Render problems_please help school project is due :(

Question

Im working on a school project and everything seems to be working fine but im running into this problem...
After capturing from an xl2, the raw capture files play perfectly...
but as soon as i drag and drop my file into the timeline in FCP and render (still within FCP) , the video gets these horizontal banding. It mostly occurs during quick or sudden movements by the subject. I initially thought it just looked like that on the viewer and would go away when i export it out, but it still has it.
below is a link of a still showing the banding.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/clockwurk/banding.jpg
any help would be very much apprciated. my project is due monday
thank you in advance.
2.0 Mhz G5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   1.5 gigs RAM

Answer 1

wow. kudos to you, man. you've got a to learn on your own, that's too bad about your instructor. luckily the web is full of great resources and here's one of the best on digital video
http://www.adamwilt.com/
your xl2 shoots interlaced video as well as progressive scan video in a different framerate. the perception is that 24p is cool and whatnot but it can come back and bite ya if you don't even know what regular ntsc video is. i urge you to not mess with 24p until you've got ntsc 29.97 fps video under your belt a bit more.
field order errors that david referenced are in that necessary bit of engineering that you now need to learn. all video isn't the same so you need to know what you're working with. minidv is DV25 and with some creative googgling, you can find the proper field order.
there's a ton of great informative fcp websites out there. http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/fcp_homepageindex.html for one. you may want to subscribe to larry jordan's free newsletter if you've not already. http://www.larryjordan.biz/
regarding your render issue, that will go away when you match your clip properties and sequence properties. go over thoroughly how to set up your project and sequence settings based upon what kind of video your working with.
we're here to help. you'll find you'll get better support by trying to help yourself first however by taking advantage of the manual and little used SEARCH function on this forum.
good luck.
zeb
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