Motion frame enlargement

When I enlarge a frame vertically with motion, does FCP interpolate scan lines and increase the number of scan lines, or do the number scan lines in the enlarged frame stay the same? How does it handle interlaced video?

There is a misunderstanding here. I would expect 480 scan lines in NTSC
Yes, apparently there is. That wouldn't be scan lines - you're talking about pixel dimensions. Scan lines are something totally different (see the wikipedia article).
If you stretch the image in any way beyond 100%, new pixels will have to be created (based on the surrounding pixels. The result will be a much softer image. Noticeable artifacting may be introduced if the enlargement exceeds 110% of the original size.
-DH

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Motion frames - Help!!

I've just recently joined the mac revolution and still finding my way round everything. Im trying to create a text effect in motion and so far I've managed to make the graphic come in from the left, I now want it to stay on the screen for a certain number of frames before exiting back to the left. I know I could probably do it frame by frame but is there a way of freezing the timeline to a certain point then start the effect at say frame 90 and end at frame 100 instead of it gradually occuring through out?
I used to work with flash on my pc and this would work by inserting keyframes on the timeline and the graphics would not move until I put another keyframe in. Is there anything similar to this on motion?
I'm new to this so if you explain in the simplest possible way it would be appreciated!!

hi,
yes you can exactly the same thing in motion. One way to achieve this would be to do this:
create your text object and place it in the middle of the screen ( or where ever you want it to be still), move the playhead to point where you want to start. That is to say where it will stop moving after it has come in. With the text object selected go to the Inspector and add a key frame for the position. Then move the playhead to the beginning of the sequence. Move the text to where you want it off stage and add a keyframe. it should now move on and stay put. Move the playhead to where you want it to start moving off in the timeline. Add a keyframe. Now move the playhead to where it should stop moving. Move the text obect off stage and add a keyframe.
There are many other ways of doing this, behaviours as Adam mentions is another way. Keep playing around it'll click soon
hth
adam

FCPX Frames versus Motion Frames

I created a clip in Motion 5 with settings "Broadcast HD 1080", 29.97 fps NTSC, 1920x1080 and exported the movie using Apple ProRes 422 HQ. In Final Cut Pro X I have a project set up as 1080p HD, 29.97p, 1920x1080. When I import the exported Motion 5 movie into Final Cut Pro X, I expected the movie clip's frames to align with FCP's frames because they're both the same frame rate - but they don't. They're off by a lot. Is this normal, or am I not doing something "right"? The Motion clip seems to play just fine within Final Cut Pro.
Motion project:
Final Cut Pro project:
You can see from the two screen captures that they're both the same frame rate, but the 5th frame in Final Cut Pro is aligning with partway through the 14th frame of the Motion movie clip. Can someone explain this to me so I can better understand what's going on, like why frame 5 in the Motion movie isn't frame 5 in the Final Cut Pro project? Thanks.

It's right there in the picture. Here's clarification of how I'm seeing it. Am I misinterpreting the user interface?
Here's what's odd about it (besides the fact that visual frame markers don't align). In Motion, animation keyframes are synchronized to an audio track and play perfectly. It's exported as video only. (FCPX is managing all the audio in the project.) When I import the Motion movie and audio track files (separate media) and align them to each other in FCPX (ignoring the frame count markers in FCPX), the video and audio tracks are still aligned and play perfectly. I'm thinking it's just an error in how FCPX is displaying the frame separator lines for a movie clip because the duration and frame count markers (start and end markers) report the correct values, despite the quantity of rectangles between the markers not correlating with the number of frames reported. Also, because when I skim across one "frame" in the movie clip in FCPX, several animation frames play out before reaching the "frame" end dividing line. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think the vertical separator lines in a movie clip within FCPX are meant to represent actual frames....

Does PS CC have "ease in" and "ease out" feature for motion?

