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On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Peter Litwinowicz wrote:

Okay, I'm trying to create a template where I can drop a clip into an image well INSIDE FCP.

So when I look at the image (media) properties for the my Effect Source it has "Final Cut Placeholder". Cool enough. Then I presume this special Effect Source drop zone is get the template resolution when I use it within FCP.

Yes, that should be the case.

When I create another Drop Zone that I drop into one of my image wells so that I may use the image well in FCP, I see that the image (media) properties shows me that the drop zone is 600x600. I want the new drop zone to just be the template size (because otherwise I get scaling to the drop zone size of 600 to 600 and then stretched to fit 1920x1080, so something weird like that… still haven't figured it out yet). Argh, is the Effect Source a special placeholder, where other Drop Zones have defined sizes? Is that true? (if so, This is very confusing as to how to set up generic templates with image wells).

The 600x600 value is just the size of the image we use as a placeholder. Are you seeing that value in your code when you stop in your render method and get the image well image (when there's something actually in the image well)? Also, you probably want to set the drop zone to "Stretch" mode rather than "Fit" or "Center", I think.

Let me ask you this: how do I set up an image well so that it's at least the same size template. Right now if I change the Fixed Width to 1920, I get both Fixed Width and Fixed Height set to 1920. How am I supposed to get this to be 1920x1080?

You shouldn't have to do anything special. It should default to the same size as the project (even though the media tab says something different).

Darrin

Darrin Cardani

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	>so confused about image wells/drop zones for Final Cut Effect templates. (From: Peter Litwinowicz <email@hidden>)