Okay, I'm either really confused, or Motion templates for FCP X are totally not ready for prime time for use by us.
Let's say I create a motion Final Cut Effect template. The project settings when I create this template is 720x480, 29.97 fps, DV aspect ratio (0.9), 30 frames (1 second or so).
I then create an FCP project with 1280x720 4 minute piece of footage.
- I get input images handed to me that are 853x480. Presumably this is my 720x480 resolution of my motion project, re-scaled to give me a 16x9 frame size. (853/480 is the same as 1280x720). I'm confused, why isn't my input frame the same size as my output frame? Are Motion templates resolution-fixed (except for aspect ratio correction), and if so, how can I make my FxPlugs usable in FCP without having to create a template for every conceivable frame size?
- As discussed earlier on this list, if I ask for frame 29.0 (the 30th frame), I get the last frame of my 4 minute piece of footage (or something akin to 4minutes/30frames). I really need to be able to get to every input frame of my FCP footage. Is there a way from within FCP to get the "next image frame" of the input sequence, NOT compensated for the duration change? So what I want is when frame 3:15 of my FCP 4 minute piece of footage is rendered, that I can get frame 3:14 and 3:16 from that input. Any way to get to the next frame? I can't possibly make templates for every conceivable duration of footage. And no, an acceptable answer to my customers is not "buy Motion, create a template or use our plugins there, and then import into FCP X." Our customers are asking "when will you support FCP X" (more requests than you can shake a stick at ), not "when will you support Motion 5".
- Similarly, if you guys do fps related conversion, I still need to get to the next frame of the input sequence in FCP, not the next supposed frame in the motion template based on its number of frames and fps.
Help?
Pete Litwinowicz
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