I'm trying to learn about the video timeline in CC and expect to see an "ease in" and "ease out" feature? Is it hidden somewhere?
Where can I find some in-depth tutorials on video animation in Photoshop CC?
Thanks,
Ray

I don't do video however I would think for video to do something like that. You may need a real video editor like Adobe Premiere Pro and After effects to add an effect like that.. To simulate slow motion frame would need to be added and if there is audio some gaps may need to be added. Photoshop only support basic video editing some transforming and filters. trimming and joining with transitions.
With a Frame animation you can display frames at different rates or durations. Perhaps you could create a frame animation with the effect you want then convert that to video timeline and add an audio track. I have not tried to do anything like that. It should be possible for I have converted a frame animation to a video timeline and rendered a video.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7d58 a.html

Using Timewarp on motion tweened effects...

I'm using Timewarp to adjust the speed of a layer that contains motion tweened effects (ie. particles). For some reason Timewarp is treating the layer as regular 29.97 fps footage and using it's vector blending to interpolate the footage (creating undesirable distortions).
In the end, I plan on Timewarping a single pre-comped layer that contains many different effect layers (Particular, Optical Flares, Element, etc.)
Is there a way to get Timewarp to just re-calculate and re-tween the motion instead of doing it's usual vector blending thing?
-Pete

Hey, thanks for the great suggestion. I never really used Time Remapping before so I tested it and it works great! It actually re-calculates tweened motion and does a decent job on regular footage that has pixel motion frame blending enabled.
I guess since Timewarp is just a filter, it's limited.
Thanks agan.
-Pete

Animation Plan of Attack

I'm looking to do an effect where I use a company's logo (with a black center) as a transition. I'd like to have the logo enlarge until it looks as though individual pixels appear, but those pixels will turn out to be video clips. I was thinking of duplicating 25 clips or so to make it look like more since they would quickly be moved off-screen as the shot zoomed in on a single clip to start the next session.
Right now, I'm planning on an animation in photoshop with each frame enlarging, then fading in a layer with a patchwork over the original logo.
However, it occurred to me that with all the experience on this board, someone might have a better way of doing this.
Any suggestions for this effect? I have FCS2 as well as Shake and any advice would be appreciated.
Lawrence

It worked out great!
That was what I needed. Although I haven't finished the whole thing, it's definitely the answer I needed.
And, as I zoom in on the logo, I can use rendered clips of the replicated 16 because they will be even smaller.
So I will have the 16 which will be enlarged until they fill the screen. Then, the camera will turn and see all the clips laid out as a wall. But instead of sliding the camera forward, I will have the screens keyframed to start sliding across the screen, giving the viewer the feeling he is moving forward beside a wall of screens moving past him on his left.
From there, the camera can turn back to the screen and I will have already keyframed a full-res screen to be enlarged. This is going to allow me to get this animation done. Sorry if the question seemed remarkably silly, but I'm really pretty new to motion.
Thanks again for the help!
Lawrence

Can FCE Convert PAL-NTSC And NTSC-PAL ?

A recent post got me interested in this question. I believe Tom said it wouldn't though he may have been referring to something else.
I set up a new project to work in NTSC and imported a PAL video clip.
When put in the timeline the clip's frame-rate appeared to be in the NTSC 30fps standard. After rendering, the clip seemed to play normally.
Have I actually converted the PAL clip to NTSC or is something else occurring?
Ian.

Another query has arisen.
In the thread I alluded to, the JES Deinterlacer was stated to be able to do the conversion.
I downloaded it and converted another PAL clip to NTSC.
When I play it in an FCE project set for NTSC it works perfectly except there is a narrow black band all round the frame.
When I click on the clip and get item properties it says the frame size is 656x480 even though the JES was set to 720x480.
Could this be connected with the shape of the pixels?
However, what I find more puzzling is the fact that the quoted height of the converted NTSC clip is the normal 480 pixels so shouldn't I be getting a black border up each side but NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM?
Following on from that is there any way I can make the JES provide frames that fill the frame? (I know I can use Motion to enlarge it by setting the Scale to 115).
Let me stress that I do not NEED to be able to convert - I am simply curious.
Ian.

How do I stop iPhone Safari from dynamically resizing the visual viewport?

