Audio/Video Settings: Sequence Preset for Photo Sequence

I have FCP 7.0.3. I am going to edit a sequence of jpgs sized around 1400 width pixels. The client wants a web movie, but she may also need it on a dvd. I am unclear on which sequence preset to use/modify. For the web version the frame size won't need to be bigger than 960x540 at most. Maybe even 720x405.
I have an AJA Kona3 card so when I go to choose a preset, many options come up. I feel as though it should be ProRes, but don't know settings for sure. It will just be photos in this sequence. I am curious also about frame rate and frame size.
Thank you.

Thank you Christina. I want my sequence settings as:
720x405/Custom (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio - Square
Field Dominance - None
Compressor - Apple ProRes 422
which will be fine for web delivery, but will that work for a dvd too? Or will I get messed about by the square pixel aspect ratio?
thanks.

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Can audio/video settings be in HD and Sequence in SD?

Is it a problem to have your audio/video settings set for HD, and your seqence set for SD?
Is audio/video setting just for new projects? (I think my current project is SD, which is what I want), and I'd like to create a new project in HD.
When my SD project is open, sequences are SD, and audio/video is HD. If the sequence is SD, doesn't that mean that the media files rendered on it are also SD- regardless of what the audio/video settings are?

Umm, in a word, how much do you want to render?
You do know that your clip properties must match your sequence properties otherwise you're in for a world of rendering.
Reading a lot of these posts around here, there's a common conception that it's just a matter of rendering to create high definition video out of standard definition and going back the other way. I'm not sure where this came from other than a lack of understanding about video formats and then subsets of formats within those formats, namely ITU-R 709 (high definition video) and ITU-R 601 (standard definition video).
When you cross formats, you're crossing more than just an aspect ratio and a couple of letters. There's the matter of gamma differences, color space differences, pixel aspect ratio differences and pixel count differences. When you up or down convert video, even on horrendously expensive hardware converters, where are all those extra pixels going or coming from?
GU, if you don't know what video format your current sequence is in now, I would highly suggest some more self-education before you dive into high definition. You can start [here|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_formats] and [here|http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm] or perhaps I'm just getting crotchety in my middle age and expect people do to things properly. These tools are cheap, TV is easy, ain't it?
Good luck with your project. Short answer from me is no, do not travel down your current path, learn how to do things the right way.
Z

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I'm trying to capture some video from a friend's camera and have run into a problem.
I'm getting an error message,
"Capture preset must have a video or an audio digitized set to capture. Please change to desired preset int he Audio/Video Settings."
I don't know how to do this.
Help

What kind of camera is it?
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Hello everyone:
I'm new to the forums and somewhat new to final cut pro.
I'm using final cut pro 5.0.4
Im trying to record to a dvd record using a Sony DVCAM, but I don't know what the settings are for the audio/video settings are.
What I want to do so play the project from Final cut to the dvd.
Can anyone help me please
thanks
sandy
PS I tried to exported it as a Quicktime movie but it do not work because I have photos (slides) that move.
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This is the quick and dirty way of doing it. Read the manuals (FCP, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro) for more information.
Control-click on the sequence name in your Browser in FCP, and select Export > Using Compressor. The sequence name will then show up in Compressor. Select the sequence name that just showed up, and then on the top of the screen select one of the DVD:xxxxxx settings for your project. I would recommend the Best Quality options. You will see 90, 120, 150 minute options. Pick the lowest that you can without it being shorter than your sequence. For example, if your sequence is 92 min, select the 120 min option. You will need an MPEG setting as well as the Dolby setting. Once you have selected your presets, set their destination - use Desktop for now. When you have selected the Settings and Destination for the sequence, Click "Submit" on the lower right of the screen. Batch Monitor will pop up, telling you the progress. When the job has completed, open up DVD Studio Pro.
Once DVDSP loads, you will see on the left side of the screen two large icons in the Graphical tab window. Select each one, control-click on it, and select Delete. Now click File > Import > Asset and choose each one of the files you encoded to your desktop. You should have an MPEG and a Dolby file. They will then show up in the lower left of your screen in the Assets tab once you have imported them. Select both at the same time, then simply drag them to the open space in the Graphical tab. It will create an icon like the ones you deleted. Control-click on the new icon, and select First Play. Put in a blank DVD, and then go to File > Burn. Once this is done burning you will end up with a DVD that you just put in your player and it will automatically play.
Like I said, this is quick and dirty. Read the manuals, play with different settings, and get comfortable with each application.

