FCE Still Images Project

This is my second project of all stills - about a 100 in each project. I have them in the timeline with a transition on each. The still duration is 5 seconds. I have one issue - There is a slight nudge to the image as it goes from transition to full view. Anyone know how to eliminate that little nudge? Thanks

Yes, but my last project I thought it was just the computer - but the little nudge ended up on the final project. I went from FCE to QT export movie to IDVD to burn

Similar Messages

  • Increase still image cache when working only with images?

    I've been having hundreds of out of memory issues when working on a still image project. Thought it was solved but it hasnt.
    If im working totally with still images (Jpegs, Tiffs and PSD's) should I increase the Still Image cache from its default amount? I have scoured the internet trying to find out what the Still Image Cache is but cant find an explanation anywhere.
    I increased it this morning and all is well so far.....
    Might this solve my problem.

    The Still image cache is the amount of RAM assigned to the playback of the stills. That's what that slider adds... it should help to make it larger when you are working with a lot of stills. They are cached to RAM instead of being read from disk...
    From the manual:
    Still Cache: This specifies the amount of RAM used to hold still images for real-time playback. The still cache that is allocated is a percentage of the excess RAM allocated to Final Cut Pro, so adjusting the Application slider also adjusts the amount of RAM available to the still cache. The more RAM allocated to the still cache, the more still frames can be played back in real time in the currently selected sequence. If another sequence is opened, the contents of the still cache are replaced with stills from the new sequence. If there is no excess RAM available, this slider is dimmed.
    Jerry

  • What PS file settings are used for still images for FCE?

    I have images to use/create for the titles and transitions in my first FCE4 project. Using Photoshop CS6, the preset for File > New > Film & Video has the prest size and pixel aspect ratio selections.  I thought to use this with HDV 1080p/29.97 and HDV1080/DVCPRO HD 720 (1.33) for any images I need for the project.
    Most discussions I see only refer to the pixel size reference for HD image sizes, but nothing addressing the pixel aspect ratio setting for the image.  Are these settings ignored in PS and handled in FCE only? Or does it make better quality images to get this "right" in PS when creating the still image?
    Thanks in advance.

    I'm not quite sure I understand your question. In an ideal world, the graphic material you build in PS should match the sequence settings you intend to edit them into - so, if for no other reason, it reduces the amount of reformatting FCE has to do when rendering them.
    But frequently you want to build graphics larger than the frame size of the sequence so that you can re-size and reposition the graphic within FCE without losing quality.
    The apparent pixel aspect ratio of your graphic can be controlled with FCE by editing the graphic to the timeline, double clicking on the clip in the timeline, and when that timeline clip opens in the viewer, click on the motion tab and adjust the Aspect Ratio Paddle (this is the correction for a 1920 x1080 square pixel clip being placed into an HDV 1440 x 1080 timeline):
    In Photoshop, you can change the way your work is displayed by going to the menu View > Pixel Aspect Ratio:
    Does any of this help?
    MtD

  • Projecting still images using final cut express

    Maybe someone can answer this tricky question. We need to project a FCE movie that has photoshop still images imported into it, but these photoshop images (which appear normal on the computer screen), are distorted in the projection. They look squashed horizontally. In fact the still image that we made with photoshop and imported into final cut needs to be projected on a wall to match a four foot tall section of the wall, so we need get the size exact. That is the reason why we cannot have any distortion.
    We have read that still images imported into final cut should be 720 by 480 pixels to avoid distortion, but that produces an even more squashed image, and this in pixels, that determined the size of the image, so how would we determined the size without affecting the pixels? The distance between the projector and the wall is already fixed and we cannot move it. Does anyone know how to maintain the original proportions of a still image imported into FCE for projection? Thank so much.

    Hi, thanks you for your quick answer. We used photoshop elements 4.0 (for Mac) and Final Cut Express HD 3.5.1 (Mac). The still image that we bring into FE is a mask, it has a transparency so I guessed is layered. When we bring it into FE appears as sequence so we open it into a timeline and bring it back to the browser so it can be used as a still image. The movie is projected as DVD on the wall.