Sorry I post this here, but I couldn't access the developer forums (no error given, it just keeps returning me to this page https://developer.apple.com/devforums/) I'm not even sure wether that's been moved here and it's just the redirection non working.
I need to Stop iPhone Safari from dynamically resizing the visual viewport, or in other words, to stop it from trying to "fit" the layout into the viewport.
Why?
Because any recalculation javascript does on absolutely positioned elements makes the whole site super IRRESPONSIVE.
I don't know wether the issue is the element going out the already-set layout viewport (which triggers the page resizing to fit the visual viewport) or just the calculations being made constantly, but I can stop the calculations from happening when not "touching" the screen, but I need a way to stop the page resizing.
I tried setting the viewport width to 1040px, as my layout width, and it fixed the header's width being narrower than the body (or shifted left?), but the whole page is still resized with every motion-frame (one every 3 seconds, due to overloading the redrawing engine)
Is there a way to prevent that?

No, that link doesn't solve it. It just says the same is found everywhere online.
There's probably no way to do it, as per their way they "accidentally" omitted the oposite case: the page being wider than 980. They only mention what to do if the site is narrower. Something I learned is big companies (with reputation management) could let you run in circles for years no answer rather than telling you something is not possible.
I'm the developer (can't access the dev forums, don't know why) and I DID setup the viewport, scale and other properties but none of them stopped from re-fitting the new re-sized layout in the viewport. They just ensure the "initial" view.
I think the feature I'm looking for must be achieved with some JavaScript function targeting Safari-proprietary variable/property… if even possible.
I just had to make things never reaching the edge until somebody contributes something useful

PICTURE QUALITY HELP!

I have been trying to make a simple homemade music video with iMovie HD and iPhoto. I have been making pixel art to use as stop-motion frames. The problem is that when I import the small 10x10 pixel images, the preview is blown up and made blurry like a JPEG file. But, I saved the images as PNG files. I have tried almost everything fro about a week now, and frankly, I am thinking of just giving up.

The smallest video/movie size created in iPhoto is 240 x 180 pixels. Your 10 x 10 pictures will get expanded to the size chosen and, as you've experienced, look terrible. You need to create your frames at the size you want the movie file to be.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Compress to Stream in 1440 X 1080

I have a .mov in 1440 X 1080 and I'd like to compress it to stream well over high speed internet connections. I'm brand new to compressor & video work and I've been trying the presets available. When I use the streaming presets it does not retain the correct aspect ratio.
Does anyone have any suggestions for preserving audio & video in the original aspect when compressing for streaming?
Thanks

stevetothink,
I'm not an expert at this but may be able to give you a starting point. I compress from 1920x1080 down to 480x270 for streaming and it looks pretty good.
To do this you will have to add a setting (plus sign under Settings tab) in Compressor. From the pull-down menu, select Quicktime movie. You should see the Inspector window. Give your setting a name and description.
Under the Encoder tab, chose file format Quicktime Move; extension .mov;
Click on Video-Settings, and chooose compressor type: H.264; Motion frame rate 29.97fps; Key frames every 20 frames (reordering checked); Compressor Quality Medium; Encoding Best quality; Data Rate restricted to 800kbits/sec; click ok
Under the Filters tab, I check the deinterlace box because we shoot 1080i
Under the Geometry tab/Dimensions, Frame Size is 480x270 Custom (16:9)
Save it all.
You will have to experiment with different settings. Make sure you have a short (10 second) clip that you can work with.
Hope it helps.
kr

Jittery text

I am just finishing a lyrics video (all text) for a friend's singing. When I test upload to YouTube the text that scrolls horizontally is jittery. All the other text is fine.
In FCE Easy Setup I chose HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30 (I am not connecting a camera as there is no video as such, only text effects).
Exporting, I used QuickTime Conversion, QuickTime Movie.
Compression Type: H.264
Motion: Frame rate CURRENT, Key frames AUTOMATIC, Frame re-ordering unchecked.
Data Rate: AUTOMATIC
Compressor: Best
Encoding: Best quality (Multi-pass)
Size Setting: CURRENT; 640 x 360
Prepare for Internet Streaming checked, Fast Start selected.
YouTube's recommended export settings: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=165543
The video in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3OmVx1WDkg&fmt=22
The first of the horizontal scrolling text is at 38 seconds. I really looks bad
I am new to video, so I would be eternally grateful for help.