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Get a general error (34) when I go to access audio video settings. I tried trashing prefs per the advice in another thread, but still get the error.
When editing, audio seems to be working fine as long as I don't send it out to my monitor. Then the audio drops out completely. Audio and video playback is set to firewire ntsc, and audio follows video. On audio, the rest of the options are grayed out, so I was trying to get into the av settings to see what's going on.
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Well, strictly speaking on FCP 7 and earlier (since this particular forum is for older FCP...not FCX)...yes, you do. You need to choose the Easy Setup that matches the footage you are using. If you have multiple formats, try to convert the footage to a single format. Don't belive this Apple marketting about "open format sequences."
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It's not the same, the issue is you're in NTSC. Standard def in NTSC is 29.97 fps.
the "look" of the footage is different. there are no pulldown frames in 30 F.
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Usually audio desyncronization (is this a word?) comes from the audio being recorded at 32khz and FCP looking for 48khz files. When you play back, FCP is madly trying to fix the missing 16khz and doing a bad job of it. the Audio often just wanders off into it's own world.
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Sequence preset for multiple format of clips

I have sources coming from 3 AVCHD camcorders and one GoPro HD:
AVCHD source #1 is 1920x1080/50i
AVCHD source #2 is 1440x1080/50i
AVCHD source #3 is 1440x1080/60i
GoPro HD H264 source is 1280x720/60p
AVCHD footages have been transcoded to ProResLT codec during the Log&Transfer.
H264 footage has been transcoded to ProResLT codec with MPEG Streamclip utility.
My aim is to use all these footages, to get a final output to be displayed on the web/computer screen. So, ideally, I'd want progressive. What would you suggest as a sequence preset, or as additional pre-work before starting editing?

The GoPro footage is meant to be slo mo, right?
I believe this workflow will provide the sharpest image before compression for the web.
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ProRes LT, 1280x720, 25 fps, Square Pixels, Field Dominance - None.
Convert all of the footage except the GoPro in Compressor to those specs, using Frame Controls to de-interlace and downscale. Be sure to change the frame Rate in the Encoder tab, Video Settings; and change the resolution and pixel aspect ratio in the Geometry tab.
In Cinema Tools, conform the frame rate of the ProRes LT GoPro to 25 fps.
Make sure all audio is 48 kHz, 16 bit.

Best Sequence Preset for Canon HG 10?

Hi guys, i have a Cannon HG10, but i am confused on which Sequence Preset to choose when starting a new project.
My settings for the Cannon are 1920x1080, 15mbps, PF25 (frame rate), 1080i
I want to choose the best settings possible for the best quality
also once my video is edited what are the best export settings for me?
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I you have no idea what to choose drag a file from the Project Window into the New Item Icon. That will setup the correct sequence.
On the whole it would be AVCHD 1080i50 non anamorfic.

Best sequence preset for short film with all stills?

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I'm working on a short film documentary, its all stills, I usually work with video - first time doing all stills. Project looks great in my time line, but when rendering for standard DVD I'm getting lots of odd pixilation in cross fades and fades to black. Not a lot of time to keep testing the hundreds of sequence and render settings. Perhaps not the best choice but I used AVCHD 1080p30.
Anyone know which of the sequence presets would be best for a film with all stills?
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Still a little unsure about the render twice. I did use a AVCHD sequence/timeline, but I am exporting using media encoder to MPEG2. I'm guessing by render twice you mean rendering in the timeline after you bring in stills and apply motion, then rendering again when exporting for MPEG2? If thats your meaning, not sure how you get around rendering twice - I mean the motions and timeline still needs to be rendered, or are you saying leave it all to be rendered at the export process?
I can see how the terminology could be confusing. When you Export>Media from Pr, that's the same as Exporting and Rendering (esp. if your output format is different from your Preview format). One way to look at it is that you're rendering a complete single file to a single codec.
Rendering is also a term used to "build" Previews in Pr. That's where your source media - no matter what codec was used - is rendered into the Preview format you selected in your Sequence Settings.
You have options when making a DVD. You can export (while simultaneously rendering) to an intermediate file, such as ProRes for Mac people, and then make your DVD from that. That is "rendering twice." OR... you can simply Export to an MPEG2 from Pr, and make your DVD from that, which would be "rendering once."
Based on what you just wrote, it sounds like you're only "rendering once." But if so, I'm baffled why your fades are blocky.
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Greetings:
I have a new Panasonic HDC-HS100PC video camera. It records AVCHD video - whatever that means.
When I import this video and then select one of the imported segments and look at it's properties, it says the following:
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - 6 channels
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - 6 channels
and I'm pretty sure it is interlaced - not progressive scan.
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Genoism's confusion is a direct result of camera makers not using proper terminology, and the general populace continuing that error through to common usage.
Bottom line is one should always and only list frames, never fields. Technically, there is no such thing as 60i, which properly means 60 interlaced frames per second. You can have 60 progressive, but not 60 interlaced.
Further, saying "interlaced fields" is redundant. Kind of like saying a "female woman". Well, all woman are female by default. There's no need to say both. Likewise, when you list the "i", meaning interlaced, we know the field rate will be double the frame rate. There's no need to list both.
Always and only list frames. Pass the word.

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