for Jude...

Hi Jude, you mentioned a plug in from Digital heaven concerning cloning and tracking. We try our hardest but occasionally get flagged for small glitches and whatever (it's busy here) from our broadcast trafficker. All I need to do is remove the glitch with cloned patch (if possible) although this is only in the case of a real emergency. Could you elaborate - on these plug ins? Are they worth their salt. Cheers...Phil UK

Digital Heaven has a solid reputation for FCP plugs - and at $10 per unit you really can't go wrong. The ones I've used are excellent.

What the dropout filter lets you do is replace a section of a damaged field with the previous (or next, or other) field. So, no messing around in AE. You can do this yourself in FCP, but the filter makes it a lot faster and more precise.

There's a bunch of good simple tutorials and a free demo here
<[www.digital-heaven.co.uk];

Jude...Thanks...just what the doctor oredered. What music do you listen to?

Uummm.. just about everything. Except acid jazz. Can't stand it when it sounds like everyone got lost on the way to the tune.

Why do you ask?

Hi Jude...We all had this debate on the merits of being a musician and how it provides a good grounding for editing and you said you were a drummer. I still am a drummer only pure country..Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littlefield is my band and we are amazing (if you like soulful country music)...see webpage...I'm on the campaign trail. I liked all the messeges sent on that particular thread. One guy said he got his editing rhythm from telling jokes which I though was brilliant.