When to recompress all frames?

Hello guys,
When I am exporting my HDV video from the time line using "Export Quick Time Movie option".
Should I leave RECOMPRESS ALL FRAMES option checked or unchecked? What is the difference? What does it depend on?
Thank you.

Leave unchecked for the most part. Final Cut Pro simply copies frames from existing media files into the new file with no recompression. This is a convenient way to export your media without subjecting it to recompression artifacts.( from the manual) I believe it good for animations and heavy gradients, although I'm not positive.
--Bob

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When is it important to use / check the box "recompress all frames" (when saving as quicktime movie)? And why?

If you've rendered a sequence and want it to re-render the video into the same codec as the sequence. You almost never need to do it.

Can't find the Recompress All Frames option

Does anyone know how to access/locate the "Recompress All Frames" option mentioned on page 1015 of the Final Cut Express 4 Users Manual?
To quote the text:
+"Exporting a Self-Contained Movie Without Recompressing the Media+
+If you choose to export a self-contained movie, you have the option to not recompress+
+the media in your clip or sequence. If you deselect the Recompress All Frames option+
+and choose Current Settings from the Setting pop-up menu, Final Cut Express simply+
+copies frames from existing media files into the new file with no recompression. This is+
+a convenient way to export your media without subjecting it to recompression+
+artifacts. However, any media that must be created from scratch, such as a transition+
+between two media files, must be recompressed.+
+Important: The option to turn off recompression is unique to the Export QuickTime+
+Movie command. If you choose the Export Using QuickTime Conversion command,+
+every frame is always recompressed. "+
Whenever I click on a Sequence in the Browser, select FILE, then EXPORT, then QUICKTIME MOVIE the option does not exist, contrary to what is stated in the users manual. I am interested in locating this option as according to the manual, all other efforts to export the Sequence will result in a recompression of the video.

Just to add to what Michel said, when you export to QuickTime Movie the recompress all frames function is off by default. Because you can only export in current settings when you export to QuickTime Movie there is no real need for a recompress all frames button.

FCE - "Recompress All Frames" and poor quality QuickTimeexport

Hello,
The FCE Manual talks about unticking a "Recompress All Frames" option in the "Export QuickTime Movie" Settings. I just can't find that option in my FCE running on a MacPro. I see the other options like "Make a Standalone file" (or whatever the exact words).
Can anyone confirm it is available in FCE and not just Final Cut Pro?
Can someone clarify where exactly I am supposed to see the "recompress All Frames" option?
More generally, I see a huge loss of quality when exporting to QuickTime (ie when viewing the canvas from FCE it looks kindof HD-ish, and when viewing the exported Quicktime video it is at best SD-ish quality). Any other suggestion that unticking the "Recompress All Frames" to avoid one recompression stage?
Thanks
Francois

There is no need to recompress every frame.
When you export to QT Movie you are getting an identical copy so there should be no degradation of any kind.
You are probably doing something else wrong but as we don't know exactly what you are doing it is impossible to guess.

"Recompress All Frames" what does it mean?

My question is... what does it mean?
This is the checkbox option that's available on the QuickTime Export window. It's right above the "Make Movie Self-Contained" option.
I exported the same video with and without the box checked and could tell no difference, other than the recompressing of frames definitely takes much longer to render out (minutes vs. seconds). But the quality appears to be the same.
Just curious. Thanks.

If you don't check it the QuickTime movie is a compilation of render files and original files if nothing is done to the media. Recompressing does exactly that. It recompresses all frames and rebuilds all the render files. It serves very little purpose except in specific instances where you have already rendered at low res and you don't want the the export file to compile using low res render files but to recompress at full quality.

Changing the titles of all frames in a running application

Hi All,
I've got a 50+ frame application. I have realized that I need to update the frame titles for all the frames based upon some event that can be initiated by any of the frames. Each frame title will be different but will incorporate a bit of knowledge about the event. (Note that when I use the term "event", I'm using it in the normal English language sense, not a Java language sense!)
I've been considering a few approaches and most look either stupid or a whole lotta' work! I'm looking for how to do this the "right way." ...I don't have a broad enough experience to know what's "common" regarding application architecture, but here's what I've got:
A "Master" class kicks things off. It instantiates a few things like a database connection and so forth, and then it starts a MainFrame that appears on the users screen. The MainFrame, and all of its children, are actually of a class that's an extension of JFrame.
It's my supposition that I'd like to create some kind of frame pointer holder in the Master, and all frames "register" themselves. When an event occurrs that warrants changing the frame titles, the Master walks the collected frame pointers and directs the titles be changed, as appropriate. ...OR... Is there already a collection of "children" of the master? How would I get that list and how would I walk it looking for a frame?
Another idea is to be able to send some kind of notification to each frame and say, "Go Update Your Title!"
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Thanks much,
Richard

... While looking into doing this EventObject thing, I noticed that EventObjects are a heavyweight version of what I want... What it really boils down to is:
Master defines:
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Vector myChildren = new Vector();
Then in the constructor:
M = this;
Then in a method:
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In each JFrame (in my case, in the class that extends JFrame):
M.addElement(this);
and in the right place
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Oh yeah, and don't forget a method to set the frame title!...
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this.setTitle("whatever");
...That's it! WAY easier than all that foolishness with declairing your own event listeners and everything... For my needs, this was the way to go!
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Please Help, Issues when batch processing Multi Frame images in Fireworks

I hope someone will know how to do this and tell me where I am going wrong.
Objective 1
I have a large number of images that all have the exact same number of frames (4) and are all exactly the same size that I want to get resized, cropped and water marked (when I say 'watermarked I mean have my websites logo pasted in a specificlocation on each frame, I have my websites logo as a seperate .png file which I copy from).
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The process described above resizes and crops my images however it does NOT put the watermark in the correct place, it seems to put it int he right place on the first frame and then in a different place on all the followingn frames thus giving the effect of the watermark jumping around. Which is obviously NOT what I want.
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Please let me know what process I should be following to correct the Error 1 above.
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I want to do exactly the same thing as shown above but this time the files have a varying number of frames (from 2 to 45 frames (or instances as CS4 seems to call them)). Is there a way to paste my logo to the to the exact same location on ALL frames?
Other information
I have tried WHXY Paste extension and I can not see how to use that to solve the issue. I have also tried 'Paste in Place' however I can not see how to use the Paste In Place extension as it is not appering in my list of commands.
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Andy

Andy, you could start a batch process which will do most of the things you are asking for. THe batch process can be done using Fireworks. The right way to start is going to Archivo / Procesar por Lotes and then follow all the different option this tool has to offer. Yes, I know I gave you the names in Spanish but that is the way I use Adobe Fireworks.
I hope this was usefull for you!
Best regards,
Frank Meier | Curso Arreglos Florales

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You know I tried that exact thing the only difference being I didn't change the layer names. So not naming the layers would keep that from working ?? Also as you eluded to draging layers to position them in fireworks is a delicate operation. It always seems to take 2 or 3 times to get it to drop where you want it. I named the layers and it works as you said. Unfortunately I was really pressed for time so I had already given up on fireworks and just composited the SEQ with the BG layer in AE and kicked out another PNG SEQ and then open that "as animation" in Fireworks and then optimized and exported as a gif. So there are allways several ways to do things.
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Configure ce interface to accept all frames (regardless of 802.1q tag)?

On Solaris 9,
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Film: A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a story conveyed with moving images..
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I really appreciate your response. In an indirect way, it may
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Hi Friends,
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