  • Shaky still images in burned iMovie/iDVD project

    Hello all, I've stopped by the discussion forums in the past for quick fixes to problems when they come up, this is my first post though that doesn't seem to address anything I've found on here...
    I am working on a project that takes scanned pictures from regular print photos into iMovie 6 and then burned into iDVD 6. I have done this similar style of work several times and never run into this problem. The project looks fine in both iMovie and iDVD preview, and burns fine to disc. As soon as it is popped into a DVD player, some of the still images flash and shake around, it appears to happen on the same images every time.
    The original project used about 100 photos, around 12 minutes of movie time. It uses only still pictures and there are cross dissolve transitions between each one. I have tried dragging and dropping the iMovie project into iDVD instead of using 'share'. I also saved as a disk image and burned slowly (4x) not only on my SuperDrive but on an external LaCie drive. I've even started a brand new project file, imported the pictures again from iPhoto and everything... still no luck. I've done about 5 trials now with these different settings, no luck. I use Verbatim DVD-r disks as well...
    I've even tried scanning a few images and replacing them, thinking the file might be corrupted, but this isn't fixing the problem. Is there some setting that I'm missing or any other suggestions you have?
    I'm trying to save a trip down to see a genius, but if I can't get any help I'll have no choice but to make the 3 hour drive to the nearest apple store. Hopefully someone has some suggestions! Thanks!

    Hi
    A. I don't use the *Share/Export to iDVD* function in iMovie. iMovie rendering can harm
    the photos in a movie.
    I do: close iMovie, Open iDVD and import the movie project here (icon with a Star on it)
    or just drop the icon into iDVD.
    B. Some photos with thin lines most often starts to flicker when viewed on a TV.
    I do: In a photo editing program eg PhotoShop or Elements: Apply *Gausian blurr*.
    Just slightly. Resulting in non-flickering photos.
    C. One can rather easily find out if this will occure by:
    • Connect Your miniDV (tape) Camera via FireWire.
    • Analog out of Camera to a TV-set
    • Set in iMovie. Playback via Camera
    Now You see on the TV what the final Quality will be like.
    • Flicker (add Gausian Blurr to those photos)
    • Color, brightness & contrast
    • Over all playback rythm and sound
    Yours Bengt W

  • Getting poor still image quality in SD project on CS4

    hey guys. sorry if you heard this one, but i havent seen anything addressing this.
    i am using CS4 to edit a Standard def project and i am running into a problem with still images being choppy and distorted.
    I tried all options to produce a better quality, but i get poor quality in the timeline monitor even after i render preview. the ouput
    when i export is equally bad.
    what i did find out was that if i switched projects in favor of an HD 720 the images are crisp on import and look good.
    am i missing something. i assumed the images looked bad because they werent rendered and since i didnt need to render to edit i didnt want to lose the time, so now i'm stuck with those images, or i have to scrap the project and start again in hd and i prefer not to. i would have done it in hd, but the footage i was given was SD. anyways i would appreciate some help. thanks!
    btw i've tried to export in both MS DV and WMV
    i have tried importing psd png and jpg i have used all these in the past in pro2 with no problem

    still images being choppy and distorted.
    Can we see a sample?

  • Still images into a project

    Hello.
    I am working on an SD NTSC-Anamorphic project and want to bring some still images into the project. The images were shot with a Canon 350D (Rebel XT) in Raw format and currently are in TIFF format as converted by Aperture. When I import the images I am finding a noticable degredation in quality when comparing the images in "Preview" to the Viewer to the Canvas. Once the images are in the timeline and I look at them on the canvas they look alot fuzzier.
    Should I be using a different file format? Is there a setting I've overlooked somewhere?
    Thanks for any and all suggestions...