Yes, prior to conversion/export in FCE, the text horizontal motion at 38:00 looks good (well, there is normally between one "jitter" and two jitters (at different points in the sequence each time), but it still looks ok) in the 6 seconds sequence starting at 38:00, as opposed to continuous jittering when viewed in YouTube). The text horizontal motion looks approximately the same post FCE export as pre FCE export.
"Since you are using 30p".. if I was to use a different initial frame rate, do you think the text would flow more smoothly? Is 30p a poor choice? I thought 30p would give the best transitions having the highest number of frames per second?
Where the text motion is slower in other parts of the video (e.g. at 104:00), there is still the "steppiness"/"jitteriness", but I suppose less so.
I tried motion blur, but it did not help.
Any other ideas?
You do think this is something that can be resolved, or will text motion of this nature never be workable on YouTube video?
Thank you!

Bad quality after exporting project (15 min)

How should I export the project to make it look great? I have tried several options, but I can't really export it in a proper way. It might have something to do with the different cliptypes I used..? I can't change that anymore, with a deadline in only a couple of hours. I tried to export it using quicktime, but that made the quality very bad. Now I am trying to export it with the help of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cje0TM2SW50, but it's taking 20 hours or so to do it that way and i only have a couple.
Tips anyone?

As Studio X said, the best thing you can do is make an interim, full quality master. This doesn't take long because in essence you are copying your media into a single QT file that reflects the Sequence settings. (If you have long sections that are unrendered this will take much longer - I recommend Rendering All in FCP before you make the self-contained, current settings file.)
Next, you close FCP and export THAT movie, and you can use a variety of applications to make your playback movie. Compressor is good; so are Squeeze, Adobe Media Encoder, and iSkySoft. Quicktime 7 also works fine. A tried and true format is an H.264 QT movie - but of course, I don't know what your final playback situation is.
Here are the base settings I usually start with for web delivery. You can test them on a short piece of your master.
Video
Format: H.264
Motion > Frame rate: Current
Data Rate: Automatic
Key Frames: Automatic, Frame Reordering checked
Compressor > Quality: Medium or Medium-High
Single-pass VBR (or "Faster Encoding")
Size: 1280x720
Audio:
Format: AAC
Stereo, 44.1 kHz
Normal Quality
I find these settings usually make a dependably good quality file, minimizing export time. You may also adapt these quality settings to make .mp4 files as well, which are more easily played on PCs as well as Macs.
For that, you choose MPEG-4, choose MP4 in the File Format drop down, H.264 in the Video Format drop down, and pick a data rate around 1000 kbits/sec. Other settings should mirror the above. Good luck!

Frustrating transition problem

Hello All
I'm having an issue I have yet to figure out, I create a lot of slideshow movies with an app called Photo to Movie, render then import into FCE , now when I preview the movie in QT it looks great but, after importing the .mov into FCE, my transitions get screwed up. when the image zooms or movies back, they leave a trail in a sense. almost looks like a time laps...a thin series of lines stemming from the edge of the image.
Any idea why or how I can resolve this frazzling issue, I have on some just cut out the bad transitional lines but, this cuts into my image viewing time .
Thanks

One day Tom, I pray I'm as good as you are at this..
There is the problem, FTM is set to export at 29.97fps but, QT is showing it to be slower at a rate of 22.49 fps , how can or can I resolve this ?
As for the information it's from both
Photo to Movie data :
Compression ; type animation
Motion ; frame rate 29.97 fps
Key frames ; every 24 frames
compressor ; depth millions of colors+, quality medium
FCE Data
Vid rate ; 29.97 fps
data rate ; 6.6mb/sec
alpha ; straight
composite ; normal
Thanks again

Text animation (Masking)

Ok, well I'm trying to make a scrolling text box animation
for a website that has limited space. I am kind-of trying to do it
like credits or something like that. There will be a [mask] square
that the text will scroll up thru it intill it finishes and then it
will start over again. I have it all masked and when you drag the
motion frames manually, it will work perfectly - but once you test
movie, it will not show up. I'm lost
here is a simple "testing" flash of what it looks like but
with no resolution. (because pictures speak better then words)
http://www.freefilehosting.ws/file/2500/Scrolling-Help-fla.html
(sorry it takes about 20 seconds before you can download the file
but couldnt find a better free file hosting site)

If you convert your text into a MovieClip and then click the
"Use runtime bitmap caching" box in the properties it should work.
Let me know if this helps.

Where can I find explanations for all the export options?

[ Re-posting this from the iPhoto & iDVD branches ]
When I export a slideshow in iPhoto 9, choose 'Custom export' and then hit the 'Options' button, a dialog pops up with Video & Sounds options that can further be explored. In the Video section, I can click on the 'Settings' button, amongst others, to reveal lots of things that can be tweaked (Compressor Type, Motion, Data Rate & Compressor).
Where can I find help and explanations of what all these settings do, when to change them, why they should be changed, to what values and what effects these all have on the overall output?
Apple has a user manual for FCE4 on their web-site and I recognise some of these iPhoto slideshow export settings from similar dialog boxes from within FCE4. Does a user manual for iPhoto 9 exist also? I can't find it on Apple's web-site.
It has been suggested to me that these are all standard QT settings/options - hence the re-post to this forum.
- CDM

It's always been up to each user to find all of the "hidden gems" in any OS software. Most of us experiment, test, try, fail and try again with all the options. Along the way we learn what works, what doesn't. I've played, poked and prodded QuickTime Pro for the last ten years and even wrote a "book" about it. I have over 200 bookmarks to resources and links that help me sort things out.
Onto some answers:
1. on your list is actually a three part question. Since you probably can't burn a true "HD" DVD we'll leave that part out.
You can easily "share" your iPhoto files with iDVD and burn in SD 16:9 format. You need to learn nothing about the compression options as iDVD will do all of the work. The Web based file formats (from the same source file) are an easy "trick" in QuickTime Pro.
QuickTime Pro includes an export option "Export for Web" that will make up to 4 "versions" of your source file and even write the html code for you to copy/paste into your Web pages. It creates up to 4 versions (iPhone, iPod, Desktop and cell phone) with just one export and writes html page code that can "read" your connected visitors "speed" to serve up just the right file for the device.
Your number 2 question is answered by your SD DVD media device. Can't make a sow's ear into a silk purse. But you could use QuickTime Pro export options to create a "true" HD file and display it on your HD TV. If your HD TV includes HDMI connections (and all should) you could either connect your camera directly to the TV (via cables) to display the "raw" video captures or use iTunes (free) application to export HD video to an appliance like Apple TV.
My "book" (a downloadable PDF) does include an explanation about nearly all of the QuickTime available codecs but it's probably not needed for your particular workflow. The built-in preset exports are all you probably need to use.
Compression type = file format (AVI, MP3, MOV, etc.).
Motion = frame rate allows you to change the source frame rate to meet the restrictions of your delivery media (nearly always adjusted to reduce file size for Web delivery). E.G source is 30 fps and delivery is 15 fps (reduces file size).
Key frames = "special" frames of the video that either "predict" or "optimize" for the delivery media format. The Export for Web feature of QuickTime Pro defaults should be all you need.
Quality slider = is "optional" but usually defaults to "medium". In most cases this is best left at the default setting.
Dimensions = file size dimensions. Well crafted, H.264 video codec QuickTime files will look very good when displayed at up to twice the file export dimension. This means you can display a Web based 640X480 file at "Full Screen" size (display resolution) without much degradation of video quality. Older codecs will not look as good when doubled in size.
Preserve Aspect ratio = just what it says. Widescreen source = widescreen display.
De-interlace source = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinterlacing
Hope this helps you sort things out.
Data rate = the amount of compression (data limit)

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