean lines I see in Apple Motion and QuickTime, but with the menu functions with connected assets, but do it all through iTunes, iPad, or ATV.
Any thoughts? Pardon the double post if this has been asked before. I've looked and can't find anything.

Try this...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/lp-and-extras/
Might not be the answer you want, but it is probably the one you need.
Good luck!!
CaptM

General error in FCP re: rendering and export after Quicktime 7.5.5 update

Hi
My FCP 6.0.4 rendering and export to Compressor no longer works after an update to Quicktime 7.5.5.
Rendering fails after a few seconds "General Error!" pops up. Exporting to Compressor, after setting it compressing, Compressor after a few seconds fails. (audio is processed) My current work around is exporting a sequence using Quicktime conversion (time consuming) and then opening in Compressor.
I've done the usual, deleting prefs, new sequences and projects, even saving movs in different codecs.
(been using H.264)
My sequences are all custom sizes but tests using presets also fail.
Any ideas anyone?
And I was so happy the Quicktime upgrade could play sequence movs recorded months earlier that until now I couldn't play properly due to previous Quicktime upgrades!
Apple gives with one hand and takes with the other....

Hi There,
Thanks for your reply on this.
Well basically since I'm using content already in the H.254 codec (eg: a trailer off the internet, or the downsizing of HD footage) i'm just exporting to a codec that didn't have to be rendered and gave quality results. I used motion jpeg B as an export codec because it was quick (although HD space hungry) with no drop in quality. The resulting exports could be imported into a custom sequence (720 x 405) as square pixel aspect ratio files. Overlapping the canvas with other windows (eg: viewer) meant I could play a clip (with dropped frames) but not have to render it. I selected the H.264 codec as the sequence codec because I've found other codecs introduce darkening or lightening or blurring or other undesirable artefacts when exported to Compressor. H.264 used in the sequence settings exported through Compressor would give resulting m2v's as sharp and contrast accurate as the source file.
That was until the recent 7.5.5 Quicktime update where attempts to do the same things I did before result in "General Error!" coming up after a few seconds of play or rendering.
Traditional DV codecs are "blurry" in my opinion, especially when coping with web content or conversion of HD downloads.
If you can suggest an editing codec that works best with FCP that is quick, doesn't introduce blurring or general degrading of the image I'd be happy to try it out. I typically downsize HD content from the web for DVD playback, so it's usually in a H.264 codec already. So i would need a codec for export from Quicktime that would work best with a codec in FCP. That doesn't alter picture quality when compressed to m2v in Compressor.
Thanks!

Pixalated DVD menu and flickering credits

I am currently editing a project on Premiere Elements 7. I am having trouble with the quality of the DVD menu. It is pixalated (to the point that some of the text is nearly unreadable). I have also had problems with the resizing the text on the main menu. If I use the drop down box to select the text pt., the changes save fine. However, if I click on the text and resize it using the mouse icon, the changes are not permanent (the text is skewed if I restart the program or burn to disk.)
ALSO, the rolling titles or credits at the end are flickering. I have tried hitting "enter" to render the clip, and have experimented with all of the field options-without success.
I would really appreciate any help!

It looks like someone moved your post to this forum, Evan. Which is where it should be.
That said, I can think of no reason your text should be so pixelated it's unreadable on your DVD menu. At least assuming you're creating your text in Premiere Elements.The menu file is rendered from fonts at full DVD resolution.
The only possible explanation I can think of is that you're viewing this menu at more than 100%. This would be the case if, for instance, you were judging it by how it played on your computer, at full screen, rather than on your TV.
It's also possible that you're judging the quality of the menu based on the menu preview in the Disc Menus workspace. The preview will not show you the actual quality of the output. In fact, it's usually a pretty low resolution view. It's just a preview so you can test the navigation of the disc. Once the program creates your DVD, your menu file will be rendered as ful-quality 720x480 video.

FCP and DVDs

Hi guys,
I've used FCP to edit our indie-film (28-minute, dramatic short), exported it to Compressor for MPEG-2 High Quality Encode, and then burned a master with DVD Studio Pro. We had a very reputable duplication facility burn 200 discs for film festival distribution.
I'm now getting occassional users (not all) complaining some DVDs 'stutter', skip or freeze at different points during viewing. When I get the DVDs back from these users and play them on my DVD player, I have no problems. My player may be a better quality than some others.
Can anyone give me some advice on this?
Thanks.

What you should do is try to find the lowest bitRate that give acceptable results and also make sure that you are Dolby/aPac the audio. In general the higher the total rate of audio and video and the closer you come to filling a disc to the brim, the more chaances of stuttering/playback issues (more so on duplicated discs as oppossed to replicated discs)
Yes 6.8 is the bitRate.
You may want to check these threads out for more information where for some details about encoding and some things to keep in mind for compatibility
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2212949&#2212949
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2215134#2215134

FCP and DVD Pro burning glitch

Last week I created two files of a 2 1/2 meeting - making 2 files of 1 1/4 hours each. I successfully burned both on to two different DVD's and they both played on computers and DVD players. I did note a typographical error in the titles and repaired that and then went to burn the new file.
The new DVD will only play on the computer and not a DVD player.
I have now run disk utility to see if that will help.
Here's the process I follow:
export to quicktime movie to qt folder. The settings for this are:
"current setting" (Instead of default) When I scroll through the settings there are no settings chosen.
The icon for the exported quicktime movie is not the icon I usually get when doing this process.
When importing the movie to DVD Pro the movie does not appear in the qt folder and it will not import. I can drag and drop onto the DVD Pro window and get the above results.
The file will burn in DVD Pro but will not play on a DVD player.
The files are stored on an external 1.4 TB hard drive.
Thanks for any solutions
Tom

Delete all render files associated with the sequence in question using the Render Manager found in the tools menu. OR select all clips in the timeline window, and right click to UN enalbe them then re enable them. After the following, then just do a couple of undo's to reconnect the sequence to the renders.
Then with the sequence selected in the Browser, choose file/export/using compressor. Select your preset there for the MPEG you need to make.
This will result in the best DVD you can make with Apple's software, and also keeps any render files out of the equation... they can be corrupt at times, and cause problems later.
Jerry
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Hard drive and dvd are not recognized in the setup menu, what could be wrong?

The hard drive and dvd drive are not recognized on the setup menu for my Pavilion a4316f desktop computer. Could it be a failure of the controller? Can a PCI controller be used to replace the mother board controller?
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The Recovery process would erase you hard drive, and attempt to install a fresh OS. Decidely a bad choice if you wanted to save your data files. The Recovery sets are "tattoo" with the BIOS hardwafre configuration. It will not, IMHO, recognize the PCI Sata card.
You mentioned the Recovery program on the hard drive actually requested the installer of the controller (PCI card). Try running from that.
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