    Hi,
    I have read the comments above and all are valid but they do not look to me to answer your core question.
    I had been asking the same question on forums for a long time and had similar responses and finally fixed the issue by purchasing a Photoshop book called WOW.
    One of the earlier comments really hits the nail on the head but does not seem to offer the fix (I'm not trying to be critical here because all information does help).
    First of all you need to reduce the size of the file for video - this is, in my experience best done in Photoshop not FCP (Photoshop WOW book comes with DVD and automatic actions to do this).
    I call this the 'resize' step and put all my photos through this stage first (it does help to have an action for landscape and one for portrait to ensure that they are kept separate for the next step).
    Then you need to 'rescale' the image to the size of your project in FCP (I assume that you are using widescreen as I do). To do this you need to create a blank document in widescreen format and then drop or drag your resized photo into the widescreen format and it will take on the same format as the blank widescreen document. Get rid of any layers and save the document in TIFF or JPEG it is up to you - you can keep the layers if you want to but you need to be aware of the issues of layers being imported into FCP.
    I felt like I had found my fountain of youth when I sorted this out properly (the stress was definitely make me age).
    Some comments suggest that the latest FCP does a better job of compressing the photos than the older versions but I wouldn't know as I use FCP 4.5HD and this may be so. However, it is commonly accepted, I believe, that formating the photo in photoshop is the better option.
    It fixed all my headaches at least because I wanted the flexibility of FCP with photos just as you do.
    Good luck and no intention to dislocate any noses out there, the willingness of people helping to provide assistance out there is fantastic.
    Lee

  • Bad color in still images in a project directly opened in Sg CC from Pr CC

    I'm working on a project in Pr CC mixing videos footages and still images both from the same DSLR (Nikon D800e).
    In Pr no problem (still image in the source monitor, video in the program monitor):
    When I send this project directly to Sg CC by the new "Direct link", I find that in Sg
    Where is the problem (and the solution )?

    The email I received was strictly regarding my post being deleted. I have not heard anything in reference to the RAW 2.0 problem.
    Here is a comparison of the same image. One exported from Aperture and the other opened in ACR and saved as a JPG.
    http://www.uberfoto.com/images/misc/temp/colorclipAP-ACR.jpg
    http://www.uberfoto.com/images/misc/temp/colorclip_AP-ACRzoom.jpg
    Another thing I noticed is that Aperture preview generator does not clip the color data like the raw converter does. Previews created after image adjustments retain their color in the shadows while the full composite view displays in monochrome. This is an image I took in the studio where the PW died and the flash didn't pop so it was very dark. The original image was nearly all black with no discernible details until I pulled the exposure back up. The ACR conversion looks nearly identical (discarding small differences in brand interpretation) to the "Preview" in AP2.0.
    http://www.uberfoto.com/images/misc/temp/colorclipraw.jpg
    http://www.uberfoto.com/images/misc/temp/colorclippreview.jpg

  • FCE 4 for slideshows with still images only

    I recently put together a slideshow in FCE 4 from my still photographs. The show looks great when I run the original file. But the DVD I created looks awful. Is there a special way to size the still images for better quality. I sized them the way we do at camera club for our digital projector (1024 X 768, resolution 100).
    Thanks.
    Barb

    Unfortunately, Tom, the slideshow capabilities in iPhoto are not sophisticated enough. I need to be able to "choreograph" the images with a musical selection. I like the marker features in FCE so I can easily time out the musical selection and place the transitions where I need them before I even import my images. I also like the ability to play with the audio, for example, trimming and fading out a piece of music that may be a tad long; or starting a selection of music after a title slide has been on the screen. I kind of need the type of editing one does with film but using still images. If only Apple would combine some of the features of Final Cut Express with a program like iPhoto that handles the still image resolution. Any possibility of that happening?

  • FCE Exporting Still Image and Maintaining a 16:9 Aspect Ratio

    I am putting the finishing touches to the first movie that I have created in FCE. I'm a refugee from imovie 08.
    I would like to create an ending where I run my End Title and scrolling captions over a still from the movie that I've just created.
    My movie is captured in 16:9 aspect ratio.
    The problem is that when I export using Quicktime conversion, and the import the still back into FCE, the still loses it's 16:9 aspect ratio.
    Can someone tell me how I can some how paste a still image from my movie with a long duration of say 90 seconds while my ending titles scroll through? AND keep my 16:9 aspect ratio.
    Hope you folks understand my question OK? Can anyone help me?
    Thanks,
    Steve

    That seemed to work great.. thanks Tom.
    My first movie in FCE is now finished and it looks good within FCE!!!
    Now I have exporting problems!
    I have added chapter markers to my movie however:
    If I export using the File > Export > Quicktime Movie option I keep my Chapter markers perfectly but no mention is made of 16:9 aspect ration.
    However if I use the File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion option I have lots of settings where I can play around with the aspect ratio but it does not give me any mention of chapter markers and I do in fact lose them after the conversion.
    By the way I'm selecting the DVCPRO50 when I try this.
    Have you any ideas how I can export, keep my 16:9 aspect ration AND keep my chapter markers?
    I'm importing into idvd-08
    Many Thanks!
    Steve.

