Quicktime in FCE

My son is making a movie in FCE and has a few QT movie from a friends digaital camera. When we play them in FCE they are small in size not full screen. Is there a way to convert them to full screen and keep the quality?
Thanks for all you help..

As a suggestion you could try scaling a copy of the footage to full screen then use filters and opacity to give it translucent border style look and use the original at original size playing in centre screen.
What you see is a PIP (picture in picture).
Al

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Exporting to Quicktime from FCE

Here's hoping one of the more experienced members of this forum can guide me with answers to two questions please.
I shoot and edit 16:9 SD (as opposed to HD) and I have Quicktime Pro. My films are about 3 minutes long.
When I Export as Quicktime, the file is quite large, the quality seems good, but the format switches to 4:3 with the images all tall and thin.
** Is there a way I can export to Quicktime and preserve the 16:9 format?*
When I Export as Quicktime Conversion, I can preserve the 16:9 format. But the file is smaller and even the highest settings are not particularly good quality. Sometimes this is OK if I want to upload it to Vimeo or similar site, but it takes me two steps to get this 16:9 into a 4:3 ratio. (There is an option to switch to 4:3 by letterboxing, cropping or fit within frame - but this doesn't work in one pass from the FCE project). I have to export it as a 16:9 Quicktime Movie, open this in Quicktime Pro, and then re-export it in the 4:3 format using either letterboxing or cropping etc.
** Is there a way I can go from FCE to a letterboxed 4:3 file which is small enough to upload yet still looks good.*
Phew - long question. I hope it makes sense. After many years working with Avid I'm just entering the Final Cut world.
thanks
Simon
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To answer your first question
1) Open your exported Quicktime movie in QuickTime Pro.
2) Go to Window/Show Movie Properties.
3) Click on "Video Track", then "Visual Settings."
4) Deselect "Preserve Aspect Ratio". In the "Scaled Size" box, type in a width of "853" pixels for NTSC or 1024 for PAL. Leave the height at 480.

General error when exporting to Quicktime from FCE

I've built a slideshow with still photos, text, and audio. I've done this at least 20 times. When I start exporting to Quicktime, as I want to burn a dvd in iDVD, the export stops at 27% completed and I get a "General Error". there is no explanation. I've rendered the single sequence many times and it says ok. It plays fine in FCE but won't export to Quicktime. How do I correct the problem?

I think I had the same problem that you are now having. I would get unexpected errors when trying to:
1) Log and Transfer videos to external hard drives.
2) Save my exports to an external Hard Drive.
3) Copy large video files to the External Hard Drive.
Assuming that you are using an external hard drive, chances are that isn't formatted correctly. It cannot be formatted in FAT32 or else large files (usually video) over 4GB cannot transfer. It may be that the file you are trying to export is larger than 4GB. If it is currently formatted FAT32 it needs to be formatted to Mac OS Extended. Hope I was of some help.

Need help exporting Quicktime on FCE 3.5.1

I edit HDV on FCE 3.5.1 and every time i export Quicktime, it comes out looking squeezed and not widescreen, and only saves as Quicktime movie and not FCE movie file like it used to when i first got it. and also how can i export for ipod in widescreen format as well because it it doesn't do that any more, has this got to do with my last update? because i can't seem to import LiveType to FCE anymore it keeps giving me an error report, so i'm going crazy trying to figure this out can someone please help.

What format are you working in exactly? 1080i HDV is squeezed. You can change the display in QuickTime to 1920. You may need the QuickTime Pro player for that.
"only saves as Quicktime movie and not FCE movie file like it used to when i first got it"
Don't know when you first got it but in early versions of FCE the export function was called Final Cut Movie. It's now called QuickTime Movie. Either function does the same thing.
iPod compression was changed in QuickTime. You'll have to export for either iPhone or iPod and change the output size to a widescreen format.
You'll probably need to completely uninstall and reinstall LiveType. Not the LT media content, just the application and preferences and receipts.

IMovie to Quicktime to FCE

I edit my movies in FCE, but for various reasons I like to edit slideshows in iMovie 08. Sometimes, I would like to take a slideshow edited in iMovie and use it as the basis for an FCE project. If I export a slideshow from iMovie to Quicktime movie and then import that Quicktime movie into FCE, would I lose picture quality?

Thank you, skalicki. I have added effects, titles and transitions, so the XML export/import won't work.
I intended to export from iMovie using Export Using Quicktime, then selecting Movie to Quicktime Movie, and using the default settings of:
Compression: None
Depth: Millions of Colors
Quality: Best
Dimensions: 960x540 (Current)
There is no audio. (In fact, that's the main reason I would like to get the project over into FCE--so I have better control over the audio.)
Using that export method, do you think I would lose picture quality? In other words, if I export a Quicktime movie from iMovie, then import it into FCE, then use FCE to export to Quicktime Movie again for use in a DVD, will the DVD picture quality be poorer than if I had gone straight from iMovie to DVD?
Is there a different export method you would recommend?
Steve

Quicktime Pro - FCE HD

I have read/heard somewehere that QT Pro does come with FCE HD. Is this true? Because I couldn't find it myself when I installed FCE HD? Are you sure it is FCE and nor FCP?
Also, if this is true, what version of QT would that be that came with FCE HD?
Feedback appreciated. Thanks.
Hisham

Thanks folks, that's what I thought too. A lot of people, who are considering buying FCE HD are under the impression that it does come with QT-Pro. I will let them know.
Cheers.
H

Having problems importing mpeg4 quicktime into FCE 2.0...anyone know how?

do I need to upgrade?

mp4 cannot be used. Only DV or HDV so you will have to convert it.

General Error (49) when exporting to Quicktime from FCE HD

I don't know what a "General Error (49)" is or how to fix it.
Any insight that can help me with a successful export would be appreciated.

"There's about 15GB free on the drive"
Right there could well be a problem.
DV uses about 13 gig an hour other formats even more. If the Timeline is over an hour you will have to sort something regards space. Over full drives are not a good idea in any case. Many consider drives 80% full to be just that.
Another option to explore is a faulty render file/s. Try deleting them and re-render if the drive option fails you.
Al

IMporting quicktime into FCE and getting Blurriness

Please point me in the right direction for this? All my .mov clips are blurry once imported. The few that weren't became so after they were rendered?
Why is this?
I mac Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi Tom,
I tried to post this as a separate question but it doesn't show that anywhere?
Since it is the same project, I will keep it in the same posting.
OBSTACLES:
I added more audio tracks. How do I hear them? What is mixed audio. Basically right now I can only hear the audio on tracks 1 and 2 but not 3 and 4 even though everything is turned on?
Please advise.

FCE crashes when I export

Everytime I export to a quicktime movie, FCE crashes. I can export short movies sometimes but anything over 12 min or so causes it to "unexpectedly quit". I have tried trashing prefs, repairing permissions with no luck. Could a drive be at fault? Disk utility says its ok... but it could be wrong.

You know...I may have solved my own problem. I found out that I was creating too many scratch disk folders (capture scratch, render files, audio render and the like) I was creating a new set of these with each project.
I deleted all but one that I will use for all my future projects.
After trashing the prefes, I was able to export a movie. I guess I was confusing the heck out of final cut.

Best way to export from FCE for compression?

Hi again, folks!
I've read/learned that, when you plan to compress your video, you should ideally export from your editing program in the final resolution (size) that you want the video to be. Apparently this is because editing programs do a better job of sizing the video than do compression programs (such as Sorenson Squeeze, which does its best work doing only compression). What I'm wondering is this: When I export to QuickTime from FCE, I have two options, namely Export as a QuickTime Movie, or Export Using QuickTime Conversion (which allows me to save as a QuickTime or other format). So, my question is, if I Export Using QuickTime Conversion, does this actually "convert" the video to some 'bastardized' version of QuickTime, or does it just reduce the size? I'm asking because I don't understand why, on the one hand, FCE refers to exporting a full size video as simply "Exporting as QuickTime" while on the other hand (eg. when I'm lowering the resolution), it's called "QuickTime Conversion" (which is lumped in with a whole bunch of other output format possibilities such as .avi, mpeg4, etc).
I'm probably not being as clear as I'd like, but more simply put, why does FCE consider going from hi-res QuickTime to low-res QuickTime a 'conversion'?

One suggestion I received (just tonight) from another forum was to export the video from FCE, but not as a self-contained movie; this way (I'm told), the video is not being compressed or otherwise altered, and hence will give me the best results when I compress
The information you received on the other forum was half right and half wrong. The difference between a self-contained movie and a movie that isn't (known as a 'reference' movie) is NOT the quality; it's that the self-contained movie is an exact copy of what's in your Sequence while the reference movie only refers to the original media and renders ... it doesn't copy it. Since reference movies rely on the original media (and render files) for playback or when used in other applications (like Sorenson Squeeze), they will not work properly on any other system nor will they work if any of the original media or render files are moved, deleted or otherwise altered.
The quality of the two types is identical.
-DH

Parts of FCE finished movie looks distorted on HDTV

i took a rough cut of a sequence i'm working on and exported it to quicktime in FCE, then took the resulting file and used toast to create a DVD. my purpose was to check to see how the safe area markers in FCE worked in my real life home TV situation. the safe areas are fine, but now i find that some of my still pictures, which looked fine during the edit process inside FCE, now look stretched and distorted on my TV. Any thoughts on what might have caused this? i used the export to quicktime output option, not the quicktime conversion method (as described in tom's book).

Hi(Bonjour)!
HDTV... did you use a high def sequence settings (Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60 or so) to edit your stills?
What kind of DVD format did you cchoose in toast, a Blue-Ray (high def) or DViX one ?
To get a final HD material, you have to use HD settings at each step of workflow.
As you know HD is alway 16:9, but the pixel aspect ratio can be different from one HD format to another.
Michel Boissonneault

== Importing .mov Quicktime into FCExpress4???? Still Pix?? ==

If I switch to FCE4, will it fix what I hate about IMovie?? IMPORTATION.
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I want to upgrade from IMovie (I use 06HD because I like the full timeline) and my main motivation is to eliminate the very tedious time-consuming importation process. I make MP4 HD1080 files with a camcorder and also have many .mov files. Importing, say, 10 gigs takes DAYS. Literally. Using Quicktime Pro to covert to DV files takes as long (I assume that Imovie '06 HD is USING Quicktime to convert all the .mov and .mp4 files to the .DV files that IMovie is made for).
Does Final Cut Express 4 actually edit .mov and .mp4 files, or does it convert them like IMovie does? Would the importation process in FCE4 be FAST, like it is in FC Pro?
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And a still photo question: I just used IMovie '06 HD to edit a 20 minute movie on my trip to Nepal. Half of it was made from 7 megapixel stills, almost always using the Ken Burns Effect to zoom right or left aty various speeds. It was easy and looks great. Would FCE4 import and manipulate those kind of still as well as IMovie?
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Finally, does FCE4 have a version of Compressor, so my final movies will fit on on one DVD in the highest quality?
Thanks for helping.
Steve H

Let's take this in steps, because of the many questions.
Does Final Cut Express 4 actually edit .mov and .mp4 files, or does it convert them like IMovie does?
FCE does edit .mov Quicktime files, as well as DV in realtime. .mp4 files won't work in FCE, they will first need to be converted using Quicktime Pro or MPEG Streamclip to a Quicktime file FCE can use.
Would the importation process in FCE4 be FAST, like it is in FC Pro?
The speed of import depends on the computer that you are working on. However, FCE is pretty much the same interface as FCPro, and is in most respects the same. FCE should work for importing exactly the same as FCP does, except that it can only work with DV, HDV, AVCHD, and several Quicktime codecs.
Would FCE4 import and manipulate those kind of still as well as IMovie?
Yes, FCE should work as well as iMovie for stills. While no editing program was designed for still image manipulation, and thus the quality of any results are still not perfect, anything you make in FCE you should expect to be of comparable quality to iMovie stills. As to the Ken Burns effect, here I believe you are in for a treat. iMovie HD ('06) only allows you to pick start and end points for the effect. FCE lets you individually keyframe motion, so you can build any photo effect you'd like. For example, you could have a photo that pans from left to right, zooms in, then stays still for 30 seconds before rotating while at the same time zooming back out and moving off the screen. FCE lets you manipulate the parameters for a clip, and save how you want them to be at a particular time, giving you endless possibilities for animation of stills and video alike.
Finally, does FCE4 have a version of Compressor, so my final movies will fit on on one DVD in the highest quality?
FCE does not have a separate program (Compressor) as FCP does. However, if you export as Quicktime Movie then no quality will be lost. You then import that movie into iDVD for burning. iDVD does the encoding so that it will compress your files to fit on the DVD, at the highest quality possible. FCE's lossless export allows iDVD to burn so that you see minimal quality degradation between editing and viewing on your TV.
Hope this helped. I also switched from iMovie HD to FCE because I wanted more options. For me, the ability to have up to 99 video and audio tracks for advanced compositing as well as keyframing were what really drew me in. I couldn't have been more happy with the decision I made!

QUICKTIMES FROM SUPER 8 MOVIE ARE BLURRY N JUDDERY - PLEASE HELP!

Hi,
I'm making a Quicktime from a film shot on Super 8 and edited in Final Cut Express, using codec H.264.
The Final Cut Movie looks fine but when I make a Quicktime from FCE there's a nasty juddery blur on it, almost like frame blending.
Is this a frame rate problem and if so what's the best setting to avoid this?
Also having a similar problem burning a DVD of the same file in iDVD 7 - once again Final Cut movie looks fine but when I burn to DVD it's super-juddery.
Any suggestions v gratefully received!
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Quicktime import = General error

Im trying to import a quicktime into FCE as far as I know its just a regular qt, but its not letting me import it into FC, any clue?

If you have FCP then you have the QuickTime Pro player, please use it to see what type of QT file it is. What's the codec, frame rate, size, all the specifications are available in there. Without knowing anything about the file there is no way to say why it's not opening in FCE.
Have you tried trashing your FCE preferences and repairing permissions?

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