Video Processing Question & Tweening Question

[SurJones]

1) Has anyone toyed with the Video Processing settings, and is there an avantage to having it set to BEST, and also selecting RGB? Why Would one change these from the defualt?

2) I have a logo and I want to make it travel ( for visual purpeses, lets say a triangle) I think that it is called tweening, Flash mode kicking in

3) I had a freind who took a JumpBack of a basketBall spinning in place and a ring cirlices around the basket ball, He took his logo which was egged shaped and made it look like it was traveling with the outside ring. It spun in sync with the ring, He did this in FCP. First I should say I know he distorted the picture, but dont know if it is the distort in the motion tab of the clip.

I am attaching some images for refrence Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[SurJones]

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[bbalser]

For the Motion Filtering Quality, "Normal" equals Best in pre v.5 versions of FCP. I keep mine on Best. If you're on an older machine that has problems with playback, you have the Normal and Fastest to help compensate. That's all. Normal or Best will do fine. If it doesn't effect your playback performance or your RT performance, set it to Best.

 

[SurJones]

Thanks ben,

So this is just for play back. Doesnt affect the export quality? I did an export after I put it on best, and did not see a difference.

 

[bbalser]

Anyway, to answer your specific question, I'll quote the FCP user manual; Volume 3, page 556. It actually does effect output AND playback performance.

Motion Filtering Quality Pop-Up Menu

Normal: This option uses standard scaling and transformation algorithms, and yields
medium-quality results compared to the other options.

Best: This option performs very high-quality motion transformations on your clips.
Use this option for final rendering for output or export.

Fastest: This option performs fast, low-quality motion transformations on your clips.
This improves rendering time, so it is useful when you are sketching out motion
effects. In Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 and earlier, this was the only option available.

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Just a helpful hint. In FCP, if you go to the Help menu, and select the FCP User Manual, it allows you to search. Type in the menu name or option you're looking for, you'll probably end up with a lot of good info. I only mention this, cause I know a lot of folks don't bother. Just offering a helpful hint, that's all.