  • Imovie project window still image freeze

    Imovie '09 issue with project window freeze unresolved. skimmer continues to scan project in project window but still images remains frozen in window pane. audio unaffected. any ideas out there?

    I seem to have a similar problem. When green screening some footage in a project the application does not update on the screen. You can still skim, but none of the buttons work. Restarting does not solve it, neither does copying the files to a different machine.
    Looks like a bug to me. Any ideas if it is being looked at?

  • Can't import still images into a project or create a podcast track

    I'd be grateful if anyone can explain why I can't import still images onto a track like you can easily do in garage band - in garage band you simply create a podcast track, then drag your photos onto it. However in logic, when I open the media browser i can get a photo folder up but it will not allow me to even look at the contents.
    Also, why is it that the manual for logic express has nothing about how to import a movie to produce a movie score - and yet garage band can even do this.
    Thanks for any advice.

    Have you tried "Working with Video" section of the manual? It's somewhere close to the end...
    Logic works with audio, not images. That's why you can't import a photo, because media browser is used to locate audio files, mostly. And sometimes video.
    I guess it works this way, you create a podcast with Logic, bounce it to mp3 or another compressed format. Then import it into GB and insert a photo.

  • Pixel dimensions for still images

    Hello all,
    I have just ran into a problem that seems to be a sizing problem with Final Cut Express HD. I used to crop my still pics to 1366 px - 768 px (for landscape) and then import them to FCE and export as a quicktime movie. When I brought the quicktime movie into iDVD and created the DVD it seemed to play great on my 46" Samsung tv -- full screen.
    I just recently bought a Samsung 60" and when I create the same type of movies, I am getting a huge black border around the whole image (not just top and bottom but sides too). I tried creating a new movie and made all my still images 1920px x 1080 px, and it still comes out the same way.
    I can stretch my tv so that they go full screen, but I think there should be a way to create the movie without having to stretch it....just have the tv set for 16:9, and I feel that it should work.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks.
    Norm

    When you create a DVD, no matter what the pixel dimensions of your original material, it become 720x480 Standard Definition. This is what a DVD is. If you are creating a DVD that has material that is 16x9, then it creates a DVD that is 720x480 but plays back anamorphic, stretching to create the 16x9 screen.
    If you play one of your older DVDs that played correctly on your previous TV, does it play correctly or does it also exhibit the black bars?
    If it plays correctly then something has changed in the way you are creating your project in FCE.and encoding and burning the DVD.
    If the older DVDs also exhibit the same playback problem, then I believe there is a menu setting on your new TV that will tell it how to display Standard Definition material from your DVD player, and you need to adjust that. (There are also settings in the set-top DVD player that tells it what kind of signal to send based on the what kind of display it is hooked up to.)
    MtD

  • Still images not sharp . . .

    I have a sharp, still image I made with my Canon 5D. After I add it to FCE, and rendere it, it looses a great deal of sharpness, it's barely acceptable. And when mixed with my AVCHD footage, it definitely looks inferior.
    when I add the same image to an iMovie project it looks great.
    Is this the best I can do in FCE

    I doubt the image size is 3840x22419, do you mean 2419? You can figure out the codec by clicking Command-I with the file selected outside FCE (should be JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc). What are your sequence settings?

  • Edit one still image in PS and entire timeline needs re-rendering in FCP6

    I've been using FCE 3.5 and FCP5 for quite some time. My projects usually have a large number of still image pct files in them. Before changingg to FCP6 (because I'm working on a 1080p project) when i would need to edit a still image that was already in my time;line, I would open it in Photoshop, make the changes, save it, and when I returned to FCP 5 or FCE3.5, only that portion of the timeline where the item appears would need to be re-rendered. But with FCP6, even if the edited image is only in aa small part of the timeline, the entire timeline is red and needs to be re-rendered. Any idea what is causing this major problem? I never change the dimensions of the file or the type. I might just adjust brightnesss ro do some in-painting, etc.

    Cick anywhere in your timeline. Type Command + 0 {zero} to see your sequence settings. Either report those settings or post a screen shot here.
    MtD

Maybe you